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• Kannai City Hall & Entertainment Resort Construction Begins

• SoiSpace Cafe

• Yokohamabashi Old School Shopping Street

• Today's Sponsor - Kombi Costco Delivery

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Kannai Area City Hall & Entertainment Resort Construction Begins

Kannai area is set for a giant renewal as contructions begins on the new City Hall & Entertainment ResortThe project, which will preserve the administrative building of the former Yokohama City Hall and utilize it as an urban hotel and commercial facility, and construct a 33-story tower in the area surrounding the former council building, is scheduled for completion and opening in December 2025, with a grand opening in the spring of 2026. The former City Hall administration building will be rehabilitated as an urban hotel brand "OMO7 by Hoshino Resort" (tentative name), the first of its kind in Yokohama City, and as a commercial facility.

The facility will be directly connected to Yokohama Stadium and Yokohama Park via a connecting deck. In front of the south exit ticket gates of JR Kannai Station, Japan's first permanent live viewing arena of approximately 3,000 square meters will be installed. Equipped with a large screen and high-performance audio equipment, it will create a new entertainment space and experience where visitors can enjoy live viewing of various sports events, as well as music and food and beverage together. The tower building will house offices, a university, a new industry creation center, edutainment facilities, and commercial facilities. The tower building's third to fifth floors will house a 6,800-square-meter edutainment facility consisting of three floors. The 6th to 8th floors will house the Wellness Center, a new industry creation center. The office floors on the 11th through 33rd floors of the tower tower, overlooking Yokohama Port, Yokohama Park and Yokohama Stadium, will be one of the largest "eco-friendly offices" in the Kannai area, where a university will also be located. In the Sky Lobby on the 11th floor, there will be a lounge to promote interaction among office workers beyond the boundaries of the company and to stimulate the creation of innovation. In the Kannai Ekimae Minatomachi District, adjacent to the former Yokohama City Hall, the "Kannai Ekimae Minatomachi District Type 1 Urban Redevelopment Project" is planned to create a 150-meter-high skyscraper complex with commercial facilities, offices, campus, condominiums, and other facilities.

SoiSpace Cafe

Soy Space Minato Mirai, a soy milk café, will launch its new summer menu from July 1, 2022 (Fri.). The new menu includes "Soy Soup," which was developed to be enjoyed cold using seasonal vegetables, "Soy Smoothie," made by adding soy milk and ice to vegetables and fruits, and "Soy Soft Cream," which contains soy milk as the base of soft serve ice cream. The new menu will feature three types of popular soy milk soup: "Corn" with a gentle sweetness using Hokkaido corn, "Fruit Tomato" with a good balance of sour and sweet tastes, and "Bean Vegetable" using edamame, green peas, and Moroccan beans.Soy milk smoothies are a newly developed gem of vegetables and fruits with soy milk and ice. Two types of smoothies will be available: the "Green Smoothie" with green and yellow vegetables (kale, lettuce, and spinach) and sweet apple jam, and the "Pineapple Smoothie" with the sweet and sour taste of pineapple.In order to make soymilk more accessible and enjoyable, "Soy Soft Serve", in which soymilk is added to the base of soft serve ice cream, will be available from the beginning of July.The soft-serve ice cream has the delicious taste of soymilk and a refreshing aftertaste. Instagram > https://www.instagram.com/soispace.official/Google Map > https://goo.gl/maps/TUuvB11YDkzQz3UG9

Yokohamabashi Old School Shopping Street

Located near the Yokohama Municipal Subway's Bando-bashi Station, Yokohama-bashi Dori-tenkai retains the atmosphere of a good old-fashioned shopping street. Yokohama-bashi Dori-tenkai started as a community-based shopping street before World War II, and soon after the war, the Yokohama-bashi Dori-tenkai Commercial Association was established, which continues to this day. The 350-meter-long arcade is lined with about 130 stores, including grocery stores, butcher shops, fish shops, and delicatessen shops. The shops are filled with good, inexpensive goods, a human touch, and a pleasant place to spend time shopping. It is fun just to walk around and look at the various things that surround the shopping arcade, such as the tastefully aged stores, the ingenious product displays at each store, and the alleyways that retain a strong Showa-era atmosphere. Google Map > https://goo.gl/maps/aHQoGC9XZ2dXCyYE9

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Photo of the Day

Location > Kishamichi PromenadeGoogle Map > https://goo.gl/maps/49FCCTC8vPESDpZR8Photo Credit > https://www.instagram.com/neonvibes_jp/