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Access By train A 3-minute walk from Minatomirai Station (Minatomirai Line); go out of Queen's Square Yokohama Exit and take the escalator nearby. A 12-minute walk from Sakuragicho Station (JR Keihin-Tohoku Negishi Line, or Yokohama City Subway); over the moving walkway and through Landmark Plaza and Queen's Square shopping malls. By bus From Sakuragicho Station Bus Terminal Pole No.1: Boarding a bus No.57 and 145 to Queen's Square bus stop. From Yokohama Station East Exit Bus Terminal Pole No.14: Boarding a Keikyu bus to Queen's Square bus stop. By boat Boarding a "Sea Bass" boat at Yokohama Station East Exit and getting off at Pukari-Sambashi Pier. A 3-minute walk to the hall. Shuto Minatomirai Line Queen's Expressway Yokohama Square to Yokohama to Yokohama Minatomirai Museum of Station Bus stop Art Rinko Park Minato Mirai 2 Artist Ramp 3 Entrance 1 Landmark QUEEN'S Queen's Yokohama Tower C Main Entrance Plaza 3rd Fl. EAST Minato Mirai [at!] 3rd Hall JR Line Bridge Pacifico Landmark to 2nd Fl. to 1st Fl. Queens Mall Tower Yokohama Grand Yokohama [at!] 2nd Yokohama Bay Intercontinental Queen's Hotel Tokyu Route 16 [at!] 1st Hotel Yokohama Tower A Royal Park Hotel l Queen's Square Ticket Center 2 To Loading Door(B1) Moving Nippon Maru Mall Entrance Walkway Memorial Park to Motomachi-Chukagai Subway Station Sakuragicho Parking Minato Mirai Public Parking (Pacifico Yokohama underground) 1200 vehicles/24hrs/260 yen per 30 min. to Kannai 1 2 Queen's Parking (Queen's Square underground) 1700 vehicles/7:00-24:00/260 yen per 30 min. 3 Landmark Parking (Landmark Plaza underground) 1400 vehicles//24hrs/260 yen per 30 min. *Discount parking tickets for the Minato Mirai Public Parking are available in the halll. *Please use public transportation on weekeends and holidays, as parking may be full. Minato Mirai District Map Port of Yokohama Osambashi Pier Marine Tower Rinko Park Yokohama Yamashita Park Pacifico Aka Renga Soko Yokohama Yokohama World Porters Motomachi- Yokohama Kanagawa Chukagai Sta. Minato Mirai Hall Prefectural (Yamashita-koen) Government Minatomirai Line Quee's Yokohama Intl. Square Seamen's Center Yokohama (Navios Yokohama) China Town Toyoko line Tokyu Nihon-odori Sta. Yokohama （2004年2月開通） (Kencho-Osambashi) Shintoshi Minatomirai Sta. Nihon-Maru Bldg. Memorial Motomachi Shopping St. Park Yokohama Bashamichi Sta. Yokohama Yokohama Sta. Shin-takashima Sta. Museum Landmark Tower Stadium of Art Yokohama Yokohama Kannai City Hall Metropolitan Expressway Minato Mirai Sta. Ishikawa-cho Yokohama Haneda Line Sakuragicho Sta. Ramp Sta. Yokohama JR Negishi Line Sta. Kannai Sta. Takashimacho Sta. Subway Sakuragicho Sta. Yokohama Minato Mirai Hall 2-3-6 Minato Mirai, Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Japan 220-0012 Tel: +81 (0)45 682 2020 Fax: +81 (0)45 682 2023 http://www.yaf.or.jp/mmh/.

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