【2024】Yokohama World Porters Reopens with a Grand Makeover: The Latest Restaurants and Entertainment Gather in Yokohama!

Now, we introduce the highlighted areas of each floor.

Yokohama World Porters 1F: A Variety of Gourmet Choices!

The 1F "Entertainment Gourmet World & Hawaiian Town" consists of four main areas, each featuring distinctive shops.

Entertainment Gourmet World

Combining approximately 500 seats in the "World Food Hall" and around 120 seats in the adjacent "Hawaiian Town," this floor offers a total of around 620 seats, creating the largest dining zone in the Minato Mirai area. Here, visitors can enjoy cuisines from various countries such as Taiwan, Korea, Singapore, and Vietnam, along with a selection of alcoholic beverages.

A highly recommended spot is the "Lemon Sour Research Laboratory," where you can savor a wide range of lemon sours, each with varying degrees of sweetness, tartness, bitterness, and aroma. These sours have been meticulously developed through extensive research to bring out their unique characteristics.

One-Hand Gourmet Zone

The "One-Hand Gourmet Zone," where you can enjoy meals easily with one hand, features a variety of seven different stores offering rice balls, curry bread, sweets, and more.

A notable first in Kanagawa Prefecture is the rice ball specialty store "Hitonigiri," where each rice ball is made to order. They use Koshihikari rice from Uonuma, and all ingredients, including salt and seaweed, are carefully selected from domestic sources to deliver a rich taste.

Another highlight is the popular curry bread specialty store "Giraffa," located on Kamakura Komachi Street. Their curry bread features a lightly milk-flavored dough filled with a special curry made from 30 different spices, and melty cheese that oozes out with every bite.

Japan's first strawberry candy specialty store, "Strawberry Fetish", is also making its debut in Kanagawa Prefecture. Not only are the strawberry candies adorable, but they are also of high quality and incredibly delicious.

Entertainment Sweets Zone

In the "Entertainment Sweets Zone," which features seven stores where you can customize and enjoy original, innovative sweets, there is the first domestic branch of the American cookie specialty store "Chunk & MOG," operated by the sweets media "ufu." They offer classic options like "NY Caramel," as well as unique flavors inspired by Chinatown, such as "Almond Jelly" and "Fried Dumpling."

Also, the macaron specialty store "mindeulle", which has a lot of colorful Tuncaron (chunky macaroon) and sweets that are too cute to eat, will be open for a limited time.

The "KitKat Chocolatory" has opened, offering a variety of selections perfect for celebrations and gifts. They also provide shakes that let you enjoy the texture and flavor of KitKat wafers.

The "Maguro Tuna Wholesaler Miura Misaki Port", which has been in business for over 20 years at Yokohama World Porters, has been renewed as a new style sushi restaurant "Maguro Tuna Wholesaler Megumi". A "shokunin" who weaves authentic sushi using local and near-sea seafood, including Misaki tuna, a pride of Kanagawa, will welcome you.

Yokohama World Porters 2F: Character-related Shops and VR Attraction Facilities

EVERYTHING MINECRAFT

We will be launching the "Entertainment Character World" with six stores, including the "Bandai Namco Cross Store", which brings together characters, products, and experiential events handled by each company of the Craft Bandai Namco Group, and the official shop of the hugely popular game "Minecraft", "EVERYTHING MINECRAFT". In addition, shops offering lifestyle goods such as Japanese miscellaneous goods, hand towels, and wrapping cloths, bags for walking around the city and travel, and products with character designs are also available.

DIVR IMMERSIVE ARENA

A new VR attraction by AEON Mall Kids Dream, operating a theme park, has debuted. It marks the first in Japan, offering an 'authentic' extraordinary world experienced by over 200,000 worldwide enthusiasts. 'DIVR IMMERSIVE ARENA' lets visitors wander through a seamlessly integrated world filled with 360-degree stunning visuals and special effects like wind and vibrations, promising unprecedented excitement and thrills. They offer an escape shooting attraction "Last Stand" and an adventure attraction "Meet the Dinosaurs".

Yokohama World Porters 3F: Popular Shops for the Young Generation Gathered

The floor now features a street bustling with gadgets where popular shops among Generation Z, offering trendy goods and vintage clothing, have congregated, along with photogenic spots.

Vintage Clothing Stores

"SPINNS VINTAGE," a specialty store focused on vintage clothing from the originator of Harajuku with a nationwide presence, has relocated and expanded. Additionally, "WEGO VINTAGE" has newly opened, offering a wide range of carefully selected vintage clothing from around the world.

In addition, "DO STYLE," a popular vintage shop in Shimokitazawa, and "RushOut," offering vintage clothing sourced from the United States, are opening their first stores in Kanagawa Prefecture. "MYDANCE," an original dance apparel shop stocking everything from vintage sneakers to streetwear, has also opened, offering a diverse range of used goods.

Goods and Accessories

"more×more," offering trendy items, cosmetics, stationery, daily necessities, and fancy goods from Asian countries such as Korea, China, and Taiwan, is opening its first store in Kanagawa Prefecture. Additionally, "Sally Mart," which opened last year and specializes in beads and accessory parts, has relocated and expanded. Customers can create their own original accessories by combining their favorite parts.

Yokohama World Porters 4F: Enhanced Entertainment Facilities

On the 4th floor, the "Entertainment Active World" has emerged as a vibrant entertainment zone with the largest array of physical activities in the Minato Mirai area.

VS PARK

The indoor "crazy fun" activity facility "VS PARK," making its debut in Kanagawa Prefecture, has opened. It features 26 activities including popular ones like the sprinting challenge "Nigekiru" where you flee from wild beasts over a short distance, and "Jump×Jump" where you dodge rotating obstacles. The new addition, "PONG! PONG!" is also part of the lineup. It promises a day of full-fledged enjoyment with friends and family.

Yokohama Trick Art Museum

Additionally, at the "Yokohama Trick Art Museum," visitors can experience illusions and engage in playful art spaces suitable for families, friends, and everyone to enjoy together. This time, themed around a journey transcending time and space, the attraction unveils the latest trick art imagining the "future" for the first time.

Yokohama World Porters 4F: Upgraded Cinema and Amusement Shops

The "Sky Dining World & Cinema Complex" on the 5th floor, a popular spot among our customers featuring AEON Cinema and Namco, has been upgraded and renovated.

AEON Cinema Minato Mirai

The interior of the "AEON Cinema Minato Mirai" theater lobby has been renovated with a chic and modern design. The merchandise section has been expanded to ensure a more comfortable shopping experience.

Namco

Additionally, Namco has reopened with an expanded and renovated space featuring exclusive Namco prizes, amusement-specific items, and a variety of items in crane games that everyone can enjoy together. They have also introduced new sections such as a mini crane game corner and a family-friendly area with rides that children love, allowing families to play and relax together.

Spot Information

• Name: Yokohama World Porters
• Address: 2-2-1, Shinko, Naka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa
• Access:
• About 5 minutes walk from "Minatomirai Station" on the Minatomirai Line, from the Queen's Square exit
• About 5 minutes walk from "Bashamichi Station" on the Minatomirai Line, from exit 4
• About 10 minutes walk from "Sakuragicho Station" on the JR Keihin Tohoku / Negishi Line and Yokohama Municipal Subway
• Business hours:
• Shopping 10:30-21:00
• Restaurant & Cafe 11:00-23:00
• 1F: Entertainment Suites / World Food Hall / One Hand Gourmet 10:30-21:00
• Aeon Cinema Minatomirai Weekdays 09:00 / Weekends and holidays 08:00 (until the end of the late show)
• * Some stores have different business hours