Yokohama Smart Parking Ryokuentoshi West Exit, a parking lot with functions such as revitalizing local movement and responding to disasters, will be newly opened.

Based on a comprehensive cooperation agreement concluded with Sotetsu Holdings Inc. in April 2013, Yokohama City aims to create a city where diverse generations can live in by solving local issues and revitalizing the area along the Sotetsu Izumino Line. We have been promoting initiatives for “Environmental Future City along the Sotetsu Izumino Line (next generation town development)”, and have been collaborating with industry, academia and citizens to carry out demonstration projects to utilize advanced technologies such as demonstration projects such as station square redevelopment and utilizing advanced technologies and utilizing local resources.
As part of this initiative, Sotetsu Building Management Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Nishi-ku, Yokohama) of the Sotetsu Group will open the Yokohama Smart Parking Ryokuentoshi West Exit on Wednesday, September 18, 2019 as a parking lot utilizing the latest ICT (information and communication technology). This parking lot has a share cycle as a means of transportation in the area, has functions such as a free Wi-Fi access point function in the event of a disaster, a charging function for mobile phones and smartphones, and securing drinking water, as well as spaces for people with disabilities. It includes Japan's first service that allows advance reservations including.