Logo mark statement representing Yokohama of the future

In 2009, in the commemorative year of the 150th anniversary of the opening of the port, Yokohama was held in Yokohama, where citizens talked about the future of Yokohama and depicting the future image of Yokohama.
Based on the thoughts of the citizens, a statement representing the "future image of Yokohama" and a logo mark that expresses the future image in short words and designs were born.
For the 200th anniversary of the opening of the port, we will share it with the citizens and utilize it in various situations, and utilize it to disseminate Yokohama's image both in Japan and overseas.
Please refer to "About the use of logo mark" for the guidelines for using the logo mark.

Thoughts in the logo mark
The image of the free and open wind blowing in Yokohama described in the statement, and expresses YOKOHAMA's "Y" with the motif of the windmill wings as a motif.
The three different squares represent the diversity of Yokohama.
A place where various people and things meet and cross.
By using blue, the symbolic color of Yokohama, with three depths, it gives movement to the mark.
It was designed as a logo mark with the word "OPEN YOKOHAMA", which condensed the thoughts contained in the statement below.

I laugh. Eat. Learn.
I work. Play. Take a deep breath.
Everything is related to living
It's within reach of reach.
Ports and hills, culture and nature, historical and new things.
Sometimes I struggled.
It wraps various things gently.
A city where people can spend time with people and people.
A city where you can stay in your own way.
In such a city, you and I will be
Meet, recognize each other, and enhance each other.

It is for the people who live here.
I envisioned the future of Yokohama.
Accepting different things in a long journey
Of the Yokohama, who has continued to create new things
The future has already begun.

And the future is the center of the present.
The true diversity and that Yokohama has nurtured through the opening of the port.
The power of citizens who create a livable environment by themselves.
A free and open wind that can only be found here.
Let's create such a Yokohama miracle.