The logo mark statement representing the future of Yokohama

In 2009, in the memorable year of the 150th anniversary of the opening of the port, in Yokohama, the “Citizen Participation Type Urban Brand Co-creation Project“ Imagine Yokohama ”” was held in which citizens talk about the future of Yokohama and draw a picture of the future of Yokohama. Was.
Based on the wishes of the citizens, a statement expressing the "future image of Yokohama" and a logo mark expressing 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 citizens and use it in various situations, and use it to disseminate the image of Yokohama both domestically and internationally.
Please refer to "About the use of logo" for the logo mark usage guidelines.

The thoughts contained in the logo mark
It is an image of the free and open wind blowing in Yokohama written in the statement, and expresses YOKOHAMA's "Y" with the motif of the wings of the windmill.
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, in three darkness, the mark is moved.
It was designed as a logo with the word "OPEN YOKOHAMA", which condenses the thoughts contained in the statement below.

I laugh. I eat it. Learn.
Work. Play. Take a deep breath.
Everything involved in living is
It's within reach.
Ports and hills, culture and nature, historical and new things.
Sometimes struggled,
Gently wrap a variety of things.
A city where people can spend a lot of time with people.
Nature, a city where you can be like yourself.
In such a city, you and I,
Meet, recognize, and enhance each other.

It is the people who live here.
I envisioned the future of Yokohama.
In a long journey, we accept and accept different things
The Yokohama, who continued to create new things
The future that has already begun.

The present and the future
The true diversity that Yokohama has nurtured after the opening of the port.
The power of citizens who create a comfortable environment for themselves.
A free and open wind that can only be found here blows through.
Let's create such a Yokohama together.