Water and Environmental Solution Hub

Yokohama City is registered as a hub city for water and environmental solutions, and in fiscal 2016, we established Hokubu Sewerage Center as a strategic base for international expansion.
Hokubu Sewerage Center has Hokubu No.2 Wastewater Treatment Plant (sewage treatment) and Hokubu Sludge Treatment Plant (sludge treatment).
Each facility has a tour route, and an exhibition corner that explains the processing process in an easy-to-understand manner using models and panels.

In the Yokohama City Sewerage Business, in order to contribute to solving sewerage issues overseas, such as emerging countries, by utilizing the city's sewerage technology and business management know-how, facilities tours of facilities by overseas engineers and experts in JICA training projects etc. We accept It can also be used as a place to introduce facilities and equipment to overseas business partners by Yokohama Water Business Council member companies to introduce their business. Please use it as a place for business matching.
In addition to Hokubu Sewerage Center, there are various sewerage facilities throughout the city, so it is possible to introduce the facilities according to the purpose of the tour and what you want.

For those that meet any of the following requirements, we accept facility tours.
(1)Project implementation stage cities (Hanoi, Cebu) and partner cities (Bangkok, Cebu, Da Nang)
(2)Customers of Yokohama Water Business Council Member Companies
(3)International organizations such as JICA, Middle East Cooperation Center, and the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
(4)Government agencies such as the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, and other cities
(5)Educational institutions such as universities
(6)Others (The necessity is determined individually based on the viewpoint of whether or not it contributes to the international development of Yokohama sewerage.)

If you would like to check the above acceptance target and wish to visit the facilities, please apply in the following manner.
(1)Please contact us by e-mail about your desired content (4 items below). (The email address is listed at the bottom.)
　①Date and time of visit
　②Visiting site
　③Visitors (affiliated) and their number
　④Purpose of the tour
(2)The person in charge will inform you about whether or not the tour will be accepted. When conducting a tour, please fill in required items in the following “[Form] Request Form” and submit it. In addition, we will adjust the details.

Applications and inquiries for tours, etc.
Sewage Works Management Division International Affairs Section
Email address: ks-jigyomanagement@city.yokohama.jp

The Water and Environment Solution Hub (WES Hub) is an alliance of cities to actively provide Japan's water and environmental infrastructure technologies and policies overseas.
Cities with advanced technology and experience (AAA) collaborate to disseminate Japan's knowledge to the world. At AAA (WES Hub registered city), you can experience a wide range of know-how on water and environment-related technologies and policies, such as explaining policies by local governments on water and the environment, and visiting state-of-the-art demonstration experiment sites.
Yokohama City is certified as an AAA and disseminates technologies and policies related to water and environmental infrastructure overseas.