Outline of Yamate

　Yamate is a quiet residential area spread over hills overlooking the harbor and urban areas. Yamate, which has developed as a former foreign settlement, has many historical and cultural resources such as the Western-style building and the foreign cemetery, and there are many greenery such as trees on slopes and parks, hedges along sidewalks, garden trees in houses. Green exists. In addition, there are many educational institutions from kindergartens to universities, including the mission school that opened in the Meiji era, and they also have the aspect of an educational district. Because public facilities such as museums and parks that utilize historical buildings built in the early Showa era are also concentrated, it is a cultural and recreation area where not only people living in the area but also many tourists from far away. There is.

　In Yokohama City, we have been coordinating town development and building guidance in order to preserve the historical landscape of Yamate and promote unique town development utilizing the cultural environment. In 1972, we formulated the Yamate-District Scenic Conservation Guidelines for Yamatecho and other districts, including Motomachi, Ishikawa and ShinYamate-Districtshita. Based on the belief that Yamateconservation's environment is an irreplaceable property for Yokohama citizens. In addition, we are studying Yamate's community development with local people. In 1998, we cooperated with the establishment of the Yamate Community Development Charter, which summarizes the basic principles of community development in the Yamate area.
　Furthermore, from January 1, 2020, the “Scenery Plan” and “Urban Landscape Consulting Area” were implemented in Yamate-District to create a city that would make the cityscape of Yamate-District more attractive and appealing internationally.

　The structure of the town of Yamate is composed of many slopes that cross the two ridge paths of the hill as a framework. The structure of this town was built in the early Meiji era. These two ridge roads are positioned as major roads in the urban landscape consultation area.

　Yamate Park, Japan's first Western-style park, Harbor View Park (Minato-no-Mieru Oka Koen), Motomachi Park, Italian Mountain Park, and American Mountain Park.

Yamate is said to have been developed since it was opened to foreigners in 1867 (Keio 3). In the early Meiji era, roads were improved and parks were opened, and the skeleton of the city that has been inherited today, was completed. In the middle of the medium term, Yamate's exoticism further increased, with the appearance of a full-fledged brick Western-style building.

The Great Kanto Earthquake caused catastrophic damage to Yamate, and the Western-style building has almost collapsed. For this reason, the majority of the old Western-style buildings that remain in Yamate were built after the Great Kanto Earthquake.

The damage caused by World War II was less than the earthquake, and rather the development of residential areas after the war caused a change in the landscape of Yamate. In the 1940s, the wave of condominium construction rushed to Yamate. In response to requests from citizens, Yokohama City established the Yamate-District Scenic Scenic Conservation Guidelines as a system to secure conservation and views of exotic landscapes. We have requested cooperation from business operators for each case.