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== In popular culture == {{Unreferenced section|date=June 2024}} * [[Phileas Fogg]] makes a stop in Yokohama before moving on to San Francisco in [[Jules Verne]]'s book, [[Around the World in Eighty Days]]. * [[Yukio Mishima]]'s novel ''[[The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea]]'' is set mainly in Yokohama. Mishima describes the city's port and its houses, and the Western influences that shaped them. * ''[[From Up on Poppy Hill]]'' is a 2011 [[Studio Ghibli]] animated drama film directed by [[Gorō Miyazaki]] set in the [[Yamate]] district of Yokohama. The film is based on the serialized Japanese comic book of the same name. * The main setting of [[James Clavell]]'s book ''[[Gai-Jin (novel)|Gai-Jin]]'' is in historical Yokohama. * Vermilion City in the Kanto region from the Pokémon franchise is based on Yokohama. During the closing ceremony of the 2022 [[Pokémon World Championships]] in [[London]], Yokohama was announced as the 2023 host city by using footage of Vermilion City from [[Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow]]. The 2023 World Championships were held at the [[Pacifico Yokohama]] between August 11–13, 2023. In the video game division, the host country won the finals of all three age divisions. * One of the ''[[Pretty Cure]]'' crossover movies takes place in Yokohama. In the fourth movie of the series, ''Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage: Friends of the Future'', the Pretty Cure appear standing on top of the [[Cosmo Clock 21]] in [[Minato Mirai]]. * The main setting of the Japanese [[visual novel]] series ''[[Muv-Luv]]'', first a school and then, in an alternate history, a military base is built in Yokohama with the objective of carrying out the Alternative IV Plan meant to save humanity. * In ''[[Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3]]'', Yokohama is under siege by the Soviet Union and Allied Nations to stop the Empire of The Rising Sun. The player must defend Yokohama and then lead a counterattack as the Empire. * The manga ''[[Bungo Stray Dogs]]'' is set in Yokohama. * The Japanese mixed-media project, ''[[Hamatora]]'' takes place in Yokohama. * The final battles in ''[[Godzilla vs. Mothra]]'' (1992) and ''[[Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack]]'' (2001) take place in Yokohama. * In ''[[My Hero Academia]]'', it is the location of the Nomu Warehouse where they created artificial Humans (a.k.a. Nomus). * Sumaru City in the ''[[Persona 2]]'' duology is based on Yokohama. * Miyabi City in ''[[The Caligula Effect]]'' is based on Yokohama, including depictions of landmarks such as an unfinished Landmark Tower and [[Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise]] (referred to in game as Sea Paraiso). * The video game ''[[Yakuza (series)#Yakuza: Like a Dragon|Yakuza: Like a Dragon]]'' is set in Isezaki Ijincho, a fictional district in Yokohama based on [[Isezakichō]]. * Yokohama is also represented in the multimedia project by [[King Records (Japan)|King Records]], ''[[Hypnosis Mic: Division Rap Battle]]'' * Yokohama is the main setting of Japanese manga and anime series ''[[Komi Can't Communicate]]''. Multiple of the cities' landmarks are featured on the manga, most notably in the more recently released chapters. * Yokohama is the setting of the anime ''[[After the Rain (manga)|After the Rain]]'' as well as manga series with the same title by [[Jun Mayuzuki]]. *In April 2022, The Yokohama Convention & Visitors Bureau announced the launch of a new interactive website to aid in the tourism and MICE elements of the city.<ref>{{cite journal |date=28 April 2022 |title=Virtual Yokohama: Interactive Website Launched |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220428005059/en/Virtual-Yokohama-Interactive-Website-Launched |journal=Business Wire |access-date=29 April 2022}}</ref> *[[Akira Kurosawa]]'s 1963 film [[High and Low (1963 film)|''High and Low'']] was filmed and set in Yokohama.
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