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Japan?s largest incorporated city, Yokohama, the capital of Kanagawa prefecture, accommodates tens of thousands of tourists yearly. The city is a paradise for those seeking entertainment. You may have a good time in countless bars, cafés, restaurants and nightclubs of the city. As the night falls city comes alive then it was by daylight and you can see loads of young people dressed in their bibs and tuckers going to dance the night away. 

Yokohama has a tangy cosmopolitan air to it with its numerous nightlife attractions which make it a unique experience to plunge into the night streets of Yokohama seeking fun.

Major night time attractions of Yokohama are nightclubs called Downtown Club, Yokohama Bay Hall and Gas Panic. While it is more of a bar than an actual nightclub, the Yokohama Hard Rock Cafe is pretty good fun too. It is located in Queen's Square Mall in the Minato Mirai area. Basically, this is almost directly underneath Landmark Tower.

Downtown Club plays jazz music, a perfect blend of African American and western techniques, it is a soft and romantic kind of music. In the club they play perhaps the best jazz music outside America with its enviable collection of more than 3 thousand LPs. Here you can taste the best of beers, fantastic wines and scintillating cocktails that are a real treat to your taste buds. The place is open from 4 pm until 11 pm daily and all of major international credit carts like American Express, Visa and Master Card are acceptable here.

Japan is known for a great variety of exotic cocktails. Tourists can savor sparkling drinks with tangy flavors and bright colors.  

Yokohama is famous for its ?Bamboo? cocktail, the first cocktail ever to be invented in Japan back in 1889. ?Bamboo? is a dry cocktail, its ingredients are ?Dry Sherry? and ?Dry Vermouth,? which makes if an ideal pre-dinner appetizer.

Another cocktail you are most likely to be served in any Yokohama nightclub you may drop in is cocktail ?Yokohama,? blend with gin and vodka. ?Yokohama? cocktail has an anise fragrance and oriental flavor. ?Yokohama? story legend says that it was first made on an ocean liner.

Cocktail ?Yokohama Beauty? is famous for the fact that it was originally invented by Yokohama Mayor, the cocktail has a rather orthodox flavor. Furthermore, there are 12 kinds of Yokohama?s seasonal cocktails ?Yokohama Birthday Cocktails.?