Yokohama

It is the capital of Kanagawa Prefecture and Japan's largest incorporated city, located in the Kanto region of the main island of Honshū. Yokohama is a major commercial hub of the Greater Tokyo Area. Centered on an inlet on the western side of Tokyo Bay, this city developed rapidly as Japan's prominent port city following the end of Japan's isolation in the late 19th Century, and is today one of its major port along with those of Kobe, Osaka, Nagoya, Hakata, Tokyo and Chiba. The city has a strong  local economic base, especially in the shipping, biotechnology, and semiconductor industries, reason enough for Nissan to move its headquarters to Yokohama from Chuo-ku, Tokyo, by 2010.