Yokohama rewards a thin wallet: the 1859 treaty port left free Western mansions on the Yamate bluff, the harbour's best rooftops charge nothing, and covered shotengai arcades still sell croquettes for ¥80. Three days here can cost less than one Tokyo museum ticket.
One of Japan's rare free zoos, opened 1951 on a hill above the port. Roughly 80 species including red pandas, Sumatran tigers and a Cape penguin pool, all for ¥0. Open 09:30–16:30, closed Mondays and 1 Jan.
An 1910 American Victorian residence, moved here from Shibuya and designated an Important Cultural Property, stands free of charge in the garden where Japan's first Italian consulate sat. Open 09:30–17:00.
Berrick Hall (1930, architect J.H. Morgan) is the largest surviving pre-war foreign residence in Yokohama, and entry costs nothing. Bluff No.234, the Ehrismann Residence and Bluff No.111 sit within 400 metres, all free.
The bluff where British and French garrisons camped after 1863 is now an open park, free and unlocked around the clock, with a rose garden and a clean sightline over Osanbashi Pier to the Bay Bridge.
The city's 1931 fish market in Kanagawa-ku throws open its gates on Ichiba Day, generally the first and third Saturday, 09:00–12:00. Kaisen-don from around ¥600 in the shokudo lane behind the wholesale halls.
Roughly 600 tiny counters crammed into the blocks behind Sakuragicho, grown from the post-1945 black market. Lunch sets of motsuni, gyoza or curry run ¥600–900, and kushikatsu counters charge about ¥120 a skewer.
A 350-metre covered arcade near Bandobashi with about 130 shops, among the cheapest in Kanagawa. Korean delis, Chinese grocers, ¥80 croquettes, ¥100 yakitori and fruit sold by the crate rather than the piece.
The 1.5 km pedestrian street that was Yokohama's main shopping drag long before Minato Mirai. Hundred-yen shops, Chinese halls doing ¥390 mapo tofu sets, standing sushi bars and a 24-hour Don Quijote for discount onigiri.
Built over Japan's first Western racecourse, opened 1866 for foreign residents. The gutted 1929 grandstand still looms above 20 hectares of free lawn, and the adjacent Equine Museum asks only ¥100.
A pedestrian deck slung beneath the 860-metre Bay Bridge, 60 metres above the water. Entry is ¥100 and the 320-metre walkway looks straight down the Honmoku container terminal towards the Minato Mirai skyline.
The 1928 King of Yokohama's three towers, alongside Jack (Kaiko Memorial Hall) and Queen (the Customs House). Free rooftop observation deck and a free ground-floor history gallery, weekdays 08:30–17:15.
The 2002 international terminal's undulating 'whale's back' roof is public space: ipe planking, grass and no ticket, open until 22:00, with a full sweep from the Bay Bridge round to the Landmark Tower.