Yokohama Port, the foremost beautiful port, has been the gateway to the sea for 150 years after the opening a port. It’s been a gateway for the logistics, civilization and the culture for Japan. It is also the No.1 port for the cruise ship in Japan.
However, we must admit there are many problems surrounding the port. Osanbashi, the international passenger terminal, is one of the beautiful symbol of Yokohama, but it only allows of 50 thousands ton cruise ships at once. When we look at the world perspectives, cruise ships over 100 thousands ton are being in service. They have started coming to Japan, but there has been some cases that we had to give up docking at Osanbashi because those cruise ships couldn’t go under the Yokohama Bay Bridge which is another beautiful symbol of Yokohama.
It is emphasized to the logistics aspect above cruise and flow of people and culture. On the other hand, it is necessary to organize the port for the numbers of tourists expected to increase especially for the Tokyo Olympic. Paralympic Games in 2020.
We, Minato-no-Kaze IN THE OFF-ING (ITO), are going to hold events to introduce and express the beauty of Yokohama Port. We are going to work together with government offices and business sectors to provide as well service as the airport. We believed it is necessary to establish NPO to demand in information disclosure and address to the citizens. We are going to challenge the problems of Yokohama Port as NPO. ITO is also going to have a relationship with the organizations and companies at the stricken areas.
In the past, people’s thoughts went to the world and got excited at the objects from foreign countries. Although it is an abundant era, we would like to propose the Yokohama Port with our heart of hospitality.
We hereby established the NPO “Minato-no-Kaze IN THE OFF-ING” to disseminate Japanese attractions to the inside and outside of Japan. We wish our action will spread to the other Japanese ports and to all over the world to create the future which filled with smile.