Richmond Hotel Yokohama-Bashamichi

Around the corner from Yokohama's Bashamichi street — the old 'horse carriage road' lined with Meiji-era gas lamp replicas — Richmond Hotel occupies a business-class tower in Naka-ku's historic waterfront district, a short walk from the red-brick Kanagawa Prefectural History Museum.

Rooms are compact but well-fitted, with private bathrooms including bathtubs, refrigerators, electric kettles, and flat-screen TVs. An on-site restaurant and coffee house handle meals without guests needing to go far, and the 24-hour front desk suits late arrivals off Yokohama's night trains.

Bashamichi station sits directly below on the Minatomirai Line, connecting to Yokohama main station in four minutes and Motomachi-Chukagai (Chinatown) in three stops the other direction.