If you are under 20, please refrain from entering.
Sakuragicho is the area around Sakuragicho Station in Yokohama. The station sits between planned Minato Mirai on one side and Noge, which the city's tourism site calls a town of street performance, on the other.
Trains on the JR Keihin-Tohoku Line and Negishi Line call at Sakuragicho Station, as does the Yokohama municipal subway. The city's tourism site treats it as the gateway to Minato Mirai; leave by the opposite side and you are in Noge.
According to Yokohama's tourism site, Noge sits across Sakuragicho Station from Minato Mirai and shows a completely different side of the city. The site also calls Noge a town of street performance and notes that a street-performance event is held there every autumn.
When listings are registered for Sakuragicho they will be shown on this page. For the moment, listings from across the prefecture sit together on the Kanagawa page.
Kanagawa police explain that only in designated areas of Naka Ward, Yokohama, may entertainment businesses such as venues where staff entertain guests stay open until 1 a.m. The prefecture's anti-organised-crime ordinance also makes the area around Kannai Station a special enforcement zone, with Noge-cho and Hanasaki-cho among its named blocks, and bans paying or taking protection money there.
On touting, Article 9 of the Kanagawa nuisance prevention ordinance prohibits malicious touting and solicitation in nightlife districts, and a business that ignores a stop order can be told to suspend operations. The police page does not list the districts concerned one by one.
Sakuragicho is generally fine for a night out. The main risk is bottakuri, a padded bill at the end. Stick to venues that post their prices, skip street touts steering you into ‘free’ bars, and confirm the set fee plus any nomination or bottle charges before you order.
Payment methods vary by venue. Check the listing and confirm with the venue before booking.
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