It’s not far at all by train to Yokohama. I walked out of Ishikwacho Station and down the steps
into fashionable Motomachi along one of the coldest streets I’ve ever walked. Right beside
a canal, sheltered under a freeway, where little houseboats were stuck between bridges forever.
I came to see the Doll Museum (I found it instantly), the Kite Museum (an officer at a koban
drew a map for me) and the Tin Toy Museum (hidden in a house down a lane on Yamate Hill).
I marveled at these trees and the brushed metal fence that was built around them, measured-
and-cut to avoid disturbing them. It was considerateto cobble the sidewalk around them, too.
The picture shows about half of the two-lane roadway to the top of Yamate Hill.