Isezaki-Chojamachi Walking Guide — A 152-Year-Old Shopping Street and a Beloved Pastry Shop

Around Isezaki-Chojamachi Station there are 3 walking spots, ranging from a long-established pastry shop to a 1.2 km shopping street. At the center is Isezaki Mall, a shopping street with 152 years of history that runs from near Koganecho Station all the way to Kannai Station. This is the Isezakicho–Chojamachi area of Naka Ward, Yokohama, where you can shop, eat something sweet, and take in the mood of the street all in one walk.

Suggested order: Isezaki Mall (walk the shopping street end to end) → Hamashiman (a pastry break) → Hotel Grand Sun Yokohama (finish on the Chojamachi side). The shopping street is the spine of the route, with the pastry shop and hotel folded in as detours.

Isezaki Mall

[Isezaki Mall](/en/spot/db9d222c-d34d-4ccc-9d72-bdc3a4ab565d) is a 1.2 km shopping street with 152 years of history. Because it runs straight from near Koganecho Station to Kannai Station, it works as the main route of the walk on its own. "Matsuzakaya," where the band Yuzu once held a street live performance, used to stand here, and lively shops including "Yurindo" still crowd the street today. Walking the 1.2 km from end to end is enough to get a feel for the whole area.

Hamashiman

[Hamashiman](/en/spot/32c580be-48e9-4a9d-8507-2bfa3a2dfd36) is a pastry shop in Isezakicho known for its lemon pie and apple pie. Its address is 5-129 Isezakicho, Naka Ward, Yokohama, right along the line of the Isezaki Mall walk. It slots easily into the route as a rest stop after the shopping street, or as the place to pick up a souvenir. If sweets are your goal, making this your turnaround point works well too.

Hotel Grand Sun Yokohama

[Hotel Grand Sun Yokohama](/en/spot/a2d8d4a7-3240-495a-9ce2-3f1e4d243552) is a business hotel in Isezakicho. Posters and photos from the film "Outrage" are displayed inside, so even without staying the night you can sense the connection between this neighborhood and the movie. It is 7 minutes on foot from Kannai Station, 4 from Hinodecho Station and 12 from Sakuragicho Station, at 8-122 Chojamachi, Naka Ward, Yokohama. For accommodation details, see the official site (www.grandsun.co.jp).

Closing tip

In this area, how you walk the 1.2 km shopping street decides the character of the whole outing. Go straight through and you come out toward Kannai or Koganecho Station; stop at Hamashiman for something sweet along the way and you already have a complete little town walk. If you finish on the Chojamachi side, carry on to Hotel Grand Sun Yokohama and decide from there whether to head home via Kannai, Hinodecho or Sakuragicho Station. With only 3 spots, this is an area suited to savoring one shopping street slowly.