Tsurumi Walking Guide — Okinawa, Brazil and Pakistan Along Nakadori Shopping Street
Kanagawa · Updated: 2026-08-03
Around Tsurumi Station there are 5 walking spots, ranging from an Okinawa soba shop to a Brazilian grocery-restaurant and a Pakistani curry house. The center of it all is Nakadori Shopping Street in Tsurumi Ward, Yokohama, a street where many people from Okinawa live and where an Okinawan goods store and an Okinawa soba shop sit side by side, joined by Brazilian and Pakistani food. Dishes here run roughly ¥700 to ¥1,500, which makes it easy to visit several places in a single day.
A good order is to start at [Yuri Shop](/en/spot/56c2900f-1bb5-45f8-bfd1-5d946a1c95d6) in Nakadori 2-chome, head north to [Okinawa Bussan Center](/en/spot/fabb174a-4ca9-4886-8a07-46c208b1f83e) and the adjoining [Tingara](/en/spot/9cfac2cc-323f-4303-b8cd-93f582db0ee0), stop by [Umakaben](/en/spot/c10bb388-cd1c-4fb4-8d7d-bce398481317) right next door, and finish at [Sari Sari Curry](/en/spot/ac690d92-a65d-4807-835c-c15d24c23954) in Ushioda-cho. Tingara is open only at lunchtime, so build the day around midday.
Yuri Shop
A Brazilian grocery store and restaurant run by Yuri Kobashigawa, a second-generation Japanese-Brazilian born and raised in São Paulo. Roast pork belly with fried onions is ¥1,500 and the special deep-fried pastel is ¥700, and plates come with rice, french fries and feijoada. The address is 2-60-15 Nakadori, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama. Since it doubles as a grocery store, you can shop for takeaway as well as eat in.
Okinawa Bussan Center
A goods store on Nakadori Shopping Street in Tsurumi, where many people from Okinawa live. It stocks Okinawan ingredients and awamori, and in August eisa dancing is performed in front of the shop. The address is 3-74-14 Nakadori, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama. This single shop is the clearest expression of the link between Tsurumi and Okinawa, so make it the anchor of your walk.
Tingara
An Okinawa soba shop attached to Okinawa Bussan Center, so you can shop and then sit down to eat without moving on. It is open only at lunchtime, which is the main reason to plan a Tsurumi walk around the middle of the day. The address is the same as the goods store: 3-74-14 Nakadori, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama.
Umakaben
A bento shop on Nakadori Shopping Street at 3-77-2 Nakadori, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama. Its appeal is that you can pick up a bento almost drive-through style, which suits a day when you would rather keep walking than sit down. There are weekend-only menu items too, so it shows a different face on Saturdays and Sundays. It is practically next door to Okinawa Bussan Center, so the two pair easily.
Sari Sari Curry
After 20 years in Hakuraku, this shop is closing that chapter and moving to Tsurumi. The menu is a single item: Pakistani waterless chicken curry, served as a ¥1,500 set with curry, salad and chai. It is scheduled to open in early August 2026 at 1-69-1 Ushioda-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama. It sits a little away from Nakadori, so it works best as the finish after the shopping street.
One tip: don't fill up at a single stop. Okinawa soba, a Brazilian plate and Pakistani curry are completely different traditions gathered into the same 5 spots in Tsurumi, so sharing small portions across the walk turns the town's many nationalities into the story of your day. The ingredients and awamori at Okinawa Bussan Center make a fitting souvenir on the way home.
Frequently asked questions
- What kinds of spots are around Tsurumi Station?
- There are 5: Tingara for Okinawa soba, Okinawa Bussan Center for Okinawan ingredients and awamori, Yuri Shop as a Brazilian grocery-restaurant, the bento shop Umakaben, and Sari Sari Curry for Pakistani curry. They cluster around Nakadori Shopping Street and make the area strikingly multinational.
- How much does a walk in Tsurumi cost?
- The listed prices are ¥1,500 for roast pork belly with fried onions and ¥700 for the special pastel at Yuri Shop, and ¥1,500 for the curry, salad and chai set at Sari Sari Curry. Expect roughly ¥700 to ¥1,500 per meal.
- Where should I go if I want to feel the Okinawan side of Tsurumi?
- Okinawa Bussan Center on Nakadori Shopping Street stocks Okinawan ingredients and awamori, and eisa dancing takes place in front of the shop in August. The adjoining Tingara serves Okinawa soba, so you can shop and eat in one stop.
- Is it better to walk here at lunchtime or in the evening?
- Tingara is open only at lunchtime, so a midday-centered walk is the safer plan. If you would rather eat while walking, Umakaben lets you pick up a bento drive-through style.