Best Burgers in Yokohama: Port City Guide

For the best burgers in Yokohama, look first in Kannai and Bashamichi, the old port district, then in Motomachi, Minato Mirai 21 and the busy streets around Yokohama Station. Noge, the izakaya quarter next to Sakuragichō Station, is worth a pass for its small grills and bars.

Yokohama was one of the first Japanese ports opened to foreign trade, in 1859, and Western-style cooking took root here early. That heritage, called yōshoku, explains the city’s attachment to hambāgu, a bunless hamburger steak served with demi-glace sauce and rice. The American influence came later and from the south: Yokosuka, home to a US Navy base, promotes its own Navy Burger based on a US Navy recipe. Yokohama sits between both traditions, which makes it a good place to try a Japanese hambāgu and an American-style burger on the same day.

Burgers in Yokohama: key facts

• Neighbourhoods to explore: Kannai, Bashamichi, Motomachi, Minato Mirai 21, Noge and the Yokohama Station area.
• Local tradition: hambāgu, the Japanese hamburger steak and a yōshoku classic.
• Nearby style: the Yokosuka Navy Burger, a short train ride south on the Keikyū line.
• Chinatown: Yokohama Chūkagai, the largest Chinatown in Japan, borders Motomachi.
• Getting around: the Minatomirai Line and the JR Negishi Line connect the waterfront districts.
• Currency: Japanese yen (JPY), the only currency our Yokohama guides quote.

Every guide we publish on Yokohama is dated and lists only venues, addresses, prices and ratings we could verify. Tokyo and other cities each have a page in our burger restaurants section.