Yokohama DOOH · Minato Mirai · Yokohama Station · Kannai · Chinatown · June 2026

Billboards in Japan's great harbour city

Japan's second-largest city of 3.77 million, from the Minato Mirai waterfront to Yokohama Station to the Kannai core, bookable by the hour, priced per play, matched to how Yokohama actually moves.

Updated June 15, 2026By Blindspot · location intelligence

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Yokohama, large-format DOOH inventory bookable by the hour on Blindspot
The 296 metre Yokohama Landmark Tower and the Cosmo Clock 21 wheel glowing at dusk over the Minato Mirai harbour · JCDecauxBooked by the hour
The short answer● Quotable

Yokohama billboard and DOOH (digital out-of-home) costs span from a few cents per play on urban panels to premium Minato Mirai 21, Yokohama Chinatown and landmark networks. On Blindspot, Yokohama screens are booked by the hour and priced per play, entry plays start around $0.34, with no contracts or minimums.

The smart Yokohama play isn't one screen for a month. It's the right screens at the right hours: the arteries at commute peak, the malls through the afternoon, the nightlife and tourist cores after dark.

BookingBy the hour
PricingPer play · upfront
MinimumsNone
Go liveWithin hours
DeliveryVerified play logs

Billboard ranking points

Yokohama's billboard spots, ranked

Scored by Blindspot's location intelligence on visibility, dwell time, and footfall (directional, 1–10). Every one is bookable by the hour on the platform.

01

Minato Mirai 21

Best for: Waterfront · Landmark · Footfall

The gleaming harbour district of the Landmark Tower, the Cosmo Clock wheel and Queen's Square, the strongest place to reach a leisure and shopping crowd.

Visibility10
Dwell time9
Footfall9
02

Yokohama Station

Best for: Commuter hub · Department stores · Daily reach

One of the busiest stations in Japan, ringed by department stores and underground malls, moving the heaviest daily commuter flow in the city.

Visibility9
Dwell time7
Footfall10
03

Kannai & Bashamichi

Best for: Business core · Heritage blocks · Through-traffic

The historic business and government heart between the harbour and the ballpark, with the brick-built Bashamichi avenue carrying steady daytime flow.

Visibility8
Dwell time7
Footfall8
04

Yokohama Chinatown

Best for: Dining · Tourism · Evening footfall

The largest Chinatown in Japan, packed with restaurants and gates drawing very heavy visitor and dining traffic through the evening.

Visibility8
Dwell time9
Footfall8
05

Sakuragicho

Best for: Gateway · Promenade · All-day reach

The station gateway and pedestrian promenade linking the city to Minato Mirai, a busy transfer and leisure corridor across the day.

Visibility8
Dwell time7
Footfall8
06

Yamashita Park & Bayquarter

Best for: Seaside leisure · Events · Steady reach

The harbour-front park and Bayquarter waterfront, a green leisure and event belt with strong weekend and visitor movement along the bay.

Visibility7
Dwell time8
Footfall7

The media estate · operator partners

Yokohama screens, in the wild

Blindspot puts digital out-of-home (DOOH) and classic out-of-home from Yokohama's media owners, LIVE BOARD, MCDecaux (JCDecaux Japan), Kesion among them, onto one map, bookable by the hour. Below: real partner screens across the city's prime zones.

Yokohama, Minato Mirai · waterfront large-format digital, real DOOH inventory bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Minato Mirai · waterfront large-format digitalJCDecaux
Yokohama, Yokohama Station · transport-hub digital, real DOOH inventory bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Yokohama Station · transport-hub digitalJCDecaux
Yokohama, Kannai · business-core digital, real DOOH inventory bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Kannai · business-core digitalJCDecaux
Yokohama, Chinatown · dining-district digital, real DOOH inventory bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Chinatown · dining-district digitalJCDecaux
Yokohama, Yamashita Park · seaside bulletin, real DOOH inventory bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Yamashita Park · seaside bulletinJCDecaux
Yokohama, Minato Mirai Line · station concourse screen, real DOOH inventory bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Minato Mirai Line · station concourse screenJCDecaux

Imagery from media-owner/operator partners. Locations indicative; live availability and per-screen pricing show in the platform.

Formats

Every Yokohama format, one map

From a highway bulletin to a single mall screen, Blindspot puts Yokohama's digital out-of-home and classic OOH formats on one map, each priced per play and bookable by the hour. The formats that matter here:

Digital billboards & LED

Large-format LED on highways, bridges and boulevards, motion, dayparting and dynamic triggers.

Street-level & urban panels

Pedestrian-scale panels and citylights in high-footfall retail and downtown corridors.

Bulletins & roadside

Highway and arterial bulletins built for commuter frequency on the busiest routes.

Mall & retail screens

High-intent shoppers from midday to evening across the city's retail destinations.

Transit & place-based

Minato Mirai Line and Yokohama Station concourse screens plus stations and place-based screens with captive dwell.

Iconic & landmark

Landmark and spectacular placements for brand statements in the city's signature locations.

Location insights

Where Yokohama moves

Yokohama is Japan's second-largest city and the port that opened the country to foreign trade in 1859. Minato Mirai 21 is the gleaming waterfront of the Landmark Tower, the Cosmo Clock 21 wheel and Queen's Square, drawing the heaviest leisure and shopping footfall. Yokohama Station, one of the busiest in the country, anchors the western commuter flow, while the Kannai core holds the historic business and government blocks. Yokohama Chinatown, the largest in Japan, packs dining and visitor traffic, and the Bayquarter and Yamashita Park ring the harbour. Buy the Yokohama Station morning commute and the Minato Mirai evening peak.

Yokohama footfall heatmap · typical weekday● Stylized
Minato Mirai
Yokohama Station
Kannai
Chinatown
Sakuragicho
Yamashita Park
Minato Mirai
Yokohama Station
Kannai
Chinatown
Sakuragicho
Yamashita Park
Kanagawa
Totsuka
Shin-Yokohama
Kohoku
QuietPeak flow
Yokohama · DOOH coverage map · stylized● per-play pricing
Stylized map of Blindspot DOOH screen locations across Yokohama Per-play price pins across prime Yokohama advertising zones over a footfall density wash. Stylized; live availability and per-screen pricing are shown in the Blindspot platform. Landmark Tower ◊ Minato Mirai 60+ $0.52$0.46$0.42$0.38$0.34 $0.54 Yokohama StationKannaiChinatownSakuragichoYamashita ParkMinato Mirai
FootfallPeak

Footfall rhythm · by hour

Commuterspeaks 7:30–10 AM & 5–8 PM
Shoppers & mallspeaks 12–8 PM
Nightlife & diningpeaks 8 PM–1 AM
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Commuter tide, twice a day

Yokohama Station and the main arteries surge 7:30–10 AM and 5–8 PM. Book exactly those hours and your frequency climbs for the same budget.

Retail plateau, all afternoon

Yokohama Chinatown and the city's malls hold heavy footfall from noon to evening, long windows where dwell and shopping intent, not rush, do the work.

Evenings change the audience

Minato Mirai 21 shifts from daytime to social and tourism after dark. Different audience, same screens, swap the creative, not the location.

Location intelligence summary

One city, several audiences a day

Yokohama doesn't have one rush hour; it has rotating audiences sharing the same streets. The only buying model that matches that is hourly: pay for the windows when your audience owns the city, skip the ones when it doesn't.

ObjectiveBook these zonesBest hours
Brand launchMinato Mirai 21 + Yokohama Station6–11 PM
Commuter frequencyKannai, Yokohama Station7:30–10 AM · 5–8 PM
Retail foot trafficYokohama Chinatown, Minato Mirai 2112–8 PM
B2B / decision-makersSakuragicho, Yokohama StationWeekdays 9 AM–6 PM
Tourism & eventsMinato Mirai 21, Yamashita Park10 AM–8 PM
Match the tide, not the calendar

A month-long 24/7 rotation pays for 3 AM plays nobody sees. Hourly booking concentrates the same budget into Yokohama’s proven peak windows, and typically saves 30%+ versus a flat four-week flight.

Creative by daypart

Morning commuters read in 2 seconds; evening crowds dwell for minutes. Run different creative by hour on the same screens, even trigger swaps on weather or live data.

Proof, not vibes

Every play is logged. Blindspot campaigns report verified plays and attribution, measured against control groups, not estimated reach.

Book Yokohama by the hour

Cite this

Key facts at a glance

Quotable, self-contained, sourced, Blindspot, June 2026

  • Yokohama is home to about 3.77 million residents (2024), the second-most populous city in Japan after the Tokyo special wards and the largest within the Greater Tokyo region of roughly 37 million.
  • The Yokohama Landmark Tower in Minato Mirai stands 296 metres tall, one of the tallest buildings in Japan, with a 69th-floor observation deck over the harbour.
  • The Cosmo Clock 21 Ferris wheel at Cosmo World rises 112.5 metres with the world's largest clock face, a defining feature of the Minato Mirai skyline.
  • Yokohama Chinatown is the largest in Japan, dating to 1859 when Yokohama opened as the country's first foreign trading port, and remains a major dining and tourism draw.
  • Yokohama Station is among the busiest railway stations in the world, surrounded by department stores and underground shopping that feed enormous daily commuter flow.
  • On Blindspot, Yokohama screens are booked by the hour and priced per play, entry plays from ~$0.34, no contracts or minimums.

Pricing · updated June 2026

Yokohama billboards: priced honestly

Per-play prices, not CPM mysteries. Live per-screen pricing and real-time availability are on every card in the platform; the ranges below reflect typical Blindspot pricing as of June 2026.

FormatPrice per playTypical presenceWhy it works
Roadside & arterial digitalfrom ~$0.34 per play$100 buys hourly bursts on the city arterialsdrive-time commuter reach
Minato Mirai waterfront digitalfrom ~$0.54 per playthe Landmark Tower and Queen's Square blockspeak-hour leisure footfall
Yokohama Station hub digitalfrom ~$0.52 per playthe commuter and department-store gatewayall-day daily reach
Chinatown dining digitalfrom ~$0.42 per playthe largest Chinatown in Japanevening dining and visitor crowd
Minato Mirai Line & station screensfrom ~$0.38 per playthe station and concourse networkwalk-up urban commuters

No minimums · no contracts · pay per verified play · hourly scheduling per screen

What a campaign costs

Yokohama budgets, three ways

Because pricing is per play and hourly, there's no minimum, but here's what budgets realistically buy. Live numbers per screen are in the platform.

Commute test

$500-$1,500

A week of morning and evening bursts around the Yokohama Station hub.

Multi-zone Yokohama push

$6,000-$18,000

Minato Mirai, Yokohama Station and Chinatown running together across peak dayparts.

Citywide flagship

$30,000+

Full Minato Mirai and station saturation timed to a festival or fireworks season.

FAQ

Yokohama billboard FAQs

How much does a billboard cost in Yokohama?

From a few cents per play on urban panels to premium boulevard, transit and landmark networks. On Blindspot, Yokohama screens are priced per play and booked by the hour, entry plays start around $0.34, with no contracts or minimums.

What is the best billboard location in Yokohama?

Minato Mirai 21 ranks #1 for reach and dwell. For premium and B2B audiences, Yokohama Station leads; for retail intent, Yokohama Chinatown; for mass commuter frequency, the city's busiest transit arteries.

Can I book a Yokohama billboard for just a few hours?

Yes, on Blindspot every Yokohama screen is bookable by the hour with no minimum contract, so you can buy only the commute peaks, shopping afternoons, or evening windows that match your audience.

Which DOOH networks can I reach in Yokohama?

Blindspot aggregates digital out-of-home inventory across Yokohama onto one map, roadside and boulevard screens, transit, mall and place-based panels, bookable per play. The wider OOH supply is run by operators such as LIVE BOARD, MCDecaux (JCDecaux Japan), Kesion.

How fast can my ad go live in Yokohama?

Often within hours: upload, pass creative pre-check, and digital screens need no printing or installation. Content approval typically averages around two business days across networks.

What can I get in Yokohama for $500?

A multi-day hourly presence on a high-traffic Yokohama Station corridor, a concentrated burst across the busiest transit and retail screens at peak hours, or thousands of plays on central urban panels.

Is there a minimum spend for Yokohama billboards?

No. Blindspot has no minimums, retainers or platform fees; you can run a focused hourly burst on a single screen or a full multi-zone Yokohama campaign.

How to book

Live on a Yokohama screen in three steps

No sales calls, no contracts, self-serve from the map to live creative.

01

Pick screens & hours

Open the map, filter Yokohama by zone and format, and select the exact screens and the exact hours your audience is out.

02

See the per-play price

Every screen shows its price per play and real-time availability before you commit. Build the plan; the running total is always visible.

03

Upload & go live

Upload creative, pass pre-check, and go live, often within hours. Track verified plays and attribution as the campaign runs.

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