Overview

An unfair prejudice lingers about the Meinohama area in the west-end of the city, past Sawara-ku. People frequently say it's not a good place to live. Perhaps these cloistered individuals would benefit from a trip to this invigorated area, where rich neighborhoods and economic rebirth is springing up around all the marina activity. Besides the port area, where there are hundreds of private and commercial vessels along the docks, as well as a ferry to Nokonoshima, there is the Marina Town shopping center, a number of hotels, and other stores and restaurants.