Tobe, Yokohama

Tobe
戸部町
District
View of Minato Mirai from Tobe
Tobe
Coordinates: 35°27′12.24″N 139°37′26.55″E / 35.4534000°N 139.6240417°E / 35.4534000; 139.6240417
CountryJapan
RegionKantō
PrefectureYokohama
WardNishi-ku
Town1859
Yokohama City1889
Area
  Total
14 ha (35 acres)
Population
 (2021)
  Total
4,046
  Density30,000/km2 (80,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)

Tobe (戸部町, Tobe-chō) is a district in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It was formerly a town chartered in 1859 as a governmental center for the Port of Yokohama, though only a portion of it remains as present-day Tobe. The current district consists of seven sub-districts, Tobe-chō 1-chōme to 7-chōme, and does not implement the Japanese district-block-lot addressing system. As of 2021, it had a population of 4,046.