Chinatowns generally find it hard to get away from the image of odors and aromas and garbage piled on street corners, but Yokohama's prides itself on being the swankiest, safest Chinatown in the world.
大抵，海外中國城難脫腥味夾雜菜香、垃圾佔據街角的形象；橫濱中華街則以「全世界最氣派、最安全的唐人街」自豪。