Daikoku Pier

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Daikoku Pier

| native_name = {{lower|0.1em|{{nobold|{{lang|ja|大黒埠頭}}}}}}

| type = District

| image_skyline = Airborne imagery Yokohama City (4274354758).jpg

| imagesize = 270px

| image_caption = View of Daikoku Pier (center)

| image_map =

| map_caption = Location of Daikoku Pier

| pushpin_map = Japan Yokohama#Japan Kanagawa Prefecture

| coordinates = {{coord|35|27|59.43|N|139|40|57.13|E|display=inline}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{JPN}}

| subdivision_type1 = Prefecture

| subdivision_name1 = File:Flag of Kanagawa Prefecture.svg Kanagawa Prefecture

| subdivision_type2 = Municipality

| subdivision_name2 = File:Flag of Yokohama, Kanagawa.svg Yokohama

| subdivision_type3 = Ward

| subdivision_name3 = Tsurumi-ku

| established_title1 =

| established_date1 =

| area_footnotes = {{Cite web|url=http://www.city.yokohama.lg.jp/shimin/madoguchi/jyukyo/machikuikiyouran/|title=横浜市町区域要覧|publisher=横浜市|date=2016-03-31|accessdate=2018-01-24}}

| area_total_km2 = 3.122

| elevation_footnotes =

| elevation_m =

| population_as_of= December 31, 2017

| population_footnotes = {{Cite web|url=http://www.city.yokohama.lg.jp/ex/stat/|title=横浜の人口 - 登録者数(市・区・町・外国人) - 町丁別世帯と男女別人口|publisher=横浜市|date=2017-12-31|accessdate=2018-01-24}}

| population_total = 0

| population_density_km2 = auto

| timezone1 = Japan Standard Time

| utc_offset1 = +9

| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 230-0054{{Cite web |url=http://www.post.japanpost.jp/cgi-zip/zipcode.php?zip=2300054|title=郵便番号|publisher=日本郵便|accessdate=2018-01-23}}

| area_code = 045{{Cite web|url=http://www.soumu.go.jp/main_sosiki/joho_tsusin/top/tel_number/shigai_list.html|title=市外局番の一覧|publisher=総務省|accessdate=2018-01-23}}

| registration_plate = 横浜 (Yokohama)

| footnotes =

}}

{{nihongo|Daikoku Pier|大黒埠頭|Daikokufutō}} is an area of Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. The pier was built as a freight base, but it also functions as a transportation hub for traffic around the Port of Yokohama. It is an access point for the Shuto Expressway and a docking point for large cruise ships. Since it is a hub for a wide variety of economic activities, huge bridges such as the Daikoku Ohashi Bridge and Yokohama Bay Bridge have been built.

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