.yokohama Domain: A City Ending With No Nexus Rule
The .yokohama extension entered the root zone on 27 March 2014; its ICANN agreement is dated 12 December 2013 and the registry operator is GMO Registry, Inc. The operator runs it alongside .tokyo and .nagoya under the heading of regional name extensions. On 14 August 2026 the zone held 3,760 registrations.
Despite carrying a place name, the agreement sets no eligibility condition: the application commitments section is left blank and there is no community section. Residence or a local presence in Yokohama is therefore not required. Try roots for city-related businesses, events and guides on the .yokohama domain search page.
This group holds a clear demonstration that geographic extensions are not one uniform category. .wien carries a community section in its agreement: registration is open to those who can show a link to Vienna, and the requirement continues throughout use. .yokohama is the same kind of city name yet carries no link requirement at all. The decision rule: before taking a city ending, check whether its agreement contains a community section — the names may look alike while the obligations are opposites.
.YOKOHAMA Domain at a Glance
- Registry operator GMO Registry, Inc.
- Root zone entry 27 March 2014
- Registry agreement 12 December 2013; contains no community section
- Eligibility None; no residence or local presence required
- Zone size 3,760 registrations (14 August 2026)
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .yokohama domain
- Character Length 3 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.yokohama Domain Prices — No Surprise Fees
Registration, transfer and renewal fees are listed separately. The renewal price can differ from the first-year price, so you see both up front.
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New Registration
$19.90 /year -
Transfer
$19.99 /year -
Renewal
$21.99 /year -
Restore
$84.90
Included With Every .yokohama Domain
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Free DNS management
Change A, MX, TXT and CNAME records yourself from the panel — no waiting on anyone when you move a site or mailbox.
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Domain lock
While the lock is on, nobody can move your domain to another registrar without your approval.
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Domain forwarding
Point the domain at your existing site, a campaign page or a social profile — at no extra cost.
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Free WHOIS privacy
Your name, address and phone stay out of public WHOIS records, which cuts down spam and scam calls.
.yokohama Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .yokohama domain is put on Client Hold on its expiry date, so the site and e-mail stop that same day. You can still renew during the first 20 days, but from this point a late renewal fee is added on top of the renewal price. On day 20 the registration is deleted and until day 50 only a paid restore brings it back. Nothing at all can be done in the 5 days that follow, and on day 55 the name is open to anyone. There is exactly one way never to enter this chain: keep auto-renewal on.
Domain Is Available (Available)
A .yokohama address at this stage has not been taken yet, and it goes to whoever registers first. Check the name you have in mind — if it is free, it can be yours within minutes.
Domain Is Active (Active Period)
Once registration is complete, the domain is registered to you for the term you selected. You can renew at any point before it expires to keep it active, or switch on auto-renewal so you never have to watch the date.
Renewal Window (Client Hold)
On its expiry date your .yokohama domain is put on Client Hold: the site and e-mail go down that day, but the registration is still yours. A single renewal within these first 20 days brings everything back exactly as it was — nothing is lost. The only difference is that a late renewal fee is now added to the renewal price; renewing before the expiry date avoids that fee entirely.
Redemption Period (Redemption / RGP)
On day 20 the registration is deleted and the 30-day redemption period that ICANN requires of every gTLD registry begins. The name is not released to anyone during this time; only you can take it back, by paying the restore fee, until day 50. That fee is far higher than a renewal — renewing on time is always the cheaper route.
Pending Delete (Pending Delete)
Once the redemption window closes too, the domain enters its final 5 days and there is no way back. Neither renewal nor restore works here; nobody — your registrar included — can return the name to you. The registry uses this window as the last hold before the name goes back into the pool.
Open to Anyone Again (Released)
On day 55 the name .yokohama returns to the pool and anyone can register it. Sought-after names are often gone within seconds, and there is no guaranteed way to get one back. Yet staying out of this timeline is entirely in your hands: leave auto-renewal on and the expiry date will never catch you off guard.
The timeline above is the schedule Atak Domain applies and publishes. The ICANN chart you will find elsewhere shows a renewal window of up to 45 days after expiry; ICANN's policy on expired registrations (section 2.2.1) lets registrars delete an expired domain at any time, provided they disclose their policy in advance. We apply that window as 20 days and publish it here in plain sight. Full text of the policy: ICANN Expired Registration Recovery Policy
.yokohama Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.yokohama Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .yokohama domain
- Character Length 3 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.yokohama Domain Support
- IDN Support Yes
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .yokohama Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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No. The agreement contains no eligibility condition and no community section.
The application commitments section is left blank, so no residence, local address or link to the city is required. That is the exact opposite of .wien in the same group, where registration is open to those who can show a connection to Vienna. The decision rule: for city endings, read the rule from the agreement rather than from the name.
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It makes sense when the address should state the link to the city at a glance.
Concrete cases: a hotel, restaurant or clinic operating there, a regional events calendar, a port or tourism guide, a local sports club. For projects with no connection to the city, the address works against visitor expectations. Try candidate combinations together on the bulk domain search page.
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Because the registry operator retired its port 43 WHOIS service on 1 May 2026.
A check on 14 August 2026 found that both the canonical server and the operator's own host return only a notice: the service was withdrawn under ICANN's RDAP transition policy and registration data queries are now served through RDAP. Read registration data from your registrar's panel or an RDAP-capable client instead.
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The zone holds 3,760 registrations, and that is not a technical disadvantage.
Name resolution, security features and transfer rights do not depend on zone size. The effect is on recognition: some visitors will meet the ending for the first time, while short and exactly fitting roots are very likely still free. For a city-focused project that trade usually works in your favour.
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Yes, it is a generic top-level domain and the standard transfer rules apply.
Remove the lock, obtain the authorisation code and start the process from the domain transfer page. A 60-day hold can apply to recently registered names. Because registration data for this extension is published through RDAP, checking status through your registrar's panel before the transfer is the more practical route.
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