to make this peculiar journey, note that seating is all-reserved on the Hayate and Komachi bullet trains.)
� Regular trains on the Tohoku and Takasaki lines run from Ueno to ?miya in 25 minutes at a cost of �450. These trains make added stops at Saitama Shintoshin Station, near the Saitama Super Arena. Service every 10 minutes or less.
� The Keihin Tohoku Line is a local service connecting ?miya and Saitama Shintoshin to eastern Tokyo, including from Tokyo station (50 minutes, �540), Shinagawa (one hour, �620) and Kawasaki (75 minutes, �780). Service every 10 minutes or less.
� There is also service from western Tokyo to ?miya via the Saikyo Line and the Shonan-Shinjuku Line. Trains leave from Ikebukuro (25-35 minutes, �380), Shinjuku (30-40 minutes, �450) and Shibuya (30-40 minutes, �540). Service every 10 minutes or less.
� The Shonan-Shinjuku Line is also the best way of reaching ?miya from Yokohama (one hour, �890). Service runs every 10-20 minutes. Keihin-Tohoku Line local trains make the same run in 80-90 minutes, departing every 10 minutes or less.
� The Tobu Noda Line links ?miya station with Kasukabe (connection to the Tobu Isesaki Line), Kashiwa (connection to the JR Joban Line), Shin-Kamagaya (connection to the Narita Sky Access Line and Shin-Keisei Railway) and Funabashi (connection to the Keisei Line and JR Sobu Line)
