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Travel to Yokohama


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By plane

Yokohama does not have its own airport. You can reach Yokohama from Tokyo's two main airports.

Some Narita Express trains from Narita Airport go through to Yokohama (1 1/2 hours, �4380). Limousine Buses run frequently from Narita to the Yokohama City Air Terminal (YCAT) (2-3 hours, �3500). The cheapest access from Narita Airport is to take a Keisei train to Nippori, then change to a JR Keihin-Tohoku Line train for Yokohama (about 2 hours, �1540).

From Haneda Airport, take the Keikyu Line's Airport Express to Yokohama station in 30-35 minutes for �470. Note that the Airport Express has several variants: If the train's destination is Shin-Zushi or Kanazawa-Bunko then you can stay on the train for the entire trip. If the train goes to another destination, it's likely to continue on into Tokyo so you will need to change at Keikyu-Kamata station to the next main line limited express train on Platform 2.

By train

The overwhelming majority of visitors to Yokohama arrive from Tokyo by train. A multitude of train lines connect the two cities at roughly equal prices, but some of the more convenient options are:

�    Tokyu Toyoko Line from Shibuya to Yokohama Station. Some trains on the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line run through to the Toyoko Line, which in turn runs through to the Minato Mirai subway line (see below). A trip from Shibuya to Yokohama takes as little as 24 minutes on the fastest service; at a cost of �260 this is the cheapest trip from metro Tokyo. Chinatown, the terminus of the MM21 line, is another 10 minutes away (Motomachi-Chukagai, �460). Up to eight ky?k? and tokky? trains per hour. In the year 2012, the Toyoko Line will link to the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line subway, allowing trains to continue north to Shinjuku, Ikebukuro and into Saitama.

�    JR Shonan Shinjuku Line from ?miya, Akabane, Ikebukuro, Shinjuku, Shibuya, Ebisu and ?saki. Established in 2003,
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