Descubre la estación de Yokohama
Yokohama
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A media hora de Tokio con un Japan Rail Pass
La estación de Yokohama está a aproximadamente media hora de Tokio con un Japan Rail Pass. Podrás visitar el Chinatown, la Landmark Tower y el barrio de Minato Mirai cerca del puerto.
Access and visit Yokohama
About Yokohama station
Yokohama Station was first opened in 1872 on the site of what is now Sakuragicho Station. Another station named Yokohama followed in 1915 near the site of what is now Takashimacho Station. This one was badly damaged in the Great Kanto Earthquake. The third Yokohama Station - the one at the present site - dates from 1928.
Yokohama Station is about half an hour from Tokyo, located in Nishi-ku in Yokohama, is the main access point for visitors arriving in this port city. It provides access to Chinatown, Landmark Tower and Minato Mirai district, close to the sea. Yokohama Station is ranked in the top ten busiest stations in the world.
La estación de Yokohama
La estación de Yokohama está aproximadamente a media hora de Tokio. Desde ahí podrás visitar el Chinatown, la Landmark Tower y el barrio de Minato Mirai cerca del mar. ¡A no confundir con la estación de tren bala shinkansen Shin-Yokohama!
- desde las estaciones de Shinjuku y de Shibuya con la línea JR Shonan-Shinjuku
- desde las estaciones de Tokio y de Shinbashi con las líneas JR Yokosuka, JR Tokaiko o JR Keihin-Tohoku
Recuerda que a pesar de que puedes viajar a Yokohama con la línea Keikyu desde Shinagawa o Asakusa, no está cubierta por el Japan Rail Pass. Esta línea continúa su trayecto hasta Yokosuka-chuo y la península de Miura (Miurakaigan y Misakiguchi).
Una vez que hayas llegado a la estación de Yokohama, podrás ir a Ofuna con la línea Negishi, a Ebina con la línea Sotetsu y a la estación de Shin-Yokohama con la línea Yokohama.
¿Dónde recoger tu Japan Rail Pass en Yokohama?
En la estación de Yokohama, tienes que ir al JR East Travel Center para cambiar el bono y obtener tu Japan Rail Pass.
Other lines with connections to Yokohama Station include the:
- Sotetsu Line to Ebina
- Keikyu Line from Sengakuji near Shinagawa to Uraga in Kanagawa
- Tokyu Toyoko Line connecting Shibuya Station to Yokohama via Daikanyama, Tamagawa and Hiyoshi.
- Sagami Line connecting Yokohama Station with Ebina, 24 km away.
- Yokohama Subway line Blue Line from Shonandai Station to Azamino Station.
- Minatomirai Line running 5 stops from Yokohama Station to Motomachi-Chukagai for Yokohama Chinatown
- Narita Express train to Narita International Airport runs via Tokyo Station and Yokohama Station with departures from Shinjuku Station, Yokohama and Omiya. Narita Airport Terminal One to Yokohama is 88 minutes by Narita Express. A cheaper way is to take the Keisei Skyliner to Nippori, then the Yamanote Line to Shimbashi and then the Tokaido Line to Yokohama.
From Haneda Airport, take the Keihin-Kyuko Line (32 minutes; 450 yen) or a limousine bus to Yokohama City Air Terminal virtually right next to Yokohama Station.
A Keikyu train on the Shinagawa Bridge, from the level crossing
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Buses from Yokohama Station
Yokohama Station is also a highway bus and local bus terminus for buses around the Yokohama area, various destinations in the Kanto region and further afield.
There are bus stops at both the West Exit and the East Exit of Yokohama Station.
There are daytime limousine buses to Haneda Airport, Narita Airport, Tokyo Disney Resort, JR Gotemba Station (for Mt. Fuji) and Hakone.
There are overnight highway buses to Nagoya, Okayama, Osaka, Kyoto, Sendai and Akita.
Yokohama Station, West Exit with More's Yokohama left
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