Découvrez la gare de Yokohama
Yokohama
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Une demi-heure de Tokyo avec un Japan Rail Pass
La gare de Yokohama est à environ une demi-heure de Tokyo avec un Japan Rail Pass. Il permet d'accéder à Chinatown, à Landmark Tower et au quartier Minato Mirai à proximité de la mer.
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.
À propos de la gare de Yokohama
La gare de Yokohama est à environ une demi-heure de Tokyo. Il permet d'accéder à Chinatown, à Landmark Tower et au quartier Minato Mirai à proximité de la mer.
- de la gare de Shinjuku et de la gare de Shibuya avec la ligne JR Shonan-Shinjuku,
- de la gare de Tokyo et de la gare de Shimbashi : ligne JR Yokosuka, ligne JR Tokaiko, ligne JR Keihin-Tohoku
Vous pouvez également rejoindre Yokohama avec la ligne Keikyu depuis Shinagawa ou Asakusa mais cela n'est pas couvert par le Japan Rail Pass. La ligne continue jusqu'à Yokosuka-chuo et la péninsule de Miura (Miurakaigan et Misakiguchi).
Une fois à la gare de Yokohama, la ligne Negishi relie Ofuna, la ligne Sotetsu Ebina et la gare Shin Yokohama de la ligne Yokohama.
Où récupérer votre Japan Rail Pass à Yokohama ?
A la gare de Yokohama, il faut se rendre au JR East Travel Center pour échanger le 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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