Discover Yokohama Station

Published on : 21/04/2022
by : Japan Experience
Rating :

3/5

Half an hour from Tokyo with a Japan Rail Pass

Yokohama Station is about half an hour from Tokyo with a Japan Rail Pass. It provides access to Chinatown, Landmark Tower and Minato Mirai district close to the sea.

Access and visit Yokohama

About the Yokohama station

Yokohama Station is about half an hour from Tokyo. It provides access to Chinatown, Landmark Tower and Minato Mirai district close to the sea.

There are several ways to reach her by train with a Japan Rail Pass :

from Shinjuku Station and Shibuya Station with the JR Shonan-Shinjuku Line,
from Tokyo Station and Shimbashi Station: JR Yokosuka Line,JR Tokaiko Line, JR Keihin-Tohoku Line.

It is also possible to travel to Yokohama with the Tokyu Toyoko private line from Shibuya station. This line continues to Motomachi-Chūkagai.

You can also reach Yokohama with the Keikyu Line from Shinagawa or Asakusa but it not covered with the Japan Rail Pass. The line continues to Yokosuka-chuo and the Miura Peninsula (Miurakaigan and Misakiguchi).

Once in Yokohama station, the Negishi Line connects Ofuna, the Sotetsu Line Ebina, and the Yokohama Line Shin Yokohama Station.

Note: no shinkansen serves the Yokohama station. The shinkansen stops at Shin Yokohama station.

Where to collect your Japan Rail Pass in Yokohama ?

In Yokohama station, you have to go to the JR East Travel Center to exchange the Japan Rail Pass.