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Tokyo to Yokohama by train or road

About 30 km. The train is fastest at 48 min; the train is cheapest, from ₹320 per person.

Yokohama to Tokyo

Fastest

Train

JR Tokaido / Keihin-Tohoku line, or Tokyu Toyoko line from Shibuya

48 min door to door

Cheapest

Train

JR Tokaido / Keihin-Tohoku line, or Tokyu Toyoko line from Shibuya

from ₹320 per person

Best value

Train

JR Tokaido / Keihin-Tohoku line, or Tokyu Toyoko line from Shibuya

cheapest at mid fares among options within 1.5× the fastest time (or 1 h more on a short ride)

Every option, compared

Door-to-door times (flights include the time at the airports). Fares are typical ranges from the cheapest seat to the premium one.

ModeServiceTimeFareRunsBook
TrainJR Tokaido / Keihin-Tohoku line, or Tokyu Toyoko line from Shibuya48 min₹320–₹910per personDailyRome2Rio ↗
Private carTaxi / private car, per vehicle1 h₹7,260–₹12,100per car (up to 4)DailyRome2Rio ↗
  • Train, JR Tokaido / Keihin-Tohoku line, or Tokyu Toyoko line from Shibuya: Trains every few minutes. The Minatomirai line runs on from Yokohama to Chinatown (Motomachi-Chukagai); Shin-Yokohama, for the shinkansen, is about 12 minutes from Yokohama Station.

Booking links open the route on the country's transport booking site for trains, buses, boats and transfers, and a flight search for flights, dated about two weeks out; change the date there.

What it costs your group, one way

Fares × people; a private car is priced per car, one car per four people.

Option2 people4 people
Train · JR Tokaido / Keihin-Tohoku line, or Tokyu Toyoko line from Shibuya₹640–₹1,820₹1,280–₹3,640
Private car · Taxi / private car, per vehicle₹7,260–₹12,100₹7,260–₹12,100

Once you’re in Yokohama

  • Best time: March – May, October – November
  • Typical stay: 1 day
  • November: Good month: November is at the end of the recommended season (March – May, October – November).

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