Author: Roger

For this trip, I really wanted to experience a few different lines. I was planning to use the Shonan Monorail (which looks awesome), to get near Enoshima Island, but Satoshi-san drove us instead.

 

Thursday

• Haneda airport to Tenkubashi station (Tokyo Monorail)
• Tenkubashi station to Keikyu Kamata station (Keikyu Airport line)
• Keikyu_Kamata station to Tobe Station (Keikyu line)
• Tobe station to Takashimacho station (walk)
• Takashimacho station to Shin Yokohama station (Blue line subway)
• Shin-Yokohama to Tokyo station (Shinkansen)
• Tokyo station to Akihabara station (JR Yamanote line)
• Akihabara station to Yashio station (Tsukuba Express)
• Yashio station to Minami-Nagareyama Station (Tsukuba Express)
• Minami-Nagareyama Station to Kita-Asaka station (JR Musashino Line)
• Kita-Asaka station to Asakadai station (walk)
• Asakadai station to Kawagoe station (Tobu Tojo line)
• Kawagoe station to Musashi-Takahagi station (Kawagoe line)
• Musashi-Takahagi station to Ikebukuro station (Kawagoe line to Tobu Tojo line)
• Ikebukuro station to Shinagawa station (Yamanote line)
• Shinagawa station to Yokohama station (Keikyu line)

 

Haneda airport to Tenkubashi station

 

 

Tenkubashi station to Keikyu-Kamata station

 

 

Keikyu-Kamata station to Tobe station

 

 

Tobe station in relation to Yokohama station.

 

 

 

I checked in, then went to Takashimacho station (subway station)

 

 

Takashimacho station to Shin Yokohama (Blue Line subway)

 

Shin-Yokohama station to Tokyo station  (Shinkansen)

 

 

Tokyo station to Akihabara station (Yamanote line)

 

 

Akihabara to Yashio station (Tsukuba Express)

 

Yashio station to Kawagoe  station

 

Break down:

Yashio station to Minami-Nagareyama station (Tsukuba Express)

 

 

Minami-Nagareyama station to Kita Asaka station (JR Musashino line)

 

Kita Asaka station to Asakadai station (walk)

 

 

Asakadai station to Kawagoe station (Tobu Tojo line)

 

 

Kawagoe station to Musashi-Takahagi station (Kawagoe line)

 

After my meet up, I took the last train home.

Kawagoe station to Ikebukuro station

 

 

Ikebukuro station to Shinagawa station (Yamanote line)

 

 

Shinagawa station to Yokohama station (Keikyu line)

 

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Friday

• Shin Yokohama station to Tokyo Station (Shinkansen)
• Tokyo Station to Minami-Urawa station (Keihintohoku line)
• Minami-Urawa station to Yoshikawa station (Musashino line)
• Then reverse course
• Shin Yokoham station to Mitsuzawa-Shimocho station (Blue line)
• Mitsuzawa-Shimocho station to Yokohama station (Blue line)
• Enoshima monorail (did not take)
• Shinagawa station to Shinjuku station (Yamanote line)
• Shinjuku station to Tokyo station (Marunochi line)
• Tokyo station to Okayam Station (Sunrise Seto night train)

 

Shin Yokohama statoin to Tokyo Station via Shinkansen

 

Tokyo Station to Minami-Urawa station via Keihintohoku line.

Then from Minami-Urawa station to Yoshikawa station via Musashino line.

 

To get back to Shin Yokohama, I went in reverse.

At Shin Yokohama station, I went to Refresh 60 via Blue line

 

After my visit, I went to Yokohama station.

 

My plan was to experience the Enoshima monorail, but Satoshi-san picked me up and we drove to Enoshima Island. Satoshi-san then drove me to Shinagawa station so I could go to Shinjuku station. I used the Yamanote line.

 

After my dinner with Original JDM guy, I left Shinjuku station for Tokyo station via Marunochi line.

 

Since our dinner over ran the time, I was ony have a few minute to get to Platform 9 with a few items. My luggage was in storage and I don’t think I would have made it!

This was my Sunrise Seto experience which is the last night train in Japan. I would be getting off at Okayama in the morning.

I had enough time to buy an eki ben and set up. Unfortunately,  I wasn’t able to get a shower card.

The trip was overnight.

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Saturday

• Okayama station to Shin Kobe station (Shinkansen)
• Shin Kobe station to Sannomiya station (Subway Seihan-Yamate line)
• Sannomiya station to Shin Nagata station (Tokaido Sanyo line)
• Then reverse
• Shin Kobe station to Kyoto station (shinkansen)
• Kyoto station to Fushimi Inari station (JR Nara line)
• Kyoto station to Tokyo station (Shinkansen)
• Tokyo station to Mishima station (Shinkansen)
• Mishima station to Fuji station (Tokaido main line

 

Now was the back track. I was suppose to be in Fujinomiya by the end of the day, which is in Shizuoka. I unfortunately left my luggage at Tokyo Station, so I would eventually overshoot Shizuoka and go directly to Tokyo AND THEN BACK TO SHIZUOKA!!!

Anyways, time to head back that way.

I took the Shinkansen from Okayama station to Shin-Kobe station.

 

At Shin Kobe Station, I wanted to see Gigantor statue, so I I had to go to Sannomiya Station via Subway Seihan-Yamate line

 

 

I then had to jump trains. Sannomiya station bottom (where subway is) and head outside on top, to get on the JR Tokaido Sanyo main line.

 

then reverse steps.

Shin-Kobe station to Kyoto station via Shinkansen

 

Kyoto station is huge, so I explored Escalator mountain.

Not only that, Kyoto station is one of my favorite because of Escalator Mountain!

 

After that, I had to visit the Fushimi Inari shrine, this is the famous Torii Gates. You have to take the JR Nara line (D) to get there.

 

I bought a few things around Kyoto station and waited for the Shinkansen as I was heading to Tokyo.

 

Once there I had to change really quick and get on the Shinkansen again to Mishima station and then go to Fuji station from there.

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Sunday

 

• Fujinomiya station to Fuji station (Minobu line)
• Fuji station to Mishima station (Tokaido line)
• Mishima station to Shin Yokohama station (Shinkansen)

After the meeting, Okuni-san dropped me off at fujinomiya station.

 

Then Fuji station to Mishima station via Tokaido main line

 

I met with my aunt there, to get a few things. Then I jumped on the bullet train for Shin Yokohama station