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Hi. I am assuming that you are talking about the port of Yokohama. The easiest is to first get to Yokohama Station, and to take a direct bus from there to the Tokyo Disney Resort. It is an hour ride, if the traffic is decent.

From the port, you can either take a cab to Yokohama Station, or instead walk about 10 minutes to Nihon-Odori Station of the Minato-Mirai Line. Take this train to Yokohama, which is the fourth stop from Nihon-Odori.

Once at the massive Yokohama Station, look for signs for the East Exit (there are plenty of signs in English). If you are taking a cab from the port, tell the driver "Higashi Guchi - Sogo," and he will get it right away. If you have arrived by a train, you will pass through the station and eventually take an escalator down to the lower level. After a short walk from there you will come across a big department store called Sogo (which, by the way, is a tourist attraction in its own right; see below for more). The bus terminal is right above this Sogo, which you cannot miss. Signs are aplenty for the buses.

The bus stop for the Disney Resort (includes Disneyland and Disney Sea) is No. 17. You may see signs saying "TDR." If you see one, you are in the right spot, as 'TDR' is Tokyo Disney Resort. Until 10 am, there is a bus departing every 10 to 15 minutes, and after that, about every 20 to 30 minutes.

By the way, you should definitely go over to the Tokyo Disney Resort website in order to make sure that they are indeed open and to avoid what is known as the "Wally World Syndrome." It is rare, but the TDR does close occasionally for maintenance and what not, and you do not want to become the Griswolds (if this reference makes no sense, look up "National Lampoon's Vacation). :p

Now, about the Sogo Department Store. They open their door at 10 am, and you want to be there, at the door of the lower level (B2), at least a few minutes before that. Once the door opens, you will walk into this food court floor. You will then see the employees lining up, standing with their backs straight and at full attention, and bow their heads as you walk by them as you review the troops, so to speak. For most of us mere mortals, this is about the only chance one gets at being and acting as if the head of a state or queen/king. I have not been to Sogo for a few years, but they were still doing that the last time I was there.

Have fun!

Please to assist, how to get from the port to Disneyland Toyko, public transit. My friend who travels with me is an avid Disney fan. Thanks for any assistance.

Yes, there are a number of companies in Japan that offer luggage forwarding services. The best place to inquire at is your hotel, who should be able to make a call to one of those companies on your behalf.

The most established and reliable company of this kind is Yamato Unyu. Yamato has an office at the Yokohama Oosanbashi Pier, so they are the best bet. And I am 99.9% sure that your hotel is on their route.

Thanks!

This is exactly the info I was looking for. We most certainly would take a taxi from the Yokohama station to the ship. I assume there are toxson taxis at the station. (It has been years, but I think toxson is large, or large number.)

 

Our cruise is not until May 6, 2013, so we have many details to complete. I want to go to Seoul, Korea for a few nights first. Then I hope we can spend a few nights in Tokyo, or an interesting town close-by, before boarding the ship.

 

When we visited Japan in 2007, we used a luggage forwarding service two times. This worked out great in both cases. Do you have any general info about using a luggage forwarding service to a Silversea cruise ship?

 

Thank you very much for your information.

 

Bob :cool:

Hi there. At Shin-Yokohama, transfer to the JR Yokohama Line (there is no other line to transfer to, by the way), which is a silver train with green stripes, in the direction of Higashi-Kanagawa. This train will likely terminate there, and if it does, now transfer to the Keihin-Tohoku line (a silver train with blue stripes). You will not have any trouble there, as virtually everyone on the Yokohama Line train will transfer to the Keihin-Tohoku line with you. Yokohama is the next stop.

There are some Yokohama Line trains that do not terminate at Higashi-Kanagawa (you can tell because people are staying on). If you are on one of them, great. Just stay on also, and the next stop is Yokohama.

If you are okay about transferring yet one more time, at Yokohama Station switch to the Minato-Mirai Line, whose platform is underground, in the direction of Motomachi-Chukagai. For the pier, get off at Nihon-Odori station, which is the fourth stop from Yokohama. This is the stop closest to the Yokohama Osanbashi Pier where cruse ships dock, which is a leisurely ten minute walk from there.

I hope this helps!

Hello!

 

We expect to arrive in Yokohama from Kyoto via Shinkansen, Shin Yokohama, I presume. What is the best way to get to the port from there? We are 4 people, including 2 teens, who are accustomed to transporting our own luggage and are happy to take public transportation, if that is the best way.

Hello, I am back. :p

If you are staying near Tokyo Station, the easiest is to take the JR Tokaido Line (silver cars with orange/green stripes) to Yokohama Station, and then take a cab from there. There is a train station closer to the pier, but to get there, you would have to make a transfer somewhere along the line, which you would fine rather cumbersome with a lot of luggage.

The trains you would want to take at Tokyo Station typically depart from Platforms 7 and 8 (sometimes 9). All trains departing from those platforms stop at Yokohama.

Ship - Equinox

Deck - 9 (Panorama)

Cabin # - 9281

Class – C3

Starboard or Port Side - Port, Aft

Bed near?(balcony or bath) – Bath

Quiet Cabin (With comments on problems. Note if connecting. ) – Very quiet.

Balcony View - Give comments on view, noting if location of any obstructions was an issue. – Life boats visible below, but no interference with the line of sights.

Balcony Size? Normal or oversized for class? - Normal

Was wind a problem? No.

If an aft cabin, was soot a problem? n/a

Any specific problems with this cabin? None.

Any other comments? This was a very quiet location, and we would be happy to take this cabin or its neighboring C3 cabins again. Also, we liked better the bed near the bath versus near the balcony.

For the Narita Express trains by JR East, here is a good site for information, including the schedule and fares:

http://www.jreast.co.jp/e/nex/index.html

Or you can take a limousine bus from Yokohama Station. Buses are more frequent than the Narita Express. Their weakness is being subject to traffic conditions, although I once got to Narita in an hour and 10 minutes (scheduled travel time is 90 minutes).

Hi. I am a Yokohama native, so I am happy to help you. Probably the easiest and most economical way is to walk from the pier to the "Nihon Odori" Station of the Minato Mirai Line, which is about a seven-minute walk from the pier. The path to the station is very clearly marked, but if you ever get lost, just grab someone on the street, and say slowly, "Where? Train? Nihon Odori Station?"

 

Thank you for your prompt and very informative reply. My travelling partner and I have decided to stay on the Minato Mirai Line until the last stop. If we have time to visit the Ginza later in the day that will be an open option. Our ship, the Amsterdam, does not leave port until 1 AM so we have a really full day to explore the city.

Any specific recommendations for our big day would be most welcome. Based on your information we will wait until our trip from Kobe to Kyoto to ride the bullet train.

Thanks so much again.

 

Great! Have you ever seen the movie Lost in Translation? The huge pedestrian crossings that show up again and again in the film are located right in front of the Shibuya Station. There is much going on there.

 

Also, Harajuku, where young people dress up wildly and dance even more wildly, is the next stop from Shibuya on the JR Yamanote Line. The place is highly recommended as a contrast to the traditional settings of Kyoto.

 

The Yoyogi Park, one of the most famous parks of Tokyo, is also right there, and it is actually possible to walk through the park and then to Shinjuku, the skyscraper center of Tokyo (if you do not wish to walk, just hop back onto the Yamanote Line at Harajuku - Shinjuku is the second stop). The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building in Shinjuku has an observation deck that gives you a fantastic view of this sprawling metropolis.

 

If you want to go to Ginza after Shinjuku, go back to Shibuya, and take the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line from there.

 

From Ginza, the Imperial Palace is not that far away. Depending upon where you are in Ginza, it is perhaps a 20-minute walk to one of the outer walls.

Need info on best way to get from ship to the terminal in Yokohama where trains leave for Tokyo. I have read that both the subway and bullet train travel that route and wonder if the extra fare for the bullet train is worth it.

Hi. I am a Yokohama native, so I am happy to help you. Probably the easiest and most economical way is to walk from the pier to the "Nihon Odori" Station of the Minato Mirai Line, which is about a seven-minute walk from the pier. The path to the station is very clearly marked, but if you ever get lost, just grab someone on the street, and say slowly, "Where? Train? Nihon Odori Station?"

When you are on a Minato Mirai Line train, you have several options to go to Tokyo. You can stay on it (a train for Shibuya) until the end of the line, and you will be in one of the busiest and hippest areas of Tokyo (about 40 minutes' ride). Or you can transfer at Yokohama Station, which is the fourth stop from Nihon Odori, onto a JR Tokaido Line that takes you to Tokyo Station (about 25 minutes). You will be one short stop away from Yurakucho, which gets you into Ginza.

The bullet train is actually a tougher option. The Shin-Yokohama Station where the bullet trains pass through is about 25 minutes away from Nihon Odori of Minato Mirai Line, and you would have to make two transfers to get there. In addition, the segment between Shin-Yokohama and Tokyo is actually the slowest-running part of that bullet train line. In other words, you would not experience what the bullet train is most famous for (speed) by taking it from Shin-Yokohama to Tokyo.

If you have a particular part of Tokyo that you would like to visit, please let me know. I will give you the exact routing accordingly.