Kanagawa transport guide: Transfers for Yokohama, Kamakura and Hakone

Review Kanagawa's four official arrival stations, transfers at Hakone-Yumoto and Gora, the eight transport modes included in the Hakone Freepass and separate Romancecar limited-express charges.

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Kanagawa’s railway services are operated by several companies. The key is to choose your arrival station first, then plan transfers. This page draws on the Kanagawa Prefectural Tourism Association and Hakone transport information checked on 2026-10-28. The official pages do not provide total fares or travel times from every departure station, so this page does not list them. For passes for day trips from Tokyo, see the Pass comparison. Return to the Kanagawa travel guide.

Key points

  • The Kanagawa Prefectural Tourism Association identifies four arrival stations: Yokohama, Kamakura, Odawara and Hakone-Yumoto.
  • Hakone-Yumoto is a transfer point for the mountain railway and several mountain bus routes; Gora connects to the cable car.
  • The Hakone Freepass covers 8 transport modes; the Romancecar limited express requires an additional limited-express fare.
  • The official pages do not provide a complete fare comparison across departure stations, so this article does not attempt one.

Four official arrival stations

The prefectural tourism association’s access page provides Tokyo Station, Nagoya Station, Shin-Osaka Station and Haneda Airport as starting options, and Yokohama, Kamakura, Odawara and Hakone-Yumoto as arrival stations. Railway operators linked from the page include JR East, JR Central, Keikyu, Tokyu, Odakyu, Sotetsu, Minato Mirai Line, Keio, Yokohama Municipal Subway, Enoden and Hakone Tozan Railway. The official page does not explain routes to each station; consult the rail companies’ websites or a map app.

Hakone-Yumoto Station ()

Item Official information
Mountain railway Platform 3 towards Gora
Towards Odawara and Shinjuku Platform 1 serves Odakyu Romancecar limited expresses; platform 2 has local trains to Odawara
Mountain buses Boarding points 2 to 5; routes include Motohakone-ko and Hakone-machi-ko (route H), Togendai (route T), Gotemba Premium Outlets (route L) and Old Tokaido Road (route K); boarding point 5 also serves Odawara Station
Lake Ashi Liner Direct service to Hotel de Yama; requires a Liner ticket
Other buses Boarding point 1 is for Izu Hakone Bus; point 6 serves shuttle buses for Hakone-Yumoto hot spring inns (200 yen per ride, prepaid); point 7 serves the Hakone Yuryo shuttle
Station facilities Ticket gates on floor 2; Hakone Carry Service can deliver luggage to accommodation. Odakyu Travel Center Hakone-Yumoto is open 9:00 to 19:00 year-round, sells Romancecar tickets and Hakone Freepasses, offers luggage storage and currency exchange. The Hakone Town General Tourist Information Centre offers English, Chinese and Korean support.

Gora Station ()

Item Official information
Mountain railway Towards Hakone-Yumoto, Odawara and Shinjuku from platform 1
Cable car Towards Sounzan, around shared platform 2 with the railway
Buses Point 1 towards Ten-yu via the Open-Air Museum, Kowakien and Yunessun; point 2 towards the Pola Museum of Art, Glass Forest and Sengoku; point 3 towards Gotemba Premium Outlets, Gotemba Station and Togendai via Miyagino and Sengoku

Hakone Freepass

According to the official Hakone transport page:

  • Available for 2 or 3 days, with prices varying by departure station. A 2-day pass from Shinjuku costs 7,100 yen for adults and 1,600 yen for children (from 1 October 2025).
  • Covers 8 transport modes: Hakone Tozan Line, Hakone Tozan buses (specified sections), Hakone Tozan Cable Car, Hakone Ropeway, Hakone Pirate Ship, Odakyu Highway Bus (specified sections), Tokai Bus (specified sections), and Tourist Facilities Sightseeing Bus.
  • Romancecar travel requires an additional limited-express fare.
  • The Odakyu Line from the departure station to Odawara can be used for one round trip, with no restriction on intermediate stops.
  • The official “Golden Route” goes Hakone-Yumoto → Gora → Owakudani → Lake Ashi using 5 transport modes.
  • For full prices and comparisons, see the Hakone day trip.

Limitations of this page

  • The official pages do not provide total fares and times for journeys between every departure and destination station.
  • Services and platforms vary by date; check the operators’ websites before departure. For transport IC cards used nationwide, see Suica and transport IC cards.

Further reading: Hakone onsen areas comparison, Tokyo transport introduction.

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