How to get to Atami from Tokyo and Hakone
Tokyo to Atami takes about 40 to 50 minutes by shinkansen, 1 hour 45 by the Tokaido Line or two hours by car. Hakone links, parking and a free pickup.
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Atami is the closest seaside resort to Tokyo by shinkansen, and Hakone's neighbour over the hills. Here is how to get here, how long it takes, and how we meet you.
From Tokyo by shinkansen
The Tokaido Shinkansen is the fastest way. The Kodama stops at Atami all day and takes about 50 minutes from Tokyo Station; a few Hikari stop there too and take about 40, so check the timetable. Shinagawa and Shin-Yokohama are on the same line, and at weekends and holidays it's worth reserving seats.
From Tokyo by local train
The JR Tokaido Line runs all the way from Tokyo to Atami in about 1 hour 45 minutes. It's slower but cheaper, and after Odawara the line runs along the coast with the sea on your left.
From Hakone
Hakone and Atami are neighbours, but the mountains between them send the trains the long way round. From Hakone-Yumoto, take the Hakone Tozan Line down to Odawara, then the shinkansen to Atami, about 10 minutes, or the Tokaido Line, about 25. If you're going from Tokyo to Hakone first, the Odakyu Romancecar from Shinjuku reaches Hakone-Yumoto in 75 to 90 minutes.
There's an easier way too. If you're staying in Hakone before us, we'll pick you up there or at Odawara Station for free, and you'll be by the sea about 45 minutes later. Hakone fully booked? Stay by the sea, and we'll pick you up there.
From the station to the house
The house sits on a steep hill above the bay, 15 to 20 minutes by car from Atami Station. We meet every guest for free at Atami Station, or at Kinomiya or Ajiro station on the JR Ito Line if that suits you better; Kinomiya is about three minutes from Atami by train. We have child seats for two or three children. You can walk up from Ajiro in 15 to 20 minutes, but it's steep all the way, so with luggage the pickup is the way to go.
By car
From Tokyo, allow about two hours, more at weekends. There's parking at the house for two cars, a covered garage that fits any size and a space behind the house, with two more spaces on request.
From the airports
From Haneda or Narita, take the train to Shinagawa or Tokyo and change to the shinkansen. We don't run airport transfers ourselves; if you'd like a car from door to door, we can book a licensed hire car, which bills you directly.
A simple plan
Leave Tokyo after lunch. Spend the afternoon in the covered arcades by Atami Station, with a coffee in an old kissaten. Message us when you're ready, and you'll be on the deck as the evening colours come up over the bay. Check-in is from 16:30 to 20:30.
