A short trip: harbour or temples?
Stay in Yokohama for harbour scenery and the garden, or Kamakura for temples and island views. Yokohama’s course visits Nippon Maru and the harbour first, then Sankeien. Kamakura’s course gives the Hase temples and Enoshima a day each. Choose either only with a late flight allowing final-day sightseeing, luggage collection at your hotel and airport travel.
Choose a 2 days / 1 night itinerary
Yokohama harbour and Sankeien
A short Sakuragicho-based trip with Nippon Maru on day one and Sankeien on day two. Choose a late flight that leaves enough airport travel time after the garden visit.
Yokohama harbour and Sankeien →2 days / 1 night BKamakura temples and Enoshima
Stay in Kamakura for Hasedera and Kotokuin on day one, then Enoshima on day two. Choose a late flight allowing a return from the island to your Kamakura hotel for bags before airport travel.
Kamakura temples and Enoshima →Yokohama harbour and Sankeien
A short Sakuragicho-based trip with Nippon Maru on day one and Sankeien on day two. Choose a late flight that leaves enough airport travel time after the garden visit.
Day 1: aboard Nippon Maru and a harbour walk
Keep arrival-day sightseeing light with Nippon Maru and harbour scenery in Sakuragicho. Travel from the airport to Yokohama, then Sakuragicho.
- If arriving at Haneda: your terminal → Keikyu Yokohama Station
Board at Haneda Airport Terminal 1·2 Station for Terminals 1 and 2, or Haneda Airport Terminal 3 Station for Terminal 3. Choose a direct service stopping at Yokohama; if the route search shows a transfer, change to a Yokohama-bound service at Keikyu Kamata or the specified station.
- If arriving at Narita: your terminal → JR Yokohama Station
Board an N’EX service stopping at Yokohama at Narita Airport Station for Terminal 1 or Airport Terminal 2 Station for Terminals 2 and 3. Add Terminal 3 access to the station. Check services for your date and arrange a reserved seat with JR.
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- Yokohama Station → JR Sakuragicho Station
If arriving by Keikyu from Haneda, follow JR transfer signs to the correct gates and platforms. Take a JR Negishi Line service stopping at Sakuragicho. Add Keikyu-to-JR transfer time and train waits.
- JR Sakuragicho Station → Nippon Maru entrance
The official station-to-facility walk is about five minutes. Follow entrance signs to ship admission. This excludes accommodation access and train waits.
- Nippon Maru admission → Finish the ship visit
Choose the 400-yen general ship-only ticket. This course excludes the 800-yen combined ticket with the port museum. Normal opening hours are 10:00–17:00, last admission 16:30. The facility opens on Monday public holidays and closes the next weekday; check maintenance and ship-specific temporary closures in the calendar for your date. Explore the areas open that day following staff guidance, then leave the ship.
- Ship exit → Memorial Park waterfront
After the ship, take a short waterfront walk in Memorial Park for harbour scenery. Use areas open on site and omit the walk during restrictions or poor weather. Ship admission and the outdoor waterfront walk are separate choices.
If arriving late or on a ship closure day, omit the interior and choose harbour walking or a meal. Check maintenance and temporary closures in the facility’s calendar for your date.
Day 2: Sankeien gardens and historic buildings
See Sankeien’s garden and historic buildings, then return to Yokohama. Choose a late flight allowing a stop at your Sakuragicho hotel before airport travel.
- JR Sakuragicho Station → JR Yokohama Station
Take a Yokohama-bound service stopping at Yokohama and alight. Follow signs to the east exit bus terminal.
- Yokohama Station east exit, stand 2 → Sankeien Iriguchi bus stop
Choose a municipal bus service for your date on route 8 or 168 stopping at Sankeien Iriguchi · 三溪園入口. Check route number, destination and stops before boarding. Allow bus waits and traffic separately from garden viewing time.
- Sankeien Iriguchi bus stop → Sankeien main gate
The official walk from the stop to the main gate is about five minutes. Sankeien Iriguchi bus stop and garden admission are separate points.
- Sankeien main gate → Finish the garden visit
General adult admission costs 900 yen. Open 09:00–17:00, last admission 16:30. Check December 26–31 closures, temporary notices and on-site restrictions before entering. Visit the areas open that day, then leave through the main gate. Separate events and garden tearoom purchases are excluded from the itinerary and subtotal.
- Sankeien main gate → Return to Sankeien Iriguchi bus stop
Retrace the walking route to the stop. Check the Yokohama Station-bound boarding point and bus destination for your return.
- Sankeien Iriguchi, Yokohama Station-bound stand → Yokohama Station
Take a Yokohama Station-bound bus in the timetable for your date and alight there. Waits and road traffic affect return time; allow luggage collection at your hotel and airport travel.
- JR Yokohama Station → JR Sakuragicho Station
After alighting, walk to the JR gates. Return on a Negishi Line service stopping at Sakuragicho. Add bus-stop-to-platform access and train waits.
- JR Sakuragicho Station → Airport transfer at Yokohama Station
Collect any bags left at your hotel and return to Sakuragicho Station. Take a Negishi Line service stopping at Yokohama, then change to Keikyu for Haneda or JR N’EX for Narita.
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- For Haneda departure: Keikyu Yokohama Station → Your Haneda departure terminal
Choose a direct or connecting Keikyu service to the Haneda station for your terminal. Distinguish Terminal 1·2 Station from Terminal 3 Station.
- For Narita departure: JR Yokohama Station → Your Narita departure terminal
Check which N’EX services stop at JR Yokohama on your date and reserve a seat. Alight at Narita Airport Station for Terminal 1 or Airport Terminal 2 Station for Terminals 2 and 3.
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Sankeien 900 yen plus two municipal bus rides totalling 440 yen gives a subtotal of 1,340 yen. JR, meals and accommodation access cost extra. Check garden closures and bus services for your date in official information.
Included: Nippon Maru 400 yen + Sankeien 900 yen + two Sankeien municipal bus rides 440 yen. Admission-only subtotal: 1,300 yen.
Extra costs and conditions: Excluded: JR, Minatomirai Line, Keikyu, N’EX and other airport trains, limited express and seat charges, station–hotel travel, luggage storage, meals, accommodation, flights, garden events and tearoom purchases.
For Narita Airport, check N’EX routes for your date and arrange a reserved seat with JR. If you omit either visit, actual spending differs from this subtotal for both facilities.
Nippon Maru and port museum admission and 2026 closuresVisitor informationYokohama municipal bus boarding and faresJR construction and suspension notices
Kamakura temples and Enoshima
Stay in Kamakura for Hasedera and Kotokuin on day one, then Enoshima on day two. Choose a late flight allowing a return from the island to your Kamakura hotel for bags before airport travel.
Day 1: Hasedera and the Great Buddha of Kamakura
Travel to Kamakura and visit the two Hase temples today. Walk between them, then return to Hase Station.
- If arriving at Haneda: your terminal → Keikyu Yokohama Station
Board at Haneda Airport Terminal 1·2 Station for Terminals 1 and 2, or Haneda Airport Terminal 3 Station for Terminal 3. Choose a direct service stopping at Yokohama; if the route search shows a transfer, change to a Yokohama-bound service at Keikyu Kamata or the specified station.
- If arriving at Narita: your terminal → JR Yokohama Station
Board an N’EX service stopping at Yokohama at Narita Airport Station for Terminal 1 or Airport Terminal 2 Station for Terminals 2 and 3. Add Terminal 3 access to the station. Check services for your date and arrange a reserved seat with JR.
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- JR Yokohama Station → JR Kamakura Station
Take a JR Yokosuka Line service towards Zushi or Kurihama stopping at Kamakura and alight. JR fares cost extra. Allow train waits and transfers.
- Enoden Kamakura Station → Hase Station
Take a Fujisawa-bound service stopping at Hase and alight. Standard adult single fare is 200 yen; add train waits.
- Hase Station → Hasedera entrance
Walk about five minutes from the station to Hasedera’s entrance.
- Hasedera entrance → Explore the grounds and leave through the main gate
Adult admission costs 400 yen. Normal admission hours are 08:00–16:30, with gates closing at 17:00; April–June admission continues until 17:00, closing at 17:30. Rest on stepped sections and explore areas open that day.
- Hasedera main gate → Kotokuin main gate
The official walk to Kotokuin’s main gate is about five minutes. Each temple charges admission separately.
- Kotokuin main gate → See the Great Buddha and leave through the main gate
General adult admission costs 300 yen. The grounds open April–September 08:00–17:30 and October–March 08:00–17:00, with last admission 15 minutes before closing. The extra 50-yen Buddha interior visit is excluded. If entry restrictions or queues are long, avoid rushing to fit both temples.
- Kotokuin main gate → Hase Station area
Walk about seven minutes back towards Hase Station. If having lunch, return to the same station afterwards for your train. Walking time excludes meals and restaurant queues.
- Enoden Hase Station → Enoden Kamakura Station
Return on a Kamakura-bound train. Standard adult single fare is 200 yen.
Adult admission for both temples totals 700 yen. If admission and Enoden queues are long, visit just one temple, eat around Hase and return.
Day 2: Enoshima observation tower and island walk
Visit Enoshima’s tower and daytime garden, then return to Kamakura. You will stop at your Kamakura hotel before travelling through Yokohama to the airport; finish the island visit the previous day if your flight is early.
- Enoden Kamakura Station → Enoden Enoshima Station
Take a Fujisawa-bound service stopping at Enoshima and alight. Standard adult single fare is 260 yen; add train waits.
- Enoden Enoshima Station → Across Bentenbashi to Nakamise Street
Cross Bentenbashi and follow Benzaiten Nakamise Street towards the shrine’s red torii. The official roughly 25-minute station-to-tower estimate excludes meals, viewing and queues.
- Left of the shrine’s red torii → Escar → garden and Sea Candle entrance
Before boarding Escar, buy the 1,100-yen adult daytime set ticket at section one’s ticket office for Sea Candle and all three Escar sections. Ascend the three sections left of the shrine’s red torii, then enter the garden on the right towards Sea Candle. The official Enoshima Station-to-tower estimate is about 25 minutes, excluding queues, meals and viewing. Escar runs uphill only; walk down on your return.
- Sea Candle and garden → Daytime tower and garden visit
The garden is free in daytime, but the tower requires admission. Enjoy island views from the tower and garden, then leave through the exit.
- Sea Candle and garden exit → Via Nakamise Street and Bentenbashi to Enoshima Station
Escar runs uphill only, so descend on foot. Follow open paths back through Nakamise Street and Bentenbashi to Enoshima Station. After any lunch, return to the same station for a Kamakura-bound train. Add downhill walking and meals separately from the station-to-tower estimate.
- Enoden Enoshima Station → Enoden Kamakura Station
From Enoshima Station, return on a Kamakura-bound train. Standard adult single fare is 260 yen.
- JR Kamakura Station → JR Yokohama Station
Collect any bags left at your Kamakura hotel, then return to JR Kamakura Station. Take a Yokosuka Line service towards Yokohama/Tokyo stopping at Yokohama. JR fares and hotel access cost extra; allow train waits, transfers and hotel travel.
- Yokohama Station → Your airport terminal
For Haneda, choose a direct or connecting Keikyu service to your terminal. For Narita, reserve an N’EX stopping at JR Yokohama; alight at Narita Airport Station for Terminal 1 or Airport Terminal 2 Station for Terminals 2 and 3.
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Escar runs uphill only; allow time to walk down and eat. Omit the island in strong winds, high waves or access restrictions. If only the tower is closed, walk only through areas that remain open.
Included: Hasedera and Kotokuin 700 yen + Kamakura–Hase Enoden return 400 yen + daytime tower and Escar set 1,100 yen + Kamakura–Enoshima Enoden return 520 yen.
Extra costs and conditions: Excluded: JR, Minatomirai Line, airport trains, limited express and seat charges, station–hotel travel, luggage storage, meals, accommodation, flights, separate hot-spring bathing, Buddha interior admission, extra activities and event-day evening garden charges.
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Frequently asked questions
Do I need Enoden day passes for two days in Kamakura and Enoshima?
The Kamakura-based course totals 920 yen: Kamakura–Hase return 400 yen on day one and Kamakura–Enoshima return 520 yen the next day. Adult day passes cost 800 yen each and work only on their issue date, so two days cost 1,600 yen. For just the listed returns, ordinary tickets cost less. Compare your actual journeys again if stopping at more stations.
Official sources and check dates
- Visitor information ·
- Access map ·
- Official temple visitor information ·
- Official worship and access information ·
- Official prices ·
- Access ·
- Official access information ·
- Nippon Maru and port museum admission and 2026 closures ·
- Enoden Noriorikun day pass ·
- Official Enoden fares ·
- Yokohama municipal bus boarding and fares ·
- Keikyu airport access ·
- N’EX stops ·
- JR metropolitan route map ·
- JR construction and suspension notices ·
- Narita Airport rail information ·
- Yokohama transport bureau sightseeing bus stands ·
- Escar uphill-only operation ·