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The Kamakura return, Yokohama

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The Kamakura return

Long calls, confident train users — the great Buddha south. Timed from the gangway and back.

6 hr door to door6 stopsNeeds an 8-hour call
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Photo: Suicasmo / CC BY-SA 4.0
Door to door
6 hr
From the gangway and back
Best for
An 8-hour call or longer
Long calls, confident train users — the great Buddha south
Room to spare
None
Fits an 8-hour stop with nothing to add (off the ship 30 minutes after arrival, back at the gangway an hour before all-aboard). A longer call gives you the extra time; on this one, do not add a stop.
What it costs
about ¥1,740
Rail return (¥870 each way to Hase) + ¥300 Kotoku-in and ¥400 Hase-dera; lunch in Hase or on Komachi-dori.
Booking
Nothing
Every stop here takes walk-ups

Timed from the gangway with the port's official timetables · updated · Takumi Yamada

Numbers follow the route below. Pins are the places themselves; walking lines are not drawn because the best way between two stops can change with the tram, the tide or the weather.

The route

How the day runs

Times are from the moment you step off, not from the scheduled arrival. Everything shifts if your ship is late; the order does not.

  1. +0:00
    Minatomirai line to Yokohama, then JR Yokosuka line to Kamakura

    About 50 min from the pier (the JR leg is ~25 min); then the Enoden, 5 min, to Hase

    What you will see hereFull guide: Kamakura Great Buddha
  2. +1:00
    Hase-dera temple — hillside Kannon and hydrangea paths

    The bay view terrace first

    Full guide: Kamakura Great Buddha
  3. +2:15
    The Great Buddha, open air since 1498

    Go inside the bronze for pocket change

    What you will see hereFull guide: Kamakura Great Buddha
    Kamakura Great Buddha, Yokohama
    Photo: okoysm / CC BY
  4. +3:15
    Komachi-dori lunch + snack street

    Shirasu-don is the coast’s dish

  5. +4:30
    Train back toward Yokohama

    Screenshot the timetable on arrival

    Chinatown, 600 shops deep, Yokohama
    Photo: Syced / CC0
  6. +5:45
    Walk/taxi to Osanbashi

    Back by +6:00. On a 09:00–17:00 call that is about 15:30, which keeps the hour before all-aboard (16:30) free

    What you will see hereFull guide: Osanbashi
    Osanbashi, Yokohama
    Photo: Reginald Pentinio / CC BY 2.0
The margin is not optional. This route ends an hour before all-aboard on purpose. If you are running late, drop the last stop, not the hour.
What the day looks like

Yokohama, along this route

Real photographs of the places above and the streets between them. Every one is credited.

A woodblock print of foreign merchants in Yokohama, 1861
A woodblock print of foreign merchants in Yokohama, 1861Photo: Utagawa Sadahide / Public domain
Silk-reeling machinery at the Tomioka Silk Mill, Yokohama
Silk-reeling machinery at the Tomioka Silk MillPhoto: C1815 / CC0
A bowl of Yokohama ie-kei ramen at Yamazakiya
A bowl of Yokohama ie-kei ramen at YamazakiyaPhoto: ウィ貴公子 / CC BY-SA 4.0
Sankeien, Yokohama
SankeienPhoto: Mustang Joe / CC0
Kamakura Great Buddha, Yokohama
Kamakura Great BuddhaPhoto: 663highland / CC BY-SA 4.0
Red Brick Warehouses, Yokohama
Red Brick WarehousesPhoto: Kakidai / CC BY-SA
Different hours, different day

The other routes in Yokohama

The rainy-day YokohamaA wet day · ~4hWet weather — this port is unusually good in rainThe pier promenadeNeeds a 4.5-hour call · ~2.5hOsanbashi calls — the city arranged around your walkThe Minato Mirai wanderNeeds a 6.5-hour call · ~4.5hMuseums, malls and noodle history in one arc
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