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Japan/Yokohama -
01-24-2008, 05:31 AM
We are moving to Japan in July, my husband will be working near Tokyo Station and we are trying to decide where to live. We like the look of Yokohama but could someone give us an idea of how long the commute would be from Yokohama to Tokyo Station and whether or not it is possible to reserve a seat on the train?
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Japan/yokohama -
01-24-2008, 06:55 AM
We're planning to live within 15 mins from Yokohama station if possible. the idea of reserved seat is only because we've been told the commute will be really packed and nasty - I'm open to other ideas but we really want to keep the total commute to 1hr each way - is this possible?
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01-24-2008, 07:12 AM
Those images of white-gloved station men pushing people onto trains is the exception, not the rule. Round trip from Shin-Yokohama to Tokyo station on the shinkansenn would be about 5000 a day. (About 50 bucks). Reserved seats on slower trains would be a little less. Taking the train every else does will be about 20% of that (with monthly passes)...maybe less.
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01-24-2008, 02:01 PM
is the OP talking about taking the shinkansen? if you are...well i dont recommend it. like MMM said its expensive. people commute everyday using the JR and other lines and it really isnt a problem. if you live in a city with 12 million people and most people commute by train, of course its going to be crowded. that really cant be helped. some of my friends commute from saitama to hachioji to go to university. if you live in tokyo you know that thats a loooong commute so yokohama to tokyo station is nothing compared to that.
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