From Tokyo and Haneda Airport
By Train
1) Limited Express Train “Wakashio”
Total time: 1 hour, 50 minutes
a) Board the Wakashio bound for Awa-Kamogawa, which departs from the JR Keiyo Line platform at Tokyo Station. No transfers necessary.
2) Normal Train
Total time: 2 hours, 40 minutes
a) Take a JR Sobu Line train bound for Chiba or Kazusa-Ichinomiya at Tokyo Station.
b) Get off at Chiba Station and transfer to the Sotobo Line.
c) Board a Sotobo Line train bound Awa-Kamogawa Station. (Note that you can also get to Kamogawa via the Uchibo Line, which also leaves from Chiba Station, but it will take an additional hour to arrive at Kamogawa.)
For specific train times and routes, search Hyperdia (http://www.hyperdia.com/en/) to AWAKAMOGAWA.
Total time: 1 hour, 50 minutes
a) Board the Wakashio bound for Awa-Kamogawa, which departs from the JR Keiyo Line platform at Tokyo Station. No transfers necessary.
2) Normal Train
Total time: 2 hours, 40 minutes
a) Take a JR Sobu Line train bound for Chiba or Kazusa-Ichinomiya at Tokyo Station.
b) Get off at Chiba Station and transfer to the Sotobo Line.
c) Board a Sotobo Line train bound Awa-Kamogawa Station. (Note that you can also get to Kamogawa via the Uchibo Line, which also leaves from Chiba Station, but it will take an additional hour to arrive at Kamogawa.)
For specific train times and routes, search Hyperdia (http://www.hyperdia.com/en/) to AWAKAMOGAWA.
By Bus (and Monorail from Haneda)
* When coming from Haneda International Airport, take the Tokyo Monorail to Hamamatsucho Station and board the Highway Bus Aqusea from there.
1) Hamamatsucho/Tokyo-->Awa-Kamogawa via Highway Bus Aqusea
(total time: appr. 2 hours)
Directly accessible from Tokyo Monorail/JR Hamamatsucho Station or JR Tokyo Station (Yaesu Exit).
Download a photo walkthrough of how to ride the Highway Bus Aqusea from JR Hamamatsucho Station.
How to board the bus at Hamamatsucho Bus Terminal from JR Hamamatsucho Station:
a) Take the train to Hamamatsucho via the JR Yamanote or Keihin-Tohoku Line. Follow the overhead signs to the South Exit.
b) Exit through the South Exit gate, and follow the signs pointing to the Bus Terminal by taking the stairs directly to your right.
c) At the base of the stairs, take a right.
d) Take a left at the Family Mart convenience store.
e) Continue straight through the automatic doors into the World Trade Center building.
f) Take the escalator down to the Hamamatsucho Bus Terminal.
g) Take a right and then take an immediate right at the next corner. There you will see bus stop 1.
h) The bus for Kamogawa "Aqusea" leaves from bus stop 1. However, buses for Katsuura, Kimitsu, Choshi, etc. also depart from this stop, so please make sure that you are boarding the correct bus. The bus fare is 2,400 yen. When going from Tokyo to Kamogawa, you pay when you get off the bus. When returning to Tokyo from Kamogawa, you pay when you first board the bus.
i) The bus to Kamogawa takes appr. 3 hours. There are five stops within Kamogawa: Fukushi Senta-mae (Welfare Center), Kamogawa Shiyakusho Iriguchi (Kamogawa City Hall), Awa-Kamogawa Eki (Awa-Kamogawa Station), Kamogawa Sea World, and Kameda Byoin (Kameda Medical Center).
*Please note that bus times have changed as of July 1, 2011. Be sure to confirm bus times ahead of your departure. The below files reflect the new bus times:
Download the Highway Bus Aqusea time table in English here (from Tokyo to Kamogawa)(from Kamogawa to Tokyo). You can view the complete Aqusea bus timetable (Japanese) on the Nitto Kotsu Bus homepage (Japanese).
2) Hamamatsucho/Tokyo-->Awa-Kominato via Highway Bus Awa-Kominato/Onjuku Line (total time: appr. 2 hours)
a) Board the bus at the Hamamatsucho Bus Terminal (directly accessible from JR Hamamatsucho Station or the Tokyo Monorail) or Tokyo Station (Yaesu Exit)
You can view the Awa-Kominato/Onjuku bus timetable (Japanese) on the Kamogawa Nitto Bus homepage.
1) Hamamatsucho/Tokyo-->Awa-Kamogawa via Highway Bus Aqusea
(total time: appr. 2 hours)
Directly accessible from Tokyo Monorail/JR Hamamatsucho Station or JR Tokyo Station (Yaesu Exit).
Download a photo walkthrough of how to ride the Highway Bus Aqusea from JR Hamamatsucho Station.
How to board the bus at Hamamatsucho Bus Terminal from JR Hamamatsucho Station:
a) Take the train to Hamamatsucho via the JR Yamanote or Keihin-Tohoku Line. Follow the overhead signs to the South Exit.
b) Exit through the South Exit gate, and follow the signs pointing to the Bus Terminal by taking the stairs directly to your right.
c) At the base of the stairs, take a right.
d) Take a left at the Family Mart convenience store.
e) Continue straight through the automatic doors into the World Trade Center building.
f) Take the escalator down to the Hamamatsucho Bus Terminal.
g) Take a right and then take an immediate right at the next corner. There you will see bus stop 1.
h) The bus for Kamogawa "Aqusea" leaves from bus stop 1. However, buses for Katsuura, Kimitsu, Choshi, etc. also depart from this stop, so please make sure that you are boarding the correct bus. The bus fare is 2,400 yen. When going from Tokyo to Kamogawa, you pay when you get off the bus. When returning to Tokyo from Kamogawa, you pay when you first board the bus.
i) The bus to Kamogawa takes appr. 3 hours. There are five stops within Kamogawa: Fukushi Senta-mae (Welfare Center), Kamogawa Shiyakusho Iriguchi (Kamogawa City Hall), Awa-Kamogawa Eki (Awa-Kamogawa Station), Kamogawa Sea World, and Kameda Byoin (Kameda Medical Center).
*Please note that bus times have changed as of July 1, 2011. Be sure to confirm bus times ahead of your departure. The below files reflect the new bus times:
Download the Highway Bus Aqusea time table in English here (from Tokyo to Kamogawa)(from Kamogawa to Tokyo). You can view the complete Aqusea bus timetable (Japanese) on the Nitto Kotsu Bus homepage (Japanese).
2) Hamamatsucho/Tokyo-->Awa-Kominato via Highway Bus Awa-Kominato/Onjuku Line (total time: appr. 2 hours)
a) Board the bus at the Hamamatsucho Bus Terminal (directly accessible from JR Hamamatsucho Station or the Tokyo Monorail) or Tokyo Station (Yaesu Exit)
You can view the Awa-Kominato/Onjuku bus timetable (Japanese) on the Kamogawa Nitto Bus homepage.