Sep 4, 2015
Transportation
Please note that the entrance of Shonan Village Center is closed between 11:00pm ? 7:00am. Prior arrangement is required to enter the center after 11:00pm.
Access to Shonan Village:
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Access to Shonan Village center
Shonan Village Home Page
There are several routes from Tokyo area or Narita airport. In general, first move by a train to? either Zushi (JR) or Shin-Zushi (Keikyu), and then take a bus or a taxi. For foreigners, we would recommend sharing a? taxi from Zushi or Shin-Zushi. The train route/schedule can be searched by using the train route finder below.
Train Schedule Search (not for reservation) :
For destination, enter “Zushi” or “Shin-Zushi”.? As Tokyo area is served by several companies, you will see several choices. Please pick one that seems most convenient. An optimal route depends on the departure time.
You can search a train schedule from/to Narita Airport.
Recommended routes from Tokyo/Airports to Zushi:
Note: The following may not be the best route, depending on the time of departure.
- From Tokyo Narita Airport
Take JR Narita Express to go to “Ofuna” or “Yokohama”, and then take JR Yokosuka Line to Zushi.
- From Tokyo Haneda Airport
Take Keikyu Haneda Airport Line. Change at Keikyu Kamata station to Keikyu Line, and then change at Kanazawa-Hakkei to Keikyu Zushi Line and get off at Shin-Zushi terminal.
From Zushi or Shin-Zushi to Shonan Village Center
At Zushi station, go out from “East Exit”.
Please take a bus (which leaves once in an hour or half an hour, and takes 30 min from Zushi to Shonan Village Center) or a taxi, which costs approximately 3,000 yen and takes about 20 min.
Please take bus number 16 that leaves from Bus Stop #1 of the east exit of JR Zushi station, and costs 350 yen.
There are buses that leave from #1 and? go to other destination. So, make sure that the final destination of the bus is “Shonan Kokusai-mura Center” (the destination sign is in Japanese? but it comes with number “16”; if you are not sure, please ask the driver or other passengers before boarding), and get off at the final stop. Shonan Village Center is on the righthand side of the bus stop.
As a bus driver is not likely to speak English, we recommend sharing a taxi (or finding a company who speaks Japanese, to take a bus).
Here?are some Japanese messages to show to a taxi driver.
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