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[servicerequired]

Depends on exact hotel in Yokohama - if you're at the train station (e.g. the Sheraton) taking the train is good. If you're closer to Chinatown (e.g. the two Intercontinentals, Hyatt Regency) I'd catch a taxi.

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[Noah Count]

@servicerequired are you travelling as a party of 1 with minimal luggage? When I travel to Japan solo and HLO I have no issues with catching trains to/from HND, NRT or any other airport. When I travel with Mrs&MissN there will be additional HL checked luggage and other stuff that they just seem to have so when travelling with them in tow I will use the limo bus, public bus or taxi. In general it is not common to travel with luggage on Japanese public transport, sure people do it but it does not make it correct. When travelling around Japan with the girls in tow I will often use the luggage forwarding services, it just works.

 

[Himeno]

@servicerequired are you travelling as a party of 1 with minimal luggage? When I travel to Japan solo and HLO I have no issues with catching trains to/from HND, NRT or any other airport. When I travel with Mrs&MissN there will be additional HL checked luggage and other stuff that they just seem to have so when travelling with them in tow I will use the limo bus, public bus or taxi. In general it is not common to travel with luggage on Japanese public transport, sure people do it but it does not make it correct. When travelling around Japan with the girls in tow I will often use the luggage forwarding services, it just works.

I have also done solo travel on trains to NRT and HND with 2 checked bags. (just not during morning peak time)

There is also the option of shipping bags to/from the airport and hotel.
Depending on arrival time of flight and what hotel you are going to, they can ship bags to your hotel to collect when you check in in the afternoon.
If you can be without the checked baggage for the last 2ish days of the trip, you can ship the bags to collect at the airport.

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[justinbrett]

@servicerequired are you travelling as a party of 1 with minimal luggage? When I travel to Japan solo and HLO I have no issues with catching trains to/from HND, NRT or any other airport. When I travel with Mrs&MissN there will be additional HL checked luggage and other stuff that they just seem to have so when travelling with them in tow I will use the limo bus, public bus or taxi. In general it is not common to travel with luggage on Japanese public transport, sure people do it but it does not make it correct. When travelling around Japan with the girls in tow I will often use the luggage forwarding services, it just works.

I have got the train between Yokohama and HND quite a few times and every second person (mostly Japanese) is travelling with checked luggage.

I’d say your use of “correct” is actually quite incorrect!

Just be considerate, don’t obstruct others with your luggage and nobody will care.

 

[Noah Count]

I have got the train between Yokohama and HND quite a few times and every second person (mostly Japanese) is travelling with checked luggage.

I’d say your use of “correct” is actually quite incorrect!

Just be considerate, don’t obstruct others with your luggage and nobody will care.

Point taken, I have never stayed in Yokohama area, I tend to stay in the Shinjuku area. If you have been at Shinjuku during the morning peak as the trains arrive and the door open people literally are pushed out of the carriage and onto the platform. Depending on the and time getting onto the train can be hit and miss. The other station that I have experienced similar is Maihama (family travel not solo) during the morning commute towards Tokyo.

 

[justinbrett]

Point taken, I have never stayed in Yokohama area, I tend to stay in the Shinjuku area. If you have been at Shinjuku during the morning peak as the trains arrive and the door open people literally are pushed out of the carriage and onto the platform. Depending on the and time getting onto the train can be hit and miss. The other station that I have experienced similar is Maihama (family travel not solo) during the morning commute towards Tokyo.

I think many people on this thread don’t realise that Yokohama is not part of Tokyo. It’s its own city.

It would be more similar to getting a train from Gold Coast or Newcastle to the respective capitals, and having lived in both of those, both are more likely to have pax travelling with luggage compared to suburban trains.