Our Japan trip itinerary!
(For the itinerary with photos, click HERE!)

Day1   Day2   Day3   Day4   Day5   Day6   Day7   Day8   Day9   Day10   Day11   Day12   Day13   Day14   Day15   Day16

Day One (Saturday, 18 September)
 Fly out of LAX to Tokyo  - 11:30am

Day Two (Sunday, 19 September)
 - Arrive Tokyo - 3:05 pm
- Pick up Rail Pass at Narita Airport Station
- Make reservations for Tokyo to Nagoya bullet train, Nagoya to Osaka, and Osaka to Tokyo bullet train.
- Look into cell phone.
- Make reservation for bus from Shinjuku Washington to Narita for return flight.

- Take "Limobus" to Disney:
http://www.limousinebus.co.jp/e/index_route.html
- Limousine buses leave from the 1st floor arrival level at Terminal 1 at Narita Airport (from two locations at the north and south exits) - Make reservations +81-3-3665-7220 or:
- Back up plan if we can't get the bus: JR Narita Express to Tokyo Station.  From Tokyo Station take the Keiyo Line to Maihama Station (TDL Station)



Purchase 3 4-day park hoppers at hotel or ticket booths.
Spend Sunday evening at DisneySeas (Park open until 10pm)

Stay at Hilton Tokyo Bay hotel at Tokyo Disneyland Resort 
1-8 Maihama, Urayasu-shi, Chiba,  JP 279-0031
Tel: 81-47-355 5000
Conf# 2464127

  

Day Three (Monday, 20 September)
 1st Day at Tokyo Disneyland (Park open 8am until 10pm)
Stay at Tokyo Disney until about 5pm then take side trip to Joypolis.

Coasters at Tokyo Disneyland Resort:
Big Thunder Mountain    
Space Mountain
Gadget's Go Coaster
Flounder's Flying Fish Coaster

Side trip to Sega Joypolis in Palette Town (open until 11pm):
After 5pm pass for 2,300 yen.

Walk to Maihama Station (TDL) - ask about or purchase Tokyo Subway Rail card.
Travel by train from Maihama Station to Tokyo-Teleport:

Rail Information from: http://www.jorudan.co.jp/english/norikae/ 

JR Musashino Line
Train number 1576E
Station/Airport Arrive Leave Platform Distance
MAIHAMA 17:19 17:19   83.2km
KASAIRINKAIKOEN 17:22 17:22   85.3km
SHINKIBA 17:26 17:26   88.5km
Rinkai Line
Train number 1727F
Station/Airport Arrive Leave Platform Distance
SHINKIBA   17:30    
SHINONOME(TOKYO) 17:32 17:32   2.2km
KOKUSAITENJIJO 17:34 17:34   3.5km
TOKYOTELEPORT 17:36 17:36   4.9km

Rail information from: http://grace.hyperdia.com/cgi-english/hyperd01.cgi 

From Maihama (TDL):
- Take JR Keiyo Line to Shin-Kiba Station.
- Transfer to Rinkai Line
- Take Rinkai Line to Tokyo Teleport Station
- Walk 5 min to Joypolis

Tokyo Rinkai New Transportation "YURIKAMOME" get off at Odaiba Kaihin Koen Station 2 minutes walk.

After Joypolis walk to Tokyo Teleport Station:
- Take Rinkai Line to Shin-Kiba Station.
- Transfer to JR Keiyo Line to Maihama Station (TDL)

Stay at Hilton Tokyo Bay hotel at Tokyo Disneyland Resort 
Conf# 2464127

Day Four (Tuesday, 21 September)
2nd Day at Tokyo Disneyland - (Parks open 8:30 (TDL) and 9:00 (Seas) until 10pm)

 Park hop between DisneySeas and Tokyo Disneyland.

Stay at Hilton Tokyo Bay hotel at Tokyo Disneyland Resort 
Conf# 2464127

Day Five (Wednesday, 22 September)
 3rd Day at Tokyo Disneyland - (Parks open from 9am until 10pm)

Park hop between DisneySeas and Tokyo Disneyland until about 5:30.
Head back to the hotel and pick up luggage.

Take the bus from Tokyo Disneyland to Skinjuku Station:

Travel Time About 60 min. to Shinjuku Station
Fare
Adults: ¥600 One-Way /

Leaving Tokyo DisneySea
Bus Stop No.2		 Leaving Tokyo Disneyland
Bus Stop No.5		 JR Shinjuku Station
New South Exit
Arrival Time
16:10
18:45
19:30
20:30
20:50
21:10
21:30		 16:20
18:55
19:40
20:40
21:00
21:20
21:40		 17:10
19:45
20:20
21:20
21:40
22:00
22:20

Stay at Washington Shinjuku Hotel
Conf# 62120
3-2-9 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
+81/(0)3 3343-3111

  

Day Six (Thursday, 23 September)
 Tobu Zoo Park  
From the hotel, walk to Shinjuku Station. Take the JR Yamanote line to Nipport. Transfer to the JR Joban line. At Kita-Senju, take the Tobu-Isezaki Line Rapid Express (Not the Tobu Kukan Line Semi-Exp.) to Tobu-Dobutsukoen station.  Walk 10 minutes to the park. (To the west)

JR Yamanote Line
Train number 811G
Station/Airport Arrive Leave Platform Distance
SHINJUKU 08:47 08:47   8.6km
SHINOKUBO 08:49 08:49   9.9km
TAKADANOBABA 08:51 08:51   11.3km
MEJIRO 08:53 08:53   12.2km
IKEBUKURO 08:55 08:55 7 13.4km
OTSUKA 08:58 08:58   15.2km
SUGAMO 09:00 09:00   16.3km
KOMAGOME 09:02 09:02   17.0km
TABATA(TOKYO) 09:04 09:04   18.6km
NISHINIPPORI 09:06 09:06   19.4km
NIPPORI 09:07 09:07   19.9km
JR Joban Line
Train number 1351M
Station/Airport Arrive Leave Platform Distance
NIPPORI 09:12 09:13   2.2km
MIKAWASHIMA 09:15 09:15   3.4km
MINAMISENJU 09:18 09:19   5.6km
KITASENJU 09:21 09:21   7.4km
Tobu Isesaki Line Semi-Exp.
Train number 2313
Station/Airport Arrive Leave Platform Distance
KITASENJU 09:26 09:27   7.1km
NISHIARAI 09:31 09:31   11.3km
SOKA 09:37 09:37   17.5km
SHINKOSHIGAYA 09:42 09:42   22.9km
KOSHIGAYA 09:44 09:45   24.4km
SENGENDAI 09:50 09:50   29.8km
KASUKABE 09:55 09:56   35.3km
TOBUDOBUTSUKOEN 10:01 10:01   41.0km

Coasters at Tobu Zoo Park (Opens at 9:30am)
Regina - Intamin woodie
Crazy Mouse - Togo LOOPING mouse!  (OMG!)
Mount Rocky Coaster - ???? Steel Coaster
Tentomushi - Zeirer Kiddie

After Tobu Zoo, take the train back to Shinjuku.

Tobu Isesaki Nikko Line Rapid
Train number 60
Station/Airport Arrive Leave Platform Distance
TOBUDOBUTSUKOEN 17:25 17:25   94.5km
KASUKABE 17:30 17:30   100.2km
KITASENJU 17:52 17:53   128.4km
JR Joban Line
Train number 1780H
Station/Airport Arrive Leave Platform Distance
KITASENJU 17:56 17:56   32.2km
MINAMISENJU 17:59 17:59   34.0km
MIKAWASHIMA 18:02 18:02   36.2km
NIPPORI 18:05 18:05   37.4km
JR Yamanote Line
Train number 1714G
Station/Airport Arrive Leave Platform Distance
NIPPORI 18:12 18:12   14.6km
NISHINIPPORI 18:14 18:14   15.1km
TABATA(TOKYO) 18:15 18:15   15.9km
KOMAGOME 18:18 18:18   17.5km
SUGAMO 18:19 18:19   18.2km
OTSUKA 18:21 18:21   19.3km
IKEBUKURO 18:25 18:25 6 21.1km
MEJIRO 18:27 18:27   22.3km
TAKADANOBABA 18:28 18:28   23.2km
SHINOKUBO 18:31 18:31   24.6km
SHINJUKU 18:33 18:33   25.9km

Stay at Washington Shinjuku Hotel
Conf# 62120

Day Seven (Friday, 24 September)
Fuji-Q Highland
Take the bus (http://www.fujikyu.co.jp/bus2/hlset/toku.html) to Fuji-Q Highland from Shinjuku Station at 7:10:
Conf# TBD (need to call and make this reservation ASAP!)

24 Sept: Leaving Shinjuku Station at 7:10
24 Sept: Leaving Fuji-Q Highland Station at 19:10

More bus notes:
Use the fuji-q go bus “fuji goko-line”

1.Where to get on:
JR Shinjuku station’s west gate, the terminal is located at the first on the 2nd building of the "yasdaseimei." It is easy to transfer to train (JR Narita Express, JR yamanote sen), bus(Narita airport, Haneda airport limousin bus)

2.Fares
one way adult :1700yen / children :850yen
when using the train (JR center line, Fujikyuko-line normal train) is 2330yen, it is also cheap to use the special which only costs 3480yen.

3. Procedures (reservation orders)
- Call up the express bus terminal reservations center (81-3-5376-2222).  Make a reservation for the 7:10 bus out on Friday morning, and the 19:10 bus back to Shinjuku Friday night.
- Days you travel, the location of your departure(shinjuku nishiguchi), location 
  of your arrival(fuji-q highland), number of people(how many adults and 
   kids), you tell the operater your telephone number(your reservation number)
- Procedure complete : please speak in Japanese or English 
  You may get on without reserving, but it's likely that you may not get the  right time that you want.

Time of departure
The followings are the time table for departure and arrival from shinjuku to fuji-q highland.

Every 
Day

7:10

8:10

9:10

10:10

11:10

12:10

13:10

14:10

15:10

16:10

17:10

18:10

19:10

20:10

The followings are the time table for departure and arrival from fuji-q highland to Shinjuku:

Everyday

14:04

15:04

16:04

17:12

18:04

19:12

20:04

14:10

15:10

16:10

17:10

18:10

19:10

20:10

Coasters at Fuji-Q Highland:
Dodonpa - S&S Thrust Air thingy
 Double Loop - Meisho Looping Coaster
Fujiyama - Togo Hyper Coaster
Hamu-Hamu Ouku - Suspended Hamster Coaster! (Elissa will cum twice!)
Mad Mouse - Bizarre layout Wild Mouse
Rock 'N Roll Duncan - Kiddie Thomas Tank Engine Coaster
Zola 7 - Togo Enclosed Interactive Coaster (?!?!)

Stay at Washinton Shinjuku Hotel
Conf# 62120
Day Eight (Saturday, 25 September)
 Tokyo Summerland  
 600 Shiraiwa, Akiruno-shi
Nearest stn: JR Akigawa.
www.summerland.co.jp/
 Hayabusa - Arrow Suspended
Tornado - Vekoma Corkscrew

From the hotel - go to Shinjuku rail station.  Take Chuo Special Express Main Line towards Takao, Toyoda, or Otsuki.
Get off the train at Hachioji station.  Take the bus from bus station #6 bound for Tokyo Summerland.  Allow 30 min on the bus.

JR Chuo Line
Train number 835T
Station/Airport Arrive Leave Platform Distance
SHINJUKU 08:54 08:54 10 10.5km
NAKANO(TOKYO) 08:58 08:58   14.9km
MITAKA 09:07 09:07   24.3km
KOKUBUNJI 09:14 09:14   31.6km
TACHIKAWA 09:20 09:20   37.7km
HINO(TOKYO) 09:23 09:23   41.0km
TOYODA 09:26 09:26   43.3km
HACHIOJI 09:30 09:30   47.6km

Stay at Tokyo Summerland from 10am - 12pm.

Toshimaen  
Take the bus from Tokyo Summerland back to Hachioji station. Take the Chuo Special Express Main Line train from Hachoiji station back to Shinjuku rail station.  At Shinjuku transfer to the Toei Oedo Subway Line towards Hikarigaoka.  Get off at Toshimaen station. 

JR Chuo Line
Train number 1346T
Station/Airport Arrive Leave Platform Distance
HACHIOJI 13:09 13:09   5.7km
TOYODA 13:13 13:13   10.0km
HINO(TOKYO) 13:16 13:16   12.3km
TACHIKAWA 13:19 13:19   15.6km
KOKUBUNJI 13:25 13:25   21.7km
MITAKA 13:32 13:32   29.0km
NAKANO(TOKYO) 13:40 13:40   38.4km
SHINJUKU 13:45 13:45 8 42.8km

Walk to Shinjuku Toei

Toei Oedo Line
Train number 1315B1
Station/Airport Arrive Leave Platform Distance
SHINJUKU(TOEI) 13:56 13:57   27.8km
TOCHOMAE 13:58 13:59 4 28.6km
NISHISHINJUKUGOCHOME 14:00 14:01   58.0km
NAKANOSAKAUE 14:03 14:03   59.2km
HIGASHINAKANO 14:05 14:05   60.2km
NAKAI(TOKYO) 14:06 14:07   61.0km
OCHIAIMINAMINAGASAKI 14:09 14:09   62.3km
SHINEGOTA 14:11 14:11   63.9km
NERIMA 14:14 14:14   65.5km
TOSHIMAEN(TOEI) 14:15 14:16   66.4km

Visit Toshimaen from 2pm to 6pm

Coasters at Toshimaen:
 Blauer Enzian - Mack Powered Coaster
 Corkscrew - Togo Corkscrew
Cyclone - Some weird sit down coaster
Shuttle Loop - Schwarzkopf Shuttle Loop (I think this is the one that is partially enclosed)

After Toshimaen, take the subway from Toshimaen Station back to Shinjuku:

Station/Airport Arrive Leave Platform Distance
TOSHIMAEN(TOEI) 18:31 18:31 2.9km
NERIMA 18:33 18:33 3.8km
SHINEGOTA 18:35 18:35 5.4km
OCHIAIMINAMINAGASAKI 18:37 18:38 7.0km
NAKAI(TOKYO) 18:40 18:40 8.3km
HIGASHINAKANO 18:41 18:42 9.1km
NAKANOSAKAUE 18:43 18:44 10.1km
NISHISHINJUKUGOCHOME 18:46 18:46 11.3km
TOCHOMAE (Shinjuku) 18:48 1 12.1km

Stay at Washington Shinjuku Hotel
Conf# 62120

Day Nine (Sunday, 26 September)
Yomiuriland
From the hotel, walk to Shinjuku Rail Station.  Take the Keio Line Commuter Rapid toward Hasimoto/Kanagawa (very important!  Do NOT go towards Takaosan-Guchi or Hachioji). Transfer at Chofu Station. Get off the train at Keio Yomiuriland station.  From the station take the gondola to the park entrance.

Keio Line Semi-Ltd.Exp.
Train number 3101
Station/Airport Arrive Leave Platform Distance
SHINJUKU   08:10    
MEIDAIMAE 08:15 08:15   5.2km
CHOFU(TOKYO) 08:24 08:24   15.5km
Keio Sagamihara Line
Train number 2703
Station/Airport Arrive Leave Platform Distance
CHOFU(TOKYO)   08:25    
KEIOTAMAGAWA 08:27 08:27   1.2km
KEIOINADAZUTSUMI 08:28 08:29   2.5km
KEIOYOMIURILAND 08:30 08:30   3.9km

Coasters at Yomiuriland (Open 9am - 5pm):
Bandit - Togo mini Hyper Coaster
 Standing & Loop Coaster - Togo coaster with 1 Stand Up train and 1 Sit Down train
White Canyon - RCCA woodie (Yikes!)
Dragon - Kiddie
SL Coaster - Togo?

From Yomiuriland Take the Keio Line towards Shinjuku.  Get off the train at Shinjuku station.  

Day Ten (Monday, 27 September)
 La Qua
From the hotel - Walk to Tochomae Subway Station.  Take the Toei Oedo line to Kasuga station.  LaQua is a short walk from Kasuga station.

Toei Oedo Line
Train number 1016B1
Station/Airport Arrive Leave Platform Distance
TOCHOMAE   10:00 2  
SHINJUKUNISHIGUCHI 10:01 10:02   0.8km
HIGASHI-SHINJUKU 10:04 10:04   2.2km
WAKAMATSUKAWADA 10:06 10:06   3.2km
USHIGOMEYANAGICYO 10:08 10:08   3.8km
USHIGOMEKAGURAZAKA 10:10 10:10   4.8km
IIDABASHI 10:12 10:12   5.8km
KASUGA(TOKYO) 10:14 10:14   6.8km

Coasters at La Qua:
 Thunder Dolphin
 Geopanic - Some messed up Togo thing
 Linear Gale - Intamin Impulse
Spinning Coaster Maihime - Mauer Shone Spinning Coaster

After our day at LaQua, take the train back to Shinjuku (Tocho-Mae)
After our day at LaQua, head back to the Shinjuku Washington hotel to pick up our luggage.  From Shinjuku station take the 19:04 JR Chuo line to Tokyo station.  From Tokyo station take the bullet train, Hikari No. 329 leaving at 20:10 to Nagoya Station which arrives Nagoya Station at 22:04.  Walk 15 minutes to hotel.

Notes: There are trains from Shinjuku to Tokyo station about every 5 minutes.

SHINKANSEN HIKARI 329
Train number 329A
Station/Airport Arrive Leave Platform Distance
TOKYO   20:10 14  
SHINAGAWA 20:16 20:17   6.8km
SHIZUOKA 21:09 21:12   180.2km
HAMAMATSU 21:33 21:34   257.1km
NAGOYA 22:04 22:05 17 366.0km

Stay Comfort Inn in Nagoya
1-16-0, Nishiki, Naka-Ku , Nagoya, JP, 460-0003
Phone: (81) 52 221-6711     Fax: (81) 52 221-6729
Conf# 130827

  

Day Eleven (Tuesday, 28 September)
Walk from hotel to Nagoya Station (名古屋駅) - 15 minutes.
Take the JR Kansai Line Train #1313M Leaves at 7:47 from platform 13.  Arrives Kuwana Station at 8:20.  Take the bus or taxi from Kuwana station to Nagashima Spaland.

JR Kansai Line
Train number 1313M
Station/Airport Arrive Leave Platform Distance
NAGOYA   07:47 13  
HATTA(JR) 07:52 07:55   3.8km
HARUTA 07:59 08:00   7.5km
KANIE 08:02 08:03   9.3km
EIWA 08:06 08:08   12.2km
YATOMI 08:11 08:12   16.4km
NAGASHIMA 08:15 08:15   19.6km
KUWANA 08:20 08:24   23.8km

Nagashima Spaland - Open 9:30 - 17:00
Coasters at Nagashima Spaland

Steel Dragon 2000 - Morgan Hypercoaster
Children Coaster - Zierer Tivoli
Corkscrew - Arrow Corkscrew
Jet Coaster - Togo Mine Train
Looping Star - Schwarzkopf Looping Coaster
Shuttle Loop - Flywheel Shwarzkopf Shuttle
Ultra Twister - Togo Heartline
White Cyclone - Intamin Woodie
Wild Mouse - Dual Mack Wild Mice!

Take bus or taxi back to Kuwana station.  Take the JR Kansai Line Train #322M leaves at 18:02.  Arrives Nagoya at 18:29.  Walk to hotel.

JR Kansai Line
Train number 322M
Station/Airport Arrive Leave Platform Distance
KUWANA 18:00 18:02   36.1km
NAGASHIMA 18:05 18:06   40.3km
YATOMI 18:09 18:09   43.5km
EIWA 18:13 18:14   47.7km
KANIE 18:17 18:18   50.6km
HARUTA 18:20 18:20   52.4km
HATTA(JR) 18:24 18:24   56.1km
NAGOYA 18:29   13 59.9km

Walk to the Kintetsu Nagoya Station and ask about special pass to Parque Espana on the Kintetsu Express to Shima Spain Village.

Stay Comfort Inn in Nagoya

Day Twelve (Wednesday, 29 September)
Walk to Kintetsu Nagoya Station.  (近鉄名古屋線)
Take the Kintetsu Limited Express from Kintetsu Nagoya Station.  Train #6613 leaving at 6:50 arrives at Shimaisobe Station at 8:47.
Take the Parque Espana bus to the park.

Kintetsu Ltd.Exp.
Train number 6613
Station/Airport Arrive Leave Platform Distance
KINTETSUNAGOYA   06:50    
KUWANA 07:06 07:07   23.7km
KINTETSUYOKKAICHI 07:18 07:19   36.9km
SHIROKO 07:29 07:30   52.9km
TSU 07:39 07:40   66.5km
ISENAKAGAWA 07:49 07:50   78.8km
MATSUSAKA 07:56 07:57   87.2km
ISESHI 08:10 08:11   106.5km
UJIYAMADA 08:12 08:13   107.1km
ISUZUGAWA 08:15 08:16   109.0km
TOBA 08:24 08:26   120.3km
SHIMAAKASAKI 08:30 08:31   122.6km
SHIMAISOBE 08:47 08:48   136.3km

Parque Espana Open 9:30 - 17:00
Pyrenees - B&M Inverted    
Gran Montserrat - Mack Mine Train
Super Express Iberia - Sansei Enclosed Coaster

Take the bus from Parque Espana back to Shimaisobe Station.  Take the Kintetsu Limited Express Train # 7714 at 17:41 arrives Kintetsu Nagoya Station at 19:36.  Walk back to hotel.

Kintetsu Ltd.Exp.
Train number 7714
Station/Airport Arrive Leave Platform Distance
SHIMAISOBE 17:40 17:41   8.5km
TOBA 18:01 18:02   24.5km
ISUZUGAWA 18:10 18:11   35.8km
UJIYAMADA 18:13 18:14   37.7km
ISESHI 18:16 18:16   38.3km
MATSUSAKA 18:28 18:29   57.6km
ISENAKAGAWA 18:35 18:37   66.0km
TSU 18:46 18:47   78.3km
SHIROKO 18:55 18:56   91.9km
KINTETSUYOKKAICHI 19:07 19:08   107.9km
KUWANA 19:18 19:19   121.1km
KINTETSUNAGOYA 19:36     144.8km

Stay Comfort Inn in Nagoya

Day Thirteen (Thursday, 30 September)
Walk to Nagoya JR Rail station.  Take bullet train Kodama #493 leaving from platform 17 at 7:14 arrives Shin-Osaka station at 8:17 on platform 23.  

SHINKANSEN KODAMA 493
Train number 493A
Station/Airport Arrive Leave Platform Distance
NAGOYA 07:12 07:14 17 185.8km
GIFUHASHIMA 07:24 07:25   216.1km
MAIBARA 07:39 07:40   265.7km
KYOTO 08:01 08:02 13 333.4km
SHINOSAKA 08:17   23 372.4km

At Shin-Osaka we transfer to the Osaka City Midousuji Line to Senri-Chuo (Kitaosakakyuko) station. At Senri-Chuo station we walk to the monorail.  Take the Osaka monorail to Banpaku-kinen-koen station:

OsakaCity Midousuji Line
Train number 116
Station/Airport Arrive Leave Platform Distance
SHINOSAKA 08:46 08:46   21.6km
HIGASHIMIKUNI 08:48 08:48   22.5km
ESAKA 08:51     24.5km
KitaOsaka Exp. Elc.Railroad
Train number 116
Station/Airport Arrive Leave Platform Distance
ESAKA   08:51    
RYOKUCHIKOEN 08:54 08:54   1.9km
MOMOYAMADAI 08:57 08:57   3.9km
SENRICHUO(KITAOSAKAKYUKO) 09:00     5.9km

Walk 6 minutes to Monorail Station

Osaka Monorail
Train number 813
Station/Airport Arrive Leave Platform Distance
SENRICHUO(MONORAIL) 09:07 09:07   6.6km
YAMADA(MONORAIL) 09:10 09:10   8.5km
BANPAKUKINENKOEN 09:12 09:12   9.9km

It is a 5 minute walk from the station to the Hotel Hankyu Expo Park Hotel:

Walk from hotel to Expoland.

Expoland Open 9:45 - 17:30

Coasters at Expoland:
Orochi - B&M Inverted (Raptor clone)
Daidarasaurus - Sansei messed up thing
Fujin Raijin II - Togo Stand Up
Space Salamander - Arrow Loop/Corkscrew
Family Coaster - Zamperla Family Coaster
Mini Coaster - Steel Family Coaster
Wild Mouse - Mack Wild Mouse

Walk from Expoland back to the Banpaku-kinen-koen station at 2pm.  Take train to Hirakata Park.

Osaka Monorail
Train number 1403
Station/Airport Arrive Leave Platform Distance
BANPAKUKINENKOEN 14:32 14:32   9.9km
UNOBE 14:36 14:36   12.1km
MINAMIIBARAKI(MONORAIL) 14:38 14:38   13.3km
SAWARAGI 14:40 14:40   14.5km
SETTSU 14:43 14:43   16.0km
MINAMISETTSU 14:45 14:45   17.8km
DAINICHI 14:48 14:48   19.9km
KADOMASHI 14:50     21.2km
Keihan Line Local
Train number R1406N
Station/Airport Arrive Leave Platform Distance
KADOMASHI 15:00 15:00   10.1km
FURUKAWABASHI 15:02 15:02   10.8km
OWADA(OSAKA) 15:03 15:04   12.0km
KAYASHIMA 15:06 15:06   12.8km
Keihan Honsen Line Semi-Exp
Train number M1410H
Station/Airport Arrive Leave Platform Distance
KAYASHIMA 15:12 15:13   12.8km
NEYAGAWASHI 15:16 15:16   15.0km
KORIEN 15:19 15:19   17.6km
KOZENJI 15:21 15:21   19.1km
HIRAKATAKOEN 15:23 15:23   20.8km

Walk to Hirakata Park (5 minutes).  Stay at Hirakata from 3:30 - 6pm.

Coasters at Hirakata:|
Crazy Mouse
Elf
Fantastic Coaster Rowdy
Peekaboo Town
Red Falcon

After Hirakata, walk back to Hirakata-Koen station.  Take train back to Banpaku-kinen-koen station:

Keihan Line Local
Train number Q1705A
Station/Airport Arrive Leave Platform Distance
HIRAKATAKOEN 18:34 18:34   30.8km
KOZENJI 18:36 18:36   32.5km
KORIEN 18:39 18:43   34.0km
NEYAGAWASHI 18:47 18:47   36.6km
KAYASHIMA 18:50 18:50   38.8km
Keihan Line Local
Train number Q1705A
Station/Airport Arrive Leave Platform Distance
KAYASHIMA 18:50 18:50   38.8km
OWADA(OSAKA) 18:51 18:51   39.6km
FURUKAWABASHI 18:52 18:53   40.8km
KADOMASHI 18:54 18:54   41.5km
Osaka Monorail
Train number 1900
Station/Airport Arrive Leave Platform Distance
KADOMASHI   19:05    
DAINICHI 19:07 19:07   1.3km
MINAMISETTSU 19:10 19:10   3.4km
SETTSU 19:12 19:12   5.2km
SAWARAGI 19:15 19:15   6.7km
MINAMIIBARAKI(MONORAIL) 19:17 19:17   7.9km
UNOBE 19:20 19:20   9.1km
BANPAKUKINENKOEN 19:23 19:23   11.3km

Stay at Hotel Hankyu Expo Park in Osaka

Day Fourteen (Friday, 1 October)
Check out of Hotel Hankyu Expo Park, but leave luggage at check-in.
At 7:30, Walk to Banpaku-kinen-koen station. Take train to Nara:

Osaka Monorail
Train number 705
Station/Airport Arrive Leave Platform Distance
BANPAKUKINENKOEN 07:36 07:36   9.9km
UNOBE 07:39 07:39   12.1km
MINAMIIBARAKI(MONORAIL) 07:42 07:42   13.3km
SAWARAGI 07:44 07:44   14.5km
SETTSU 07:46 07:46   16.0km
MINAMISETTSU 07:49 07:49   17.8km
DAINICHI 07:52 07:52   19.9km
OsakaCity Tanimachi Line
Train number 69
Station/Airport Arrive Leave Platform Distance
DAINICHI   07:58    
MORIGUCHI(OSAKASHIEI) 08:00 08:00   1.8km
TAISHIBASHIIMAICHI 08:02 08:02   3.0km
SENBAYASHIOMIYA 08:04 08:04   4.0km
SEKIMETAKADONO 08:06 08:06   5.1km
NOEUCHINDAI 08:07 08:07   5.9km
MIYAKOJIMA 08:10 08:10   7.2km
TENJINBASHISUJIROKUCHOME 08:12 08:12   8.5km
NAKAZAKICHO 08:14 08:14   9.3km
HIGASHIUMEDA 08:16 08:16   10.3km
MINAMIMORIMACHI 08:19 08:19   11.5km
TENMABASHI 08:22 08:22   13.3km
TANIMACHIYONCHOME 08:24 08:24   14.2km
TANIMACHIROKUCHOME 08:26 08:26   15.2km
TANIMACHIKYUCHOME 08:28 08:28   16.1km
SHITENNOUJIMAEYUHIGAOKA 08:29 08:29   16.9km
TENNOJI 08:31 08:31   17.8km
JR Yamatoji Line
Train number 2324Y
Station/Airport Arrive Leave Platform Distance
TENNOJI 08:36 08:40 15 11.0km
KYUHOJI 08:46 08:47   18.1km
OJI(NARA) 09:00 09:01   33.1km
HORYUJI 09:04 09:04   36.7km
YAMATOKOIZUMI 09:07 09:08   39.9km
KORIYAMA(NARA) 09:11 09:11   43.7km
NARA 09:16 09:16   48.5km

At Nara Station, take bus #108, 109, 111, 115, or 130 from JR Nara Station (Parking area #3 on map below) to Nara Dreamland-mae.  A 10 minute ride.

   

Nara Dreamland - 10:00 - 16:00
Coasters at Nara Dreamland
Aska - Intamin Woodie
Bobsleigh - Sansei Steel Coaster
Screw Coaster - Arrow Corkscrew (Yes, it's REALLY called that!)
Kids Coaster - Kiddie

Take bus from Nara Dreamland to Nara Station.  Take train to Dobutsuen-Mae station:

JR Yamatoji Line
Train number 3417K
Station/Airport Arrive Leave Platform Distance
NARA 14:59 15:00   13.0km
KORIYAMA(NARA) 15:04 15:05   17.8km
YAMATOKOIZUMI 15:08 15:08   21.6km
HORYUJI 15:11 15:11   24.8km
OJI(NARA) 15:15 15:15   28.4km
KYUHOJI 15:26 15:26   43.4km
TENNOJI 15:32 15:34 17 50.5km
SHINIMAMIYA 15:35 15:36   51.5km

Arrive Shin-Imamiya Station (Dobutsuen-Mae).  Walk 5 min to Festival Gate.

Festival Gate  
Phone: +81 (0)6 6635 1000
Website: Festivalgate
Open Hours: 10am-6pm (general)
Take the JR Loop line to Shin-Imamiya, and you'll hear the roller-coaster and see Festival Gate, east of the station.

After Festival Gate, walk to Dobutsuen-Mae Subway Stationto get back to Hotel Hankyu Expo Park:

OsakaCity Midousuji Line
Train number 412
Station/Airport Arrive Leave Platform Distance
DOBUTSUENMAE 17:07 17:07   11.6km
DAIKOKUCHO 17:09 17:09   12.8km
NANBA(OSAKASHIEI) 17:11 17:11   14.0km
SHINSAIBASHI 17:13 17:13   14.9km
HONMACHI 17:15 17:15   15.9km
YODOYABASHI 17:18 17:18   16.8km
UMEDA(OSAKASHIEI) 17:21 17:21   18.1km
NAKATSU(OSAKASHIEI) 17:23 17:23   19.1km
NISHINAKAJIMAMINAMIGATA 17:25 17:25   20.9km
SHINOSAKA 17:27 17:27   21.6km
HIGASHIMIKUNI 17:29 17:29   22.5km
ESAKA 17:32     24.5km
KitaOsaka Exp. Elc.Railroad
Train number 412
Station/Airport Arrive Leave Platform Distance
ESAKA   17:32    
RYOKUCHIKOEN 17:34 17:34   1.9km
MOMOYAMADAI 17:37 17:37   3.9km
SENRICHUO(KITAOSAKAKYUKO) 17:40     5.9km

Walk 5 minutes to Monorail Station.

Osaka Monorail

Train number 1707
Station/Airport Arrive Leave Platform Distance
SENRICHUO(MONORAIL) 17:47 17:47   6.6km
YAMADA(MONORAIL) 17:50 17:50   8.5km
BANPAKUKINENKOEN 17:52 17:52   9.9km

Pick up luggage from the hotel and head back to  c station.  Take the Osaka monorail to Senri-Chuo station, then switch to the Subway Mido-Suji line to Shin-Osaka Station. Should take about 25 minutes from Banpaku to Shin-Osaka station.  Transfer to Hikari Bullet train #326 leaving at 19:43 arriving at Tokyo Station at 22:43. Transfer to JR Chuo line to Shinjuku station (leaves every 10 minutes).  Walk to the Shinjuku Washington Hotel.

Osaka Monorail
Train number 1800
Station/Airport Arrive Leave Platform Distance
BANPAKUKINENKOEN 18:23 18:23   11.3km
YAMADA(MONORAIL) 18:26 18:26   12.7km
SENRICHUO(MONORAIL) 18:28 18:28   14.6km

Walk 5 minutes from Monorail to SENRICHUO Station (KITAOSAKAKYUKO)

KitaOsaka Exp. Elc.Railroad
Train number 481
Station/Airport Arrive Leave Platform Distance
SENRICHUO(KITAOSAKAKYUKO)   18:37    
MOMOYAMADAI 18:40 18:40   2.0km
RYOKUCHIKOEN 18:42 18:42   4.0km
ESAKA 18:45     5.9km
OsakaCity Midousuji Line
Train number 481
Station/Airport Arrive Leave Platform Distance
ESAKA   18:46    
HIGASHIMIKUNI 18:48 18:48   2.0km
SHINOSAKA 18:50 18:50   2.9km

Get on bullet train to Tokyo. The last bullet train to Tokyo is 20:20.

SHINKANSEN HIKARI 326
Train number 326A
Station/Airport Arrive Leave Platform Distance
SHINOSAKA 19:41 19:43 26 180.3km
KYOTO 19:58 20:00 12 219.3km
MAIBARA 20:22 20:28   287.0km
GIFUHASHIMA 20:42 20:45   336.6km
NAGOYA 20:56 20:57 14 366.9km
ODAWARA 22:08 22:09   649.0km
SHINYOKOHAMA 22:26 22:27   704.1km
TOKYO 22:43   19 732.9km

Take JR Train from Tokyo Station to Shinjuku Station:

JR Chuo Line
Train number 3581M
Station/Airport Arrive Leave Platform Distance
TOKYO   23:00 2  
SHINJUKU 23:13 23:15 9 10.3km

Stay at Washington Shinjuku Hotel
Conf # 61119

Day Fifteen (Saturday, 2 October)
 Leave hotel at 10am - walk to Shinjuku Station.
Take train to Hakkeijima.  Short walk to the Sea Paradise.
(Note: There is not a direct train to Yokohama between 8:44 and 10:31.  So if we want to geto to Sea Paradise earlier, we need to catch the 8:44 train from Shinjuku.  Otherwise we can take a train that changes in Shibuya that leaves about every 10 minutes)

JR ShonanShinjuku Line
Train number 2120Y
Station/Airport Arrive Leave Platform Distance
SHINJUKU   10:32 1  
SHIBUYA 10:36 10:37   3.4km
EBISU(TOKYO) 10:38 10:39   5.0km
OSAKI 10:42 10:43   8.6km
YOKOHAMA 11:01 11:02 9 35.5km
JR Keihin-Tohoku Negishi Line
Train number 1017A
Station/Airport Arrive Leave Platform Distance
YOKOHAMA 11:13 11:13 3 59.1km
SAKURAGICHO 11:16 11:16   61.1km
KANNAI 11:18 11:18   62.1km
ISHIKAWACHO 11:19 11:19   62.9km
YAMATE 11:21 11:21   64.1km
NEGISHI(KANAGAWA) 11:24 11:24   66.2km
ISOGO 11:27 11:27   68.6km
SHINSUGITA 11:29 11:29   70.2km
YokohamaKanazawa SeaSide Line
Train number 123
Station/Airport Arrive Leave Platform Distance
SHINSUGITA   11:35    
NANBUSHIJO 11:37 11:37   1.3km
TORIHAMA 11:39 11:39   2.2km
NAMIKIKITA 11:40 11:40   2.8km
NAMIKICHUO 11:42 11:42   3.5km
SACHIURA 11:44 11:44   4.3km
SANGYOSHINKOCENTER 11:46 11:46   5.0km
FUKURA(KANAGAWA) 11:48 11:48   5.6km
SHIDAIIGAKUBU 11:50 11:50   6.3km
HAKKEIJIMA 11:53 11:53   7.5km

Sea Paradise, Yokahama, Open 10:00 - 20:00
Coasters at Sea Paradise:

Blue Fall - Intamin Drop Ride:
Surfcoaster - Togo sitdown (goes out over the water!!!):
Dolphin Coaster - some crappy kiddie

After Sea Paraside, head back to Hakkeijima Station.  Take the Kanazawa Seaside Line to Shin-sugita Station.  Transfer to JR Negishi Line to Sakuragicho Station.  From Station "Walk 13 minutes to big ferris wheel"

YokohamaKanazawa SeaSide Line
Train number 194
Station/Airport Arrive Leave Platform Distance
HAKKEIJIMA 16:00 16:00   3.1km
SHIDAIIGAKUBU 16:02 16:02   4.3km
FUKURA(KANAGAWA) 16:05 16:05   5.0km
SANGYOSHINKOCENTER 16:06 16:06   5.6km
SACHIURA 16:08 16:08   6.3km
NAMIKICHUO 16:10 16:10   7.1km
NAMIKIKITA 16:12 16:12   7.8km
TORIHAMA 16:13 16:13   8.4km
NANBUSHIJO 16:15 16:15   9.3km
SHINSUGITA 16:18     10.6km
JR Keihin-Tohoku Negishi Line
Train number 1674A
Station/Airport Arrive Leave Platform Distance
SHINSUGITA 16:21 16:21   11.0km
ISOGO 16:24 16:24   12.6km
NEGISHI(KANAGAWA) 16:27 16:27   15.0km
YAMATE 16:29 16:29   17.1km
ISHIKAWACHO 16:31 16:31   18.3km
KANNAI 16:33 16:33   19.1km
SAKURAGICHO 16:35 16:35   20.1km

Yokohama Cosmoworld - Open 11am - 10pm
Diving Coaster:
Spinning Coaster:

After Cosmoworld, walk back to Sakuragicho Station.  Take JR Negishi Line to Yokohama Station.  Transfer to JR Shonan-Shinjuku Line to Shinjuku Station.  Walk to hotel.

JR Keihin-Tohoku Negishi Line
Train number 1930C
Station/Airport Arrive Leave Platform Distance
SAKURAGICHO 20:14 20:14   20.1km
YOKOHAMA 20:17 20:17 4 22.1km
JR ShonanShinjuku Line
Train number 4680E
Station/Airport Arrive Leave Platform Distance
YOKOHAMA 20:35 20:35 10 17.7km
SHINKAWASAKI 20:44 20:45   29.9km
NISHIOI 20:52 20:52   39.0km
OSAKI 20:55 20:56   44.6km
EBISU(TOKYO) 20:59 21:00   48.2km
SHIBUYA 21:02 21:02   49.8km
SHINJUKU 21:07   3 53.2km

The last train from Yokohama to Shinjuku is at 21:20.

Stay at Washington Shinjuku Hotel

Day Sixteen (Sunday, 3 October)
Take Limobus from hotel to Narita Airport.

Fly 2:55pm Arrives LAX 9:00am (Still Sunday!)

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