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Hamamatsu by train
Hamamatsu by train
Hamamatsu is situated on both the Tokaido Shinkansen Line, and the JR Tokaido Line, which serve major cities like Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka.
There are a handful of Hikari and Kodama services that stop in Hamamatsu. From Tokyo, there are two all-stopping Kodama trains that depart every hour, making the run to Hamamatsu in about 2 hours. Faster Hikari trains depart once per hour, running to Hamamatsu in 90 minutes. The fare is the same for both, at �8070 for a reserved seat.
There are hourly departures to Hamamatsu from Osaka and Kyoto on either a Hikari (90 minutes from Osaka) or Kodama (2 hours from Osaka) service. The reserved seat fare is �8700 from Shin-Osaka and �8070 from Kyoto.
If you wish to sacrifice travel speed for savings, you can take advantage of the Puratto Kodama Ticket (in Japanese) , which offers a discount for Kodama services if you purchase at least one day in advance. You get a reserved seat and a free drink on board. With this ticket a trip to Hamamatsu costs �6300 from Tokyo (2 hours), �3500 from Nagoya (50 minutes), �6300 from Kyoto (1 3/4 hours) and �6800 from Shin-Osaka (2 hours). Kodama trains run once an hour from Shin-Osaka and Kyoto; twice per hour from the other cities. A few early-morning Kodama trains cannot be used with this ticket.
Regular local train services on the Tokaido Line will get you from Tokyo to Hamamatsu in approximately 4-5 hours for �4310 with at least one change of trains required. From Osaka, it takes around the same amount of time for �4940 with several train changes required.
Train service from Nagoya take as little as 1 hour 40 minutes on the regular Tokaido Line (�1890), changing at Toyohashi, or as little as 30 minutes on the Shinkansen (�4810).
All of the above train services are free with a Japan Rail Pass.
The Sunrise Izumo and Sunrise Seto trains make overnight stops in Hamamatsu on runs to Izumoshi and Takamatsu, respectively.
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