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Tokyu & Minatomirai Yokohama Station

Tokyu & Minatomirai Yokohama Station is an underground station on the west side of Yokohama Station’s main building. This station is shared by the Tokyu and Minatomirai railway companies.

Inside Tokyu & Minatomirai Yokohama Station

Inside Tokyu & Minatomirai Yokohama Station

From this station Tokyu Railways operates services on the Tokyu Toyoko Line which runs between Yokohama Station and Shibuya Station in Tokyo. Minatomirai Railway operates services on the Minatomirai Line which runs between Yokohama Station and Motomachi-Chukagai Station and provides access to Yokohama’s most popular sightseeing destinations. These two lines meet at Yokohama Station and through services run each way between them.

Finding Your Way

Entrances to Tokyu & Minatomirai Yokohama Station can be found on the B1 basement level of the main Yokohama Station building. One entrance is located on the Central Passage of the main station building just inside the West Exit.

The entrance from the Central Passage

The entrance from the Central Passage

The other entrance is located on the Northern Passage of the main station building just inside the Northwest Exit.

The entrance from the Northern Passage

The entrance from the Northern Passage

If you are in the Southern Passage of the main station building, you can access this station via the North-South Connection Passage, which connects all the station’s passages at the B2 level. The North-South Connection Passage can be accessed via escalators, stairs and an elevator close to the JR South Ticket Gate.

Inside the North-South Connection Passage

Inside the North-South Connection Passage

Tickets Gates

Ticket gates for this station are located on the B3 level. There are two sets of ticket gates. If you access the station from the Central Passage you will arrive at the South Gates.

The South Gates of Tokyu & Minatomirai Yokohama Station

The South Gates of Tokyu & Minatomirai Yokohama Station

If you access the station from the Northern Passage, you will arrive at the Main Gates.

The Main Gates of Tokyu & Minatomirai Yokohama Station

The Main Gates of Tokyu & Minatomirai Yokohama Station

Ticket machines are located beside the ticket gates.

Ticket machines at the Main Gates of Tokyu & Minatomirai Yokohama Station

Ticket machines at the Main Gates of Tokyu & Minatomirai Yokohama Station

These ticket machines are operated using touch screens, have language options in English, Chinese, Korean, French and Spanish, and are very easy to use.

A fare chart above the ticket machines

A fare chart above the ticket machines

Above the ticket machines are fare charts which show all destinations with their fares in both English and Japanese.

Platforms

This station has two platforms.

Platforms 1 and 2 at Tokyu & Minatomirai Yokohama Station

Platforms 1 and 2 at Tokyu & Minatomirai Yokohama Station

Trains departing from Platform 1 are southbound services for Minatomirai and Motomachi-Chukagai on the Minatomirai Line.

A local train at Platform 1 bound for Motomachi-Chukagai

A local train at Platform 1 bound for Motomachi-Chukagai

Trains departing from Platform 2 are northbound services to Shibuya on the Tokyu Toyoko Line.

A local train at Platform 2 bound for Shibuya

A local train at Platform 2 bound for Shibuya

Digital signs on both platforms give departure information in both English and Japanese.

Departure information at Platform 1

Departure information at Platform 1

Departure information at Platform 2

Departure information at Platform 2

Northbound through services from Platform 2 such as the F Liner and the S-Train also serve destinations on other rail lines beyond Shibuya such as Ikebukuro, Nerima, and Tokorozawa.

The S-Train at Tokyu & Minatomirai Yokohama Station

The S-Train at Tokyu & Minatomirai Yokohama Station

For further details of destinations that can reached on these rail lines please see our guides to the Tokyu Toyoko Line and the Minatomirai Line.

Article and original photos by Michael Lambe. All rights reserved.

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