Access to the Hotel (Laforet Gora)

General information

The typical routes from Narita Airport or Haneda Airport to the Hotel are shown below.

After 16:00 on Sep. 23, we will pick you up at Gora station. Our guide stands in front of the Gora station exit at 16:00 ∼ 19:30 on Sep. 23. In this period, the Hotel operates the shuttle service. After 19:30, please call LOC phone or e-mail to LOC for picking you up.

On Sep. 23, we will prepare the light meal as the ice breaker. If you arrive late at night, we recommend to take a lunch box, which is called Ekiben in Japanese, sold at stations or on trains.

The hotel locates at a height of about 650 meter. The mean temperature is about 15 degrees Celsius (59 degrees Fahrenheit). It gets cold in the mornings and evenings.

From Narita Airport

We recommend that you use following travel steps:

  1. At the Narita Airport, you purchase the JR tickets for Odawara, which are one fare ticket (from Narita Airport to Odawara), one limited express ticket (from Narita Airport to Shinagawa, i.e. Narita Express), and one Shinkansen express ticket (from Shinagawa to Odawara).
  2. Narita Airport to Shinagawa via the JR Narita Express train (JR east).
  3. Shinagawa to Odawara via the JR Tokaido Shinkansen (Kodama super-express) train (JR central).
    Note: All Kodama super-express but only some Hikari super-express stop at Odawara station. All Nozomi super-express and most of Hikari super-express do not stop there.
  4. At Odawara station, you purchase the ticket for Hakone Tozan Train (and Hakone Tozan cable car, if need).
  5. Odawara to Gora via the Hakone Tozan Train. It is needed to transfer at the Hakone-Yumoto station along the way, because the rail gauge and the voltage electricity are changed.
    In ordinary cases, we will pick you up at Gora station. When you arrive at very early, you should take a taxi to the Hotel (about 5 minutes).
    Our guide stands in front of the Gora station exit at 16:00 ∼ 19:30 on Sep. 23. In this period, the Hotel operates the shuttle service. After 19:30, please call LOC phone or e-mail to LOC for picking you up.
  6. (optional) Gora to Naka-Gora via the Hakone Tozan cable car. After an about 5 minutes walk from Naka-Gora, you can reach the Hotel.
    Note: The last train of Hakone Tozan cable car leaves Gora at 19:05.
    [IMPORTANT] You MUST get off the RIGHT side door (if cable car bounds for Sounzan).
At the end of the summer school, your return to Narita Airport is the reverse of these steps.

NOTE: This travel route is one of the typical routes from Narita Airport to the Hotel. However, other routes from Narita Airport to Odawara exists. If you would like to know other routes, please see useful links.

MAP (click to enlarge)
The typical time table
Narita Airport terminal 115:44 departure16:44 departure
Narita Airport terminal 215:47 departure16:48 departure
 Narita Express 34
(for Yokohama)		Narita Express 38
(for Ofuna)
Shinagawa
(transfer)		16:52 arrival17:52 arrival
17:04 departure18:04 departure
 Kodama super-express 673
(for Nagoya)		Kodama super-express 677
(for Nagoya)
Odawara
(transfer)		17:31 arrival18:31 arrival
17:46 departure18:46 departure
 Hakone Tozan train
(for Hakone-Yumoto)		Hakone Tozan train
(for Hakone-Yumoto)
Hakone-Yumoto
(transfer)		18:01 arrival19:01 arrival
18:22 departure19:15 departure
 Hakone Tozan train
(for Gora)		Hakone Tozan train
(for Gora)
Gora
(transfer)		19:02 arrival19:52 arrival
19:05 departurePick up
 Hakone Tozan cable car
(for Sounzan)		 
Naka-Gora19:10 arrival 

From Haneda Airport

We recommend that you use following travel steps:

  1. At Haneda Airport, you purchase one ticket for Tokyo Monorail (from Haneda Airport to Hamamatsucho).
  2. Haneda Airport to Hamamatsucho via the Tokyo Monorail.
  3. At Hamamatsucho station, you purchase the JR tickets for Odawara, which are one fare ticket (from Hamamatsucho to Odawara), and one Shinkansen express ticket (from Shinagawa to Odawara).
  4. Hamamatsucho to Shinagawa via the Yamanote Line (loop line) train (JR east).
  5. After Shinagawa, follow the step 3 from Narita Airport route.
At the end of the summer school, your return to Haneda Airport is the reverse of these steps.

NOTE: This travel route is one of the typical routes from Narita Airport to the Hotel. However, other routes from Haneda Airport to Odawara exists. If you would like to know other routes, please see useful links.

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