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Tokyo (starting point)
All the travel times below start from here. Almost every one of these trips works without a car, by direct train.
Yokohama
30 minutes from Tokyo. The big city next door, calmer and facing the sea: Minato Mirai, Chinatown, the Red Brick Warehouses.
Mount Takao
50 minutes from Shinjuku. Tokyoites' favorite hike, still inside Tokyo prefecture. Packed on weekends, almost empty on weekday mornings.
Kamakura
1 hour from Tokyo. The Great Buddha of Kotoku-in, around thirty temples, and the coast at the end of the Enoden line.
Enoshima
1h05 from Tokyo, and three Enoden stops from Kamakura: the two combine perfectly in a single day. An island you reach on foot across a bridge.
Ome
1h10 from Shinjuku. The western Tokyo nobody visits: the Tama River, old hand-painted movie signs, and a surprising burger scene.
Hakone-Yumoto
1h30 from Shinjuku on the Romancecar. The classic onsen break, with Lake Ashi and Mount Fuji on a clear day. Doable in a day, better with a night.
Mount Nokogiri
2 hours across Tokyo Bay (by train, or ferry from Kurihama). Chiba's sawtooth mountain: a giant stone Buddha and a viewing ledge over the void.
Lake Kawaguchi
2 hours from Shinjuku by direct bus. Mount Fuji seen from the water, when it feels like showing up. Check the weather the day before, or the trip loses its point.
Nikko
2 hours from Asakusa. The golden Toshogu shrine under the cedars, and the waterfalls on the plateau just above. A long day, but well worth it.
Shimoda (Izu)
2h45 from Tokyo on the direct Odoriko. The farthest on the list and a bit crazy for a day trip, but the turquoise water of Shirahama is worth it if you catch the first train.