By plane
To reach Kawasaki from Narita Airport, take the JR Narita Express to Tokyo or Shinagawa and transfer to the Tokaido Line. This takes about 90 minutes and the trip is covered by the Japan Rail Pass and JR East Rail Pass. Without a pass the one-way fare is Â¥3280; for only ¥220 more you can travel to Kawasaki using the Suica & N'EX Combination Ticket. See the JR Line section of the Narita article for more details
A cheaper way of traveling from Narita Airport is by using a combination of commuter trains on the Keisei Railway, Toei Asakusa Subway Line and Keikyu Line. This takes about 2 hours with at least one change of trains required en route, and the trains can get crowded, but the fare is only ¥1380.
From Haneda Airport, you can take the Keikyu Line's Airport Express ã¨ã¢ãã¼ãæ¥è¡ to the Keikyu-Kawasaki station in 15-20 minutes for ¥400. Note that the Airport Express has several variants: If the train's destination is Shin-Zushi æ°éå or Kanazawa-Bunko éæ²¢æ庫, then you can stay on the train for the entire trip. If the train goes to another destination, it's likely to continue on into Tokyo so you will need to change at Keikyu-Kamata station to the next main line train on Platform 2.
By ship
Kawasaki has a ferry terminal which previously offered services to Kochi and Miyazaki. These services have been "suspended" since June 2005 but still appear in timetables. For the latest information, contact Miyazaki Car Ferry, 03-5540-6921.
By train
JR Kawasaki station is on the Tokaido Main Line from Tokyo. Trains on both the Tokaido Line and the Keihin-Tohoku Line stop here. The Tokaido Line is slightly faster from Tokyo Station 15 minutes compared to the Keihin-Tohoku Line 22 minutes; it costs ¥290 in either case. From Yokohama it takes 7 minutes on the Tokaido Line and 13 on the Keihin-Tohoku Line ¥210.
The Nambu Line runs from Kawasaki along the western part of Tokyo. It runs to Tachikawa, a stop on the JR Chuo Line 55 minutes, ¥620, and also offers connections to the Tokyu Line at Musashi-Kosugi, the Odakyu Railway at Noborito, and the Keio Railway at Bubaigawara.
The immediately adjacent Keikyu-Kawasaki station is also accessible more cheaply on the private Keikyu line from Shinagawa 10 minutes via Limited Express, ¥220. The trip from Yokohama on Keikyu is more or less on par with the Tokaido Line 6 minutes, ¥220.
Shin-Kawasaki station, on the Yokosuka and Shonan-Shinjuku lines, is quite a distance from main city center, located in a more rural area near a Mitsubishi industrial plant. Next to Shin-Kawasaki is Musashi Kosugi station, which opened in March of 2010 and provides a transfer to the Kawasaki-bound Nambu Line.
Although it is possible to reach Kawasaki from the western end of the Yamanote Loop i.e. Shinjuku, Shibuya by taking the Shonan-Shinjuku line to Musashi Kosugi and changing to the Nambu Line, the easier way is to take the Yamanote Line, changing at Shinagawa to the Tokaido, Keihin-Tohoku or Keikyu lines as these trains are more frequent.
By car
Two major roads run through central Kawasaki Ward on either side of the Kawasaki train stations: To the east of the trains is Route 15, also called Dai-ichi Keihin 第ä¸äº¬æµ while to the west of the trains is Route 1, also called Dai-ni Keihin 第äºäº¬æµ. Both roads run between Tokyo and Yokohama. Route 409 runs across these roads north of Kawasaki station.
The Metropolitan Expressway toll road provides two connections into Kawasaki Ward. The K1 Yokohane Line a continuation of the Route 1 Haneda Line connects to Route 409 at the Daishi exit. From the Bayshore Line aka Wangan Line, a connection can be made at Kawasaki Ukishima Junction to the K6 Kawasaki Line, which runs into Route 409. The Tokyo Bay Aqua Line toll road, which runs from Kisarazu across Tokyo Bay, also connects to the K6 Kawasaki Line.
Route 15 in Kawasaki runs closest to the old Tokaido Road.