--- title: "Sakae to Tokyo – 4 ways by car, train, plane | Mixroutes" description: "Sakae to Tokyo is 259 km. Fastest: train in 1h 49m. Cheapest: drive from ¥3,720. Real timetables, prices labelled live, quoted or estimated." url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/sakae-to-tokyo" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/sakae-to-tokyo.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/2019-09-05_Rainbow_bridge%2C_view_from_Daibo_park%2C_Tokyo.jpg/1920px-2019-09-05_Rainbow_bridge%2C_view_from_Daibo_park%2C_Tokyo.jpg" --- ![Tokyo](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/2019-09-05_Rainbow_bridge%2C_view_from_Daibo_park%2C_Tokyo.jpg/1920px-2019-09-05_Rainbow_bridge%2C_view_from_Daibo_park%2C_Tokyo.jpg) # How to get from Sakae to Tokyo [Plan it for your day](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Sakae&to=Tokyo) [Tokyo to Sakae](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/tokyo-to-sakae) Sergey Galyonkin (CC BY-SA 2.0) **Fastest:** 1h 49m\ by train, door to door\ **Cheapest:** ¥3,720\ by car\ **Distance:** 259 km\ as the crow flies\ **Departures today:** 4\ 4 ways, Sun 1 Nov\ ## 4 ways to travel 259 km apart. Times are the timetables for Sun 1 Nov, planned from 08:00; every price says whether it is live, the operator's fare or our estimate. We add nothing to any fare. best 2h 25m slower than the train but ¥13,000 cheaper; for most people that trade is worth it. - [**Drive** best cheapest 4h 12m¥3,720–5,050 Estimated 338 km · fuel only](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Sakae&to=Tokyo) - [**Train** fastest Least hassle 1h 49m¥12,230–22,980 Estimated 3 departures · JR](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Sakae&to=Tokyo) - [**Fly** 4h 12m¥31,700–45,500 Estimated NGO → HND · non-stop · typical times](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Sakae&to=Tokyo) - [**Taxi** 4h 12m¥94,650–128,000 Estimated one-way cab](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Sakae&to=Tokyo) Data: [Timetables via Transitous](https://transitous.org/sources/) · [Roads © OpenStreetMap contributors, routed by OSRM](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [Typical flight routes from OpenFlights (ODbL), a 2014 snapshot](https://openflights.org/data) · [Places from GeoNames, CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · [All credits and licences](https://www.mixroutes.com/credits) ## Departures today 1. [08:01 → 09:53 1h 52m · direct · JR のぞみ236号¥12,230–22,980](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Sakae&to=Tokyo&date=2026-11-01&time=08%3A00&it=t0) 2. [08:04 → 12:16 4h 12m · direct¥31,700–45,500](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Sakae&to=Tokyo&date=2026-11-01&time=08%3A00&it=fly) 3. [08:15 → 10:04 1h 49m · direct · JR のぞみ74号¥12,230–22,980](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Sakae&to=Tokyo&date=2026-11-01&time=08%3A00&it=t1) 4. [08:24 → 10:13 1h 49m · direct · JR のぞみ238号¥12,230–22,980](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Sakae&to=Tokyo&date=2026-11-01&time=08%3A00&it=t2) Timetable data via Transitous and the operators' own GTFS feeds. Live delays arrive when an operator publishes a real-time feed. ## Questions people ask How long does it take to get from Sakae to Tokyo? The fastest way is by train: about 1h 49m door to door. The straight-line distance is 259 km. What is the cheapest way from Sakae to Tokyo? Drive is the cheapest, from ¥3,720. That figure is an estimate from the operator's fare bands, not a live quote. Is there a direct train from Sakae to Tokyo? Yes. Today's timetable shows 3 direct trains, the fastest taking 1h 49m. Fares run ¥12,230–22,980 across classes. How long is the flight from Sakae to Tokyo? About 1h 2m in the air (NGO → HND), about 4h 12m door to door once you add the ride to the airport, check-in and the cab at the other end. Typical fares run ¥31,700–45,500; live prices are on Flights70. How far is Tokyo from Sakae by road? About 338 km, roughly 4h 12m of driving in normal traffic. Fuel alone costs around ¥3,720–5,050; tolls and parking are extra. ## Who runs it Railways - JR Read from today's timetables. Operators don't pay to be listed here. ## In Tokyo Capital and most populous city of Japan Tokyo, officially the Tokyo Metropolis, is the capital and most populous city of Japan. The population of the city proper was over 14 million as of 2023. 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