Originally Posted by
arevan
That's strange. Non of the guys there with tattoos did anything to hide them. OTOH, it was a weekday and before school holidays started, so almost no kids there (very few people at all) - maybe that's why the staff didn't bother to enforce that rule...
Part-time employees in those places, usually college or high school students are not enthusiastic about enforcing small rules.
Originally Posted by
RamGuy
Car is out of the question, then it's have to be a cab but that's rather expensive in Tokyo isn't it? Standing on the bus wont be much of a problem as long as we manage to figure out which bus to take and where to take it from etc..
I have to correct my previous post a little. I said you have to take a bus and it takes 30 minutes, it was from JR Hachiouji station. You have two choices for the gateway station to Summerland. Hachiouji or Akigawa.
On Summer Land official page,
From Shinjuku Station take Chuo line for Ome or Okutama Station. Get off at Haijima Station (About 50min).
From Haijima Station transfer to Itsukaichi line for Akigawa Station (3rd stop).
From Akigawa Station public transportation is available by bus or taxi. By bus take the bus bound for Tokyo Summerland (About 5min).
Even though they say like this, access to/from Akigawa is not as good as to/from Hachioji. Bus frequency is lower and you have to change up to two times to reach Akigawa from Shinjuku. In contrast, Shinjuku to Hachioji trip requires no train change and JR even has a limited express service with comfortable seats twice an hour. The extra charge is 500 yen/ person. ("Jiyuseki" or non-reserved seat)
Taxi quote:
Hachioji to Summer Land 4410 yen
Akigawa to Summer Land 980 yen