Originally Posted by
UAL250
How easy is it to get to the hotel from NRT? I know the directions on the hotel's website seem pretty straight forward, but it's never that easy is it? My flight would land about 3:30pm. Is it easy enough to get there the same evening as my flight arrives, or is spending a night in Tokyo first preferable?
From NRT, you need to take the Narita Express to Shinagawa (about 1h15m), then a Shinkansen to Odawara (30 mins). From Odawara, you either take a set of trains to Gora (1h15) or a taxi (35 min), unless you can get one of the infrequent hotel shuttles from Odawara. If it were me, I'd overnight in Tokyo.
But if the cable car (funicular) is not operating, that means that getting to/from the hotel during your stay becomes problematic, unless the hotel adds some shuttles between the hotel and Gora.