As I mentioned a couple of posts upthread, I’ve done the walk from the Monorail terminus at Hamamatsucho to the Conrad a handful of times and thought that sharing some directions may be useful to other forum members.

My intention here is not to suggest that the Monorail from Haneda followed by a walk is a superior option for getting to the hotel – rather, I want to illustrate that the walk from Hamamatsucho is not overly difficult. That said, only short sections of the route are under cover so the walk is not recommended for rainy days.

Based on my experience, I’ve come up with what I think is reasonably direct and simple route from the Monorail to the Hotel, and I’ve plotted the route in red on the map below (which is a photo of a map on a sign in the Italian Garden – Italy Park on Google Maps – along the way):




I also took photos along some of the key points along the journey, focussing on the spots where I personally thought it was less than obvious where I needed to go next – the red numbers on the map line up with the numbers on some of the photos.

The directions and the attached photos are written for someone walking from the Monorail station to the hotel, but they should also assist someone looking to do the walk in reverse - the key is to take the escalator up from the hotel entrance on Level 1, and then turn left to head head South towards Hamamatsucho (=NOT towards Shimbashi).

Step 1 - exiting Hamatsucho station

When it comes to not getting lost, this is the most difficult part of the walk in my opinion. There is a fair bit of construction taking place at the Monorail station so this section may become dated should there be significant changes to the station’s exit/entry points. And while the station map on the Tokyo Monorail website (https://www.tokyo-monorail.co.jp/eng...cho/index.html) may be useful in helping make sense of this section, some of the stairs, escalators and elevators may not in operation due to the construction.

I didn’t manage to take any photos inside the station, but the key thing to exiting the station in the right direction is to follow signage towards the ‘North Exit’, which involves getting to the bottom floor (1F) of the station. The Monorail platforms are on the top floor of the station (5F) and while there are multiple ways to get to 1F (with ticket gates on both levels 2F and 3F), with suitcases I first took a lift to 3F (which is towards the back of the Monorail arriving from Haneda) and went through the ticket gates and then took another lift (located further towards the direction of Haneda) to 1F.

From there, follow the walkway till you reach the street which should look like this:




Turn right, walk under the multiple sets of railroad tracks overhead till you see the following on your right side:




You can see the elevator on the right of the photo, while the escalator is just a bit further back in the direction of the arrow – take either of these up one level up and you are on the elevated walkway.

Step 2 – elevated walkway to the Italian Garden

When exiting the elevator or escalator, look for the overhead sign that says ‘for Shiodome’ and head in the indicated direction:




You will first cross a bridge and then join an elevated walkway that runs parallel to the railroad tracks and road to your left (‘Shiodome St’ according to Google Maps). Stay on this walkway, passing the Shiodome Shiba-Rikyu, Sky Grande Shiodome and Acty Shiodome buildings to your right. You will cross a bridge between the Sky Grande Shiodome and Acty Shiodome buildings, passing under the elevated train (Yurikamome) track.

After the Acty Shiodome building, you will see the Italian Garden in front of you, and you will either need to descend down the stairs or the series on gently winding ramps to your right (if walking with a suitcase etc).

Step 3 – Italian Garden and Tokyo Twin Parks buildings

Once in the Italian Gardens, just follow the path adjacent to the road (from memory it’s only slightly elevated relative to the road surface).

You’ll soon approach two buildings, the Tokyo Twin Parks – just keep following the path, keeping the road on your left. This path will eventually start climbing to connect with a bridge that connects the Tokyo Twin Parks buildings to the block that contains the Shiodome Sumitomo and the Tokyo Shiodome buildings (the Conrad is located in the latter).

Step 4 – navigating the Shiodome Sumitomo and the Tokyo Shiodome buildings

Once you cross the bridge, you have to ascend one level which you can either do by taking the stairs to the left or using the elevator to the right in the photo below:




(FYI- the signage in the right of the photo is consistent with other signs in this particular block/cluster of buildings, and I personally find them quite helpful for navigating/getting familiar with the immediate area around the hotel – if you make it to this sign you may find that you won’t need the remainder of these instructions to get to the hotel)

Step 5 – ‘home straight’ to the escalator on the Level 2 walkway

The walkway at the top of the escalator on Level 2 opens up to be quite wide, and I would recommend keeping to the left-hand side to avoid any confusion.

Keep heading straight along the left-hand side of the walkway, and you will pass the entrance to the Yurikamome Shiodome Station on you left. By now you should see the escalator in the below photo in front you:




The sign by the escalator now clearly identifies the Conrad – follow the sign, and head down the escalator.




Step 6 – escalator to the hotel entrance

There is another sign to the left of the escalator on Level 1, but it doesn’t actually tell you the direction you need to head next: left – the arrows in the next photo should make it obvious:




The final photo just shows what the entrance to the hotel looks like – there is no sign above the entrance, rather the sign is to the right of the door and it can be easy to miss (depending on the time of day/lighting).




Once inside, you need to turn left for the elevators to the lobby on level 28 - this is signposted and there are usually some hotel staff inside the entrance, so you can’t really get lost once you’ve reached this point.