By train

Yokkaichi is served by two major train stations: JR Yokkaichi station, located on the JR Kansai Main Line closer to the sea, and Kintetsu Yokkaichi station, about 1 km to the west of the JR station along Chuo-Dori. Both stations offer connections to [wiki=10b22625bf8918f4fd3ae2f185bd44c8]Nagoya[/wiki], a stop on the Tokaido Shinkansen line between [wiki=62413a57c5e3dc51177995fa175d3286]Tokyo[/wiki], [wiki=492379b2b8f7ac3f7cc8e0ca6254f4b1]Kyoto[/wiki] and [wiki=0d70a380fe641d8206c6d43c185b9c23]Osaka[/wiki].

Kintetsu trains from Nagoya are more frequent but more expensive, making the run to Yokkaichi in about 35 minutes by express at a cost of ¥610. A few limited express trains stop at Kintetsu Yokkaichi on their way to [wiki=bc448609e6abb9b5112daf7383a7ee4a]Ise[/wiki] and [wiki=0d70a380fe641d8206c6d43c185b9c23]Osaka[/wiki], but these require an additional ¥500 surcharge and the trains are not much faster. By JR it costs ¥460; the journey takes 30 minutes on the rapid or 40 minutes on the local.

A trip from Tokyo to JR Yokkaichi, changing in Nagoya, would take approximately 2 1/2 hours by Nozomi with good connections (¥11300).

From [wiki=0d70a380fe641d8206c6d43c185b9c23]Osaka[/wiki], Kintetsu limited express trains run every hour on the half-hour out of Namba station, stopping at Kintetsu Yokkaichi en route to Nagoya. The trip to Yokkaichi takes 1 hour 50 minutes and costs ¥3500. By bullet train out of Shin-Osaka, changing in Nagoya, it costs ¥7500 but you will only be saving about 20 minutes.