Travel to Saitama

Every way to reach Saitama: 2 modes compared, with fares.

Saitama is reachable from 31 places across 1 country by 2 modes, on services run by 4 operators. The cheapest arrival costs €10.07 and the fastest takes 1h 9m door to door. The nearest origin is 41 km away.

Checked October 2, 2026Priced for October 2, 2026One passenger, all fees included

Arriving

How people reach Saitama

Every mode that actually calls at Saitama, with the cheapest fare and the fastest journey on each.

One row per mode that actually calls here. Reach is the furthest origin that mode serves in a straight line.
ModeOriginsFromFastestReachOperators
Train38€11.881h 9m283 km2
Coach48€10.071h 27m401 km2
  • 31Places you can arrive from
  • 31Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 4Operators

Saitama is big enough that where you sleep decides what the days look like. We sell the seat, not the room.

A hotel room

Rooms within reach of Saitama-Shintoshin Station

Sort by distance from Saitama-Shintoshin Station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km5463%Hachiōji, 41 km
200 to 600 km3237%Hamamatsu, 220 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into Saitama that we sell.

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
CountryRoutesShare
Japan86100%
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in Saitama

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Saitama

Rail
  • Saitama-Shintoshin Station
  • Saitama New Urban Transit Ōmiya Station
  • Omiya Yard
Bus
  • Saitama-Shintoshin Bus Terminal
  • 東武バス回転場
Fares

The cheapest journeys into Saitama

Priced from the same engine that answers the search box, on the next three weeks of departures.

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Saitama, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Kawasaki to Saitama bus€10.071h 34m43 km
Yokohama to Saitama bus€10.071h 41m53 km
Aihara to Saitama bus€10.071h 31m46 km
Sagamihara to Saitama bus€10.071h 39m53 km
Hachiōji to Saitama bus€10.071h 27m41 km
Chiba to Saitama bus€10.071h 42m54 km
Suginami City to Saitama bus€10.071h 53m65 km
Utsunomiya to Saitama bus€10.072h 7m76 km
Fujisawa to Saitama bus€10.071h 53m64 km
Machida to Saitama bus€10.071h 33m45 km
Yokosuka to Saitama bus€10.071h 54m69 km
Shizuoka to Saitama bus€11.733h 16m155 km
Kawasaki to Saitama train€11.881h 10m43 km
Yokohama to Saitama train€11.881h 16m53 km
Aihara to Saitama train€11.881h 12m46 km
Sagamihara to Saitama train€11.881h 14m53 km

A day in Saitama hauling a suitcase is a shorter day than it needs to be. We do not store bags.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Saitama-Shintoshin Station

Stores, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.

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Popular trips to Saitama

Common questions about Travel to Saitama

How can I get to Saitama?

Saitama is reachable by 2 modes on our network, from 31 places, across 1 countries, on services run by 4 operators. The table on this page compares those modes on the cheapest fare, the fastest journey, how far each reaches and how many carriers run it.

What is the cheapest way to get to Saitama?

The cheapest way into Saitama is by Coach, from €10.07 for one passenger. That is the lowest fare across all 31 origins we sell into Saitama over the next three weeks, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee.

What is the fastest way to get to Saitama?

The fastest journey into Saitama is by Train, at 1h 9m door to door. The nearest origin we sell is 41 km away in a straight line, which is why a short fast journey exists at all on this list.

Which stations and airports does Saitama have?

Saitama has 5 named terminals on our network, including 3 rail stations and 0 airports. Among them are Saitama-Shintoshin Station, Saitama New Urban Transit Ōmiya Station, Omiya Yard. Every journey time on this page allows for reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

Where can I travel to Saitama from within 200 km?

54 of the routes we sell into Saitama start within 200 km. The nearest is Hachiōji, 41 km away in a straight line. Short corridors like these are usually the ones where a train or bus beats a flight door to door.

Where else can I go from Saitama in Japan?

Saitama connects to 31 places on our network across 1 countries, the furthest of them 401 km away in a straight line. Japan routes are listed on this page, and the country pages carry the rest of the network around it.

Where these numbers come from

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Catchment, Fares, Door to door, Distances

Elsewhere in Japan

The wider region

Plenty of what is worth seeing sits outside Saitama and elsewhere in Japan. None of it is ours to sell.

A guided tour group

What to book in Saitama before you go

Day trips that leave Saitama in the morning and cover a good part of Japan by evening.

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