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Enoshima-Kamakura Freepass: when it pays off
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The Enoshima-Kamakura Freepass is Odakyu’s one-day ticket for Enoshima and Kamakura. From Shinjuku it costs ¥1,640 for an adult and ¥430 for a child; from Fujisawa, ¥810 and ¥410. It pays off when you ride the Odakyu Line out and back and take the Enoden at least twice, which is how most Enoshima and Kamakura days from Shinjuku work. It does not pay off if you come home from Kamakura on JR. Pick your start and your stops in the calculator below and it compares the pass with single tickets and the Enoden’s own day pass.
Freepass or single tickets?
What the Freepass covers
The pass is valid for one day and has three parts:
- One Odakyu round trip from your departure station to Fujisawa (conditions in Japanese). Stopovers on the way are allowed on request, and the round trip can be used once.
- Unlimited Odakyu rides between Fujisawa and Katase-Enoshima, the station closest to the bridge to Enoshima.
- Unlimited rides on the whole Enoden line, from Fujisawa through Enoshima, Hase and the coast to Kamakura.
It does not cover JR. The JR Yokosuka Line and the Shonan-Shinjuku Line into Kamakura and Kita-Kamakura are separate, as are the Shonan Monorail and local buses. The Romancecar limited express needs its own seat ticket on top of the pass.
| Ticket | Adult | Child (6 to 11) |
|---|---|---|
| Freepass from Shinjuku | ¥1,640 | ¥430 |
| Freepass from Fujisawa | ¥810 | ¥410 |
| Romancecar seat, Shinjuku to Katase-Enoshima, one way | ¥750 | ¥380 |
| Romancecar seat, Fujisawa to Katase-Enoshima, one way | ¥500 | ¥250 |
Prices from other Odakyu stations differ and are shown in EMot when you choose your departure station. Odakyu’s official pass page lists only Shinjuku and Fujisawa. The pass also brings discounts at a list of temples, aquariums and attractions in the area; show it at the counter. Odakyu keeps the current list on its discount page. For the island itself, the Enoshima Island All-Access Pass bundles the Escar, Sea Candle, Iwaya caves and Enoshima Aquarium.
Where to buy it
On your phone (EMot). The digital Freepass is sold in EMot Online Tickets, Odakyu’s ticket site. You buy it, tap “Activate” on the day, and show the QR code. On the Enoden, hold the code 2 to 3 cm above the QR reader on the touch-payment gate. At Odakyu stations you show it at the staffed gate. Choose “For Group” to buy up to four tickets on one phone, which is handy for a family. If you also want a Romancecar seat, buying it in EMot saves ¥50 on the seat ticket.
At an Odakyu station. Ticket machines at Odakyu stations and the Odakyu Sightseeing Service Center sell a paper version. Paper tickets work at every gate, including the JR and Enoden transfer gate inside Kamakura Station, where QR tickets and contactless bank cards are not accepted.
Through Klook. You can also book the Enoshima-Kamakura Freepass on Klook ahead of the trip, which suits travelers who want everything booked in one app before they land.
Is the Kamakura pass worth it? The one-line rule
Start from the Odakyu fare. A plain IC card ride from Shinjuku to Katase-Enoshima costs ¥649, so out and back is ¥1,298. The Freepass from Shinjuku is ¥1,640, only ¥342 more. Every Enoden ride costs ¥200 to ¥310 (Enoden fare table), so any two Enoden rides already cost more than that difference.
The rule: if you take the Odakyu Line out and back from Shinjuku and ride the Enoden two or more times, the Freepass is cheaper. If you use JR in either direction, check the examples below, because you will be paying for part of the pass you do not use.
The pass also makes the day simpler. You can get off at Hase for the Great Buddha, ride on to Kamakura-kokomae for the crossing, stop at Enoshima and ride again without buying anything.
Worked examples from Shinjuku
All fares are adult IC card fares from the official fare tables.
Example 1: Enoshima first, Kamakura second
Odakyu from Shinjuku to Katase-Enoshima, walk to Enoshima, Enoden from Enoshima to Hase, Enoden from Hase to Kamakura.
- Pay as you go, JR home: ¥649 (Odakyu) + ¥260 (Enoshima to Hase) + ¥200 (Hase to Kamakura) + ¥1,034 (JR Kamakura to Shinjuku) = ¥2,143.
- Freepass, home by Enoden and Odakyu: ride the Enoden from Kamakura back to Fujisawa (37 minutes, included) and the Odakyu home (included). Total ¥1,640, which saves ¥503.
- Freepass, but JR home: ¥1,640 + ¥1,034 = ¥2,674. The worst of the three, because the Odakyu return you paid for goes unused.
The Freepass wins if you are happy to ride the Enoden back along the coast at the end of the day. If you want the fastest way back from Kamakura, skip the pass and pay as you go.
Example 2: Kamakura and Hase only
JR from Shinjuku to Kamakura and back, Enoden from Kamakura to Hase and back.
- Pay as you go: ¥1,034 x 2 (JR) + ¥200 x 2 (Enoden) = ¥2,468.
- Freepass instead: go via Odakyu to Fujisawa and the Enoden to Hase and Kamakura, and back the same way. Total ¥1,640, which saves ¥828.
The saving is real money, but the Freepass route is longer: the Enoden from Fujisawa to Kamakura alone takes 37 minutes, and the Odakyu ride from Shinjuku to the coast takes over an hour. If time matters more than ¥828, the direct JR train (58 minutes from Shinjuku) is the better choice. If you want the coast ride anyway, the pass turns it into the cheapest option.
Example 3: starting in Fujisawa
If you stay near Fujisawa, the Fujisawa Freepass costs ¥810. A typical loop by Enoden from Fujisawa to Enoshima (¥220), Enoshima to Hase (¥260), Hase to Kamakura (¥200) and Kamakura back to Fujisawa (¥310) costs ¥990 in single fares. The Freepass saves ¥180. The Enoden’s own Noriorikun at ¥800 saves ¥190 on the same loop, so for an Enoden-only day from Fujisawa the Noriorikun is ¥10 cheaper. The Freepass is better only if you also ride Odakyu between Fujisawa and Katase-Enoshima.
A family of four
Two adults and two children aged 6 to 11 from Shinjuku pay ¥4,140 for four Freepasses: ¥1,640 x 2 + ¥430 x 2. The child pass is ¥1,210 cheaper than the adult one, which makes the pass especially good value for families. Our Kamakura with kids page has a family-paced route. With children, an Enoshima Aquarium ticket fits this route; the aquarium is in Katase, on the mainland side of the bridge. Remember that contactless bank cards on the Enoden always charge adult fares (Enoden ticket guide), so children should travel on a pass, a child IC card or a paper ticket.
When single tickets win
Skip the Freepass in these cases:
- You start on JR. From Tokyo Station, Shinagawa or Yokohama, the direct JR train to Kamakura is the natural route, and the Freepass does not cover it. Pay JR with an IC card and decide on the Enoden separately.
- You ride the Enoden once. Kamakura to Hase is ¥200. One ride never justifies a pass.
- You come home on JR. As in Example 1, the unused Odakyu return makes the pass the most expensive option.
- You skip Enoshima. Kita-Kamakura, Tsurugaoka Hachimangu, Komachi-dori and Hokokuji are all off the Enoden. A temple day in central and northern Kamakura needs JR and your feet, not a pass. A half-day walking tour of the Zen temples and the Great Buddha covers that ground on foot.
From Tokyo Station, the plain JR round trip is ¥2,068, and our trip cost page adds the Enoden and temple fees to that.
Noriorikun: the Enoden day pass
The Noriorikun is the Enoden’s own one-day pass: ¥800 for an adult and ¥400 for a child, unlimited rides on all Enoden trains on the day of issue. Buy it at the ticket machine at any Enoden station, at partner outlets, or as a QR ticket in EMot. It cannot be refunded once you start traveling.
Whether it pays off depends on the number of hops:
- Three rides: Kamakura to Hase, Hase to Enoshima, Enoshima back to Kamakura. Singles cost ¥200 + ¥260 + ¥260 = ¥720. Single tickets are cheaper by ¥80.
- Four rides: Kamakura to Hase, Hase to Kamakura-kokomae, Kamakura-kokomae to Enoshima, Enoshima back to Kamakura. Singles cost ¥200 + ¥220 + ¥200 + ¥260 = ¥880. The Noriorikun saves ¥80.
So the Noriorikun usually pays off from the fourth ride. Three rides beat it only when they are long ones and add up to more than ¥800 on the fare table. It is the right pass when you reach Kamakura by JR and want to hop along the coast. Our Enoden guide lists the fares between all 15 stations.
Kamakura Free Kankyo Tegata
Kamakura City’s own day pass costs ¥900 for an adult and ¥450 for a child. It covers the Enoden between Kamakura and Hase only, plus Keikyu Bus and Enoden Bus routes from Kamakura Station’s east exit, including the buses toward Kita-Kamakura, Jomyoji (for Hokokuji), Daitonomiya (for Kamakura-gu), Daibutsu-mae and Nagoe. It is on sale every day except 1 January at the Enoden’s Kamakura and Hase stations, the Keikyu Bus Kamakura office and the Kamakura Station information desk.
The Kamakura to Hase round trip by Enoden costs ¥400, so the other ¥500 of the pass has to come from buses. It suits a day that combines Hasedera and the Great Buddha with the temples in the eastern valleys, such as Hokokuji and Jomyoji, by bus. It does not reach Enoshima.
Other passes you may see
- JR East NONBIRI Holiday Suica Pass (¥2,850, child ¥1,420): JR local and rapid trains in a set zone on weekends, holidays and peak holiday periods, on an IC card only. From Tokyo Station it beats the plain ¥2,068 round trip only if you ride a lot of JR in Tokyo on the same day.
- JR East Kamakura-Enoshima Pass: older guides mention it, but it is not on JR East’s current pass list.
- Enoden Bus Noritabi ticket (¥800, child ¥400): a one-day bus ticket on Enoden Bus routes, listed on Odakyu’s pass page. Useful only for a bus-heavy day.
Making the most of a Freepass day
The pass rewards a day that uses the whole coast. One order that works from Shinjuku:
- Odakyu to Katase-Enoshima (71 minutes with one change on the sample search). Walk across the bridge to Enoshima while the island is quiet. The Escar outdoor escalators and the Sea Candle are separate tickets, though the Freepass brings a discount at a list of attractions. If you skip the Enoden, Klook’s Enoshima Sky View ticket pairs the Odakyu round trip from Shinjuku with the Escar and the Sea Candle instead.
- Enoden from Enoshima to Kamakura-kokomae (4 minutes). This is the stretch where the line runs beside the sea; the beaches page covers the coast.
- Enoden on to Hase (14 minutes) for the Great Buddha and Hasedera.
- Enoden to Kamakura (4 minutes) for Komachi-dori and the shrine.
- Back to Fujisawa by Enoden (37 minutes) and home on the Odakyu, both included.
Starting at the Kamakura end and finishing on Enoshima for sunset works just as well, because the pass covers both directions all day. A small-group day trip from Shinjuku includes the Freepass and a guide. The itinerary page times both versions, the calendar shows the busy dates, and the planner builds the day from your start station.
The short version
| Your day | Best ticket |
|---|---|
| From Shinjuku, Enoshima and Kamakura, home by Odakyu | Freepass |
| From Shinjuku, home by JR from Kamakura | Pay as you go |
| From Tokyo, Shinagawa or Yokohama by JR | JR on IC card, plus Noriorikun only if you ride the Enoden four times or more |
| From Fujisawa, Enoden only | Noriorikun |
| Kamakura temples plus buses to the eastern valleys | Kamakura Free Kankyo Tegata |
| Family with children from Shinjuku | Freepass (child ¥430) |
Not sure which day you want yet? The itinerary page has timed routes with and without Enoshima, the getting there guide covers every start point, and a guided Kamakura and Enoshima day tour with train ride takes the ticket question off your hands entirely. For the trip in numbers, open the cost calculator.
Questions people ask
Is the Enoshima-Kamakura Freepass worth it?
From Shinjuku it is worth it if you ride the Odakyu Line out and back and take the Enoden at least twice. The pass costs ¥1,640, an Odakyu round trip to Katase-Enoshima costs ¥1,298 on its own, and any two Enoden rides cost at least ¥400. If you return to Tokyo on JR from Kamakura, single tickets are usually cheaper.
Does the Enoshima-Kamakura Freepass cover JR trains?
No. It covers one Odakyu round trip from your departure station to Fujisawa, Odakyu trains between Fujisawa and Katase-Enoshima, and the whole Enoden line for one day. JR Yokosuka Line and Shonan-Shinjuku Line trains to Kamakura are not included, so a JR leg is always paid separately with an IC card.
Where can I buy the Enoshima-Kamakura Freepass?
Buy it as a digital ticket in EMot Online Tickets on your phone, from ticket machines at Odakyu stations, or at the Odakyu Sightseeing Service Center. The digital ticket is a QR code you show at Enoden gates. EMot lets you buy up to four tickets on one phone.
Is the Romancecar included in the Freepass?
No. The Romancecar needs a reserved-seat ticket on top of the pass: ¥750 one way from Shinjuku to Katase-Enoshima for an adult, or ¥500 from Fujisawa. Buying that seat ticket in EMot saves ¥50. Without a seat ticket, the pass still covers the ordinary Odakyu trains, which take a little longer but cost nothing extra.
Should I buy the Freepass or the Noriorikun?
The Noriorikun (¥800) covers only the Enoden for one day. Buy it if you reach Kamakura or Fujisawa by JR and ride the Enoden three or four times. Buy the Freepass if you start on the Odakyu Line, from Shinjuku or elsewhere, because it adds the Odakyu round trip.
Read next
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- Odakyu: Enoshima-Kamakura Freepass (prices, Romancecar surcharges, where to buy)
- Odakyu: Enoshima-Kamakura Freepass coverage and conditions (Japanese)
- EMot: Digital Enoshima-Kamakura Freepass
- Odakyu: Freepass discounts (Japanese)
- Enoden: Noriorikun day pass
- Enoden: fares between stations
- Enoden: tickets, IC cards and QR tickets at the gates (Japanese)
- City of Kamakura: Kamakura Free Kankyo Tegata
- JR East Real-Time Route Search: Shinjuku to Katase-Enoshima
- JR East Real-Time Route Search: Shinjuku to Kamakura
- JR East: NONBIRI Holiday Suica Pass
- JR East: pass list
- Odakyu: pass list (Enoden Bus Noritabi ticket)