Overview
Shin Yokohama Prince Hotel is a large high-rise property near Shin-Yokohama Station, rising about 150 meters and offering 875 rooms, multiple restaurants and bars, meeting and banquet facilities, and direct access to shopping next door at Shin Yokohama Prince PePe. The station is about a two-minute walk away, keeping the Tokaido Shinkansen especially close.
It works best for trips built around trains, meetings, airport buses, or nearby events rather than waterfront Yokohama scenery. Compared with a smaller business hotel, it gives you more in-house choice and a broader range of services, while the surrounding area remains practical, station-focused, and separate from Minato Mirai or Chinatown.
Rooms
The hotel has 875 guest rooms, including singles, twins, doubles, and suites. Rooms on higher floors can add broad views toward Yokohama, Tokyo, and Mt. Fuji, which is one of the clearest advantages of staying in the tower.
Rooms are also set up for straightforward work and transit needs, with free wired LAN and Wi-Fi. If you are comparing places near the Shinkansen, the choice is less about basic convenience and more about whether you want a compact station-side stay or a larger hotel with more variation in room categories, views, and dining.
Facilities
Facilities reflect the needs of a large hotel beside a major rail hub. Guests can use a 24-hour laundromat, convenience-store support, foreign currency exchange, a massage studio, shops, and the adjacent Prince PePe complex for retail, restaurants, and everyday errands.
The meeting and banquet facilities also set it apart from smaller Shin-Yokohama hotels. The property can accommodate conferences, receptions, and business gatherings, making it suitable for travelers attending events in the hotel as well as those visiting nearby venues such as Yokohama Arena.
Dining
Dining is one of the strongest reasons to choose this hotel over a simpler station stay. The lineup includes buffet dining, Japanese cuisine, Chinese cuisine, teppanyaki, a lounge, a bar, barbecue, and casual options, so you do not have to leave the building for dinner after a long travel day.
The upper-floor restaurants and bar also make good use of the high-rise setting. They give the hotel more evening flexibility than a property limited to breakfast service or a small lobby cafe.
Location and transport
Shin-Yokohama Station defines the hotel's convenience. The Tokaido Shinkansen provides direct bullet-train access toward Tokyo, Nagoya, Kyoto, Osaka, and western Japan, while the JR Yokohama Line, Yokohama Municipal Subway Blue Line, Tokyu Shin-Yokohama Line, and Sotetsu Shin-Yokohama Line support local and regional travel.
That mix is helpful for early departures, late arrivals, luggage-heavy transfers, and event schedules. For central Yokohama sightseeing, plan on using the train, subway, or a taxi. Shin-Yokohama is convenient for the Shinkansen and northern Yokohama, but it is not the same kind of base as Yokohama Station, Minato Mirai, or Kannai.
Airport access
Haneda Airport access is available by limousine bus, with the ride taking about 48 minutes in typical conditions. Since the route uses roads, allow for traffic and check the timetable before relying on it for a tight flight connection.
Why stay here
Choose Shin Yokohama Prince Hotel if you want one of the most complete hotel setups in the Shin-Yokohama area: close Shinkansen access, a large room count, several dining choices, meeting and banquet capacity, adjacent shopping, and limousine bus access to Haneda. Its strengths are scale, convenience, and logistics.
The surrounding Shin-Yokohama Station Area adds Cubic Plaza shopping and dining, Yokohama Arena, access to Nissan Stadium, and the Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum. If your trip is centered on bay views, Chinatown, port history, or nightlife, central Yokohama or the waterfront will usually be a better fit.
Good to know
Shin Yokohama Prince Hotel is close to Shin-Yokohama Station but not inside the station complex. The location is excellent for the Shinkansen and nearby events, while Yokohama's waterfront sightseeing areas usually require a separate train, subway, or taxi ride.
2-minute walk