Day train
Saphir Odoriko
The Saphir Odoriko is JR East's all-Green-class limited express from Tokyo along the Sagami Bay coast and down the east side of the Izu peninsula to Shimoda, once a day each way with extra trains on set days.
It has a Premium Green car with single seats, private rooms for up to six and a café car whose menu changes with a guest chef.
From
¥12,940 per person
Length
about 2 hours 30 minutes
On board
20 Premium Green seats in car 1
Japan
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A day
Saphir Odoriko 1 and 2
Tokyo to Izukyu-Shimoda · Shinagawa, Yokohama, Atami, Ito, Izu-Kogen, Izu-Atagawa, Izu-Inatori, Kawazu
Daily, all year: Tokyo 11:00 to Izukyu-Shimoda 13:29; back from Izukyu-Shimoda 14:18, in Tokyo 16:49 (timetable as of 14 March 2026)
A day
Saphir Odoriko 3, 4 and 5
Tokyo or Shinjuku to Izukyu-Shimoda · Number 3: Shinagawa, Yokohama; number 5: Shibuya, Musashi-Kosugi, Yokohama; then both Atami, Ito, Izu-Kogen, Izu-Atagawa, Izu-Inatori, Kawazu
Extra trains on set days: number 3 from Tokyo 12:30 on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays, number 5 from Shinjuku 12:25 at weekends and on holidays, both in Izukyu-Shimoda 15:31; number 4 back from Izukyu-Shimoda 16:39 on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays, weekends and holidays, in Tokyo 19:20
The special cars
Premium Green (car 1)
20 on board
One seat each side of the aisle, seats that turn to face the window, and skylights in the roof.
Green private room for one to four (cars 2 and 3)
A closed room furnished like a café; sold only at JR ticket offices and reserved-seat machines, not on eki-net.
Green private room for one to six (cars 2 and 3)
The larger room, for families or groups; same rules as the four-person room.
Green car (cars 5 to 8)
104 on board
Two seats and one across the aisle, skylights through glass luggage racks, and luggage space in each car.
Before you go
Dining
Car 4 is a café with an open kitchen. From 1 October 2026 its menu is by Junichi Ito, owner-chef of the French restaurant Herlequin Bis in Yugawara: three main dishes, among them a Naporitan of pork confit fettuccine (¥1,600) and a wagyu hamburg steak (¥3,200), and on trains 2 and 3 three sweets, replacing the Chinese menu by Miyuki Igarashi of Miyu. Dishes are reserved ahead on the Saphir Pay app and are limited in number.
How it is booked
Tell us your dates and our team in Japan reserves the seats and any meal for you, passes on your preferences and requests, arranges anything special with the operator, and books the stays before and after.
Good to know
All seats are Green class, so there is no ordinary-class ticket; café dishes are limited in number and may sell out.
Every fare
From ¥12,940 per person, Tokyo to Izukyu-Shimoda in Premium Green, fare included (fares from 14 March 2026, regular season, ¥400 more in the peak season, ¥200 more in the busy season, ¥200 less in the quiet season); a private room for four from Tokyo to Izukyu-Shimoda is ¥42,160 for the room (¥10,540 each). Meals are not included: a main dish costs ¥1,600 to ¥3,200, reserved ahead on Saphir Pay.
About the train
Kiyoyuki (Ken) Okuyama of KEN OKUYAMA DESIGN, design production and train design for the E261 series, in service from 14 March 2020.
Run by JR East, since 2020.
Stay before or after
Q&A
Tell us your dates and our team in Japan reserves the seats and any meal for you, passes on your preferences and requests, arranges anything special with the operator, and books the stays before and after.
From ¥12,940 per person, Tokyo to Izukyu-Shimoda in Premium Green, fare included (fares from 14 March 2026, regular season, ¥400 more in the peak season, ¥200 more in the busy season, ¥200 less in the quiet season); a private room for four from Tokyo to Izukyu-Shimoda is ¥42,160 for the room (¥10,540 each). Meals are not included: a main dish costs ¥1,600 to ¥3,200, reserved ahead on Saphir Pay.
Saphir Odoriko 1 and 2: Daily, all year: Tokyo 11:00 to Izukyu-Shimoda 13:29; back from Izukyu-Shimoda 14:18, in Tokyo 16:49 (timetable as of 14 March 2026). Saphir Odoriko 3, 4 and 5: Extra trains on set days: number 3 from Tokyo 12:30 on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays, number 5 from Shinjuku 12:25 at weekends and on holidays, both in Izukyu-Shimoda 15:31; number 4 back from Izukyu-Shimoda 16:39 on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays, weekends and holidays, in Tokyo 19:20.