The is Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese car ferry

Ferry

A ferry is a form of transportation, usually a boat, but sometimes a ship, used to carry primarily passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo as well, across a body of water. Most ferries operate on regular, frequent, return services...

 operator. Its line links Yokosuka

Yokosuka, Kanagawa

is a city located in Kanagawa, Japan. As of 2010, the city had an estimated population of 419,067 and a population density of 4,160 people per km². It covered an area of 100.62 km²...

, Kanagawa

Kanagawa Prefecture

is a prefecture located in the southern Kantō region of Japan. The capital is Yokohama. Kanagawa is part of the Greater Tokyo Area.-History:The prefecture has some archaeological sites going back to the Jōmon period...

 and Futtsu

Futtsu, Chiba

is a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. As of September 2010, the city had an estimated population of 47,705 and the population density of 232 persons per km²...

, Chiba

Chiba Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region and the Greater Tokyo Area. Its capital is Chiba City.- History :Chiba Prefecture was established on June 15, 1873 with the merger of Kisarazu Prefecture and Inba Prefecture...

, across Tokyo Bay

Tokyo Bay

is a bay in the southern Kantō region of Japan. Its old name was .-Geography:Tokyo Bay is surrounded by the Bōsō Peninsula to the east and the Miura Peninsula to the west. In a narrow sense, Tokyo Bay is the area north of the straight line formed by the on the Miura Peninsula on one end and on...

 in some 40 minutes. Headquartered in Yokosuka, the company started its service from 1957. The ferry started to accept PASMO

PASMO

is a rechargeable contactless smart card ticketing system for public transport introduced in Tokyo, Japan, on March 18, 2007.Pasmo is a development of the system used by many non JR railway lines in the Tokyo region...

 smart card

Smart card

A smart card, chip card, or integrated circuit card , is any pocket-sized card with embedded integrated circuits. A smart card or microprocessor cards contain volatile memory and microprocessor components. The card is made of plastic, generally polyvinyl chloride, but sometimes acrylonitrile...

s from June 2008.

At the Port of Kanaya, connection tickets to Keihin Electric Express Railway

Keihin Electric Express Railway

, also known as or, more recently, , is a private railroad that connects inner Tokyo to Kawasaki, Yokohama, Yokosuka and other points on the Miura Peninsula in Kanagawa Prefecture. It also provides rail access to Haneda Airport in Tokyo. means the Tokyo - Yokohama area. The company's railway...

 (Keikyū) Lines are available. The single ticket comprises the ferry to the Port of Kurihama, Keikyū Bus from the port to Keikyū Kurihama Station

Keikyu Kurihama Station

is a railway station operated by the Keikyū Kurihama Line located in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is located 4.5 rail kilometers from the Horinouchi junction, and 56.8 rail kilometers from the nortern terminus of the Kurihama Line at Shinagawa Station, in Tokyo.-History:Keikyū Kurihama...

, and Keikyū Railway Line from the station.

Line

• Port of Kurihama (Port of Yokosuka
  Port of Yokosuka
  The lies to the south of the Port of Yokohama on Tokyo Bay. Under the Ports and Harbors Law of Japan it is classified as an Important Port. The city of Yokosuka administers the port....
  
  , Yokosuka, Kanagawa) — Port of Kanaya (Futtsu, Chiba)

There is 1 service per 30 to 50 minutes, depending on seasons.

There once was a line between Yokohama and Kisarazu

Kisarazu, Chiba

is a city located in Chiba, Japan. As of September 2010, Kisarazu has an estimated population of 126,906 and a density of 915 persons per km². The total area was 138.73 km²....

as well. It closed in September 1972.

Ships

Name	Gross tonnage	Speed	Passenger capacity	In service from
Kanaya-maru	3,580 t	24 km/h 15 mph	580	April 1992
Shirahama-maru	3,260 t		580	December 1989
Kurihama-maru	2.759 t		570	July 1986