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Odawara Station has coin lockers for self-service luggage storage. This means it can be convenient to make a stop to go and see Odawara Castle even if you’re traveling with your luggage. You can pay for most of the coin lockers with your IC card (like a suica card or pasmo card) or cash. There are some coin lockers that only accept 100 yen coins.
I’ve used the coin lockers at Odawara Station twice. Once was for a quick stop to go see Odawara Castle, and the other was for a longer stop to go to Hakone.
You can find coin lockers at Odawara Station in a few different areas. So even if the first set of coin lockers you see is completely full, it doesn’t necessarily mean you are out of luck!
In short, the easiest coin lockers are the ones that are on the level of the ticket gate for local trains (as opposed to shinkansen). So when you arrive by a local train and swipe out of the ticket gate, there are coin lockers on this same level, in the direction of the west exit. This is the same level as the Odawara Station tourist information center.
These coin lockers are basically in front of the Odakyu Line ticket gate in the wide open area next to the stairs down to the west exit.
There are also coin lockers directly to the left of the Odakyu Line ticket gate. These are kind of hidden. You could totally miss it if you’re not looking for it.
If the coin lockers on the ticket gate level are full, next you can go towards the east exit or west exit to find more.
The east exit is the Odawara Castle side. I saw coin lockers walking just outside of the train station on the east exit side.
On the west exit side, I saw coin lockers right near the bottom of the stairs inside the train station.
So, there are at least 3 areas to look for coin lockers at Odawara Station.
There is also manned luggage storage at the Odawara Station tourist information center. Again, this is on the ticket gate level for the local trains, so you will look for it within the train station. The tourist information center luggage storage hours are generally 8:30am to 4:30pm.
I’ll show you below a little bit more about using the Odawara Station coin lockers and where to find them.
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Now here’s a walk through Odawara Station to see what you’re looking for!
👆 Walking through Odawara Station on the ticket gate level for the local trains.
👆 Look for the coin locker sign. It’s a bag with a key on top. Sometimes it will actually say “coin locker,” but it might only have the coin locker symbol.
👆 This is on the local train ticket gate level, just before the stairs that lead down to the west exit. This is basically the area in front of the Odakyu Line ticket gate, which is the train to Hakone (and it also goes to Tokyo).
👆 On the right is the Odakyu Line ticket gate. To the left are hidden coin lockers! Well, I think they are hidden anyway. They are quite easy to miss.
👆 These are the coin lockers next to the Odakyu Line ticket gates, but most coin locker areas have different size lockers. The cost will vary based on which size locker. The small locker is 500 yen, the medium locker is 600 yen, and the big locker for a suitcase is 800 yen (US$6).
👆 This is my carry-on size suitcase in the big 800 yen locker.
👆 This section had even bigger lockers, or so I assume they are bigger, since these lockers were 1000 yen.
👆 You can pay for these Odawara Station coin lockers with an IC card (like suica card or pasmo card that you use for local Tokyo trains), and you can also pay with coins and 1000 yen bills. You will just follow the prompts on the screen. It’s easy. Look for the language button so it shows up in English. The whole process is electronic. You won’t have a physical key for your locker.
👆 On the level that you enter the local train ticket gates is also where you’ll find the Odawara Station tourist information center, aka Odakyu Sightseeing Service Center of Odawara. You can also store your luggage here if you know you’ll be back by 4:30pm. This is also where you can buy a Hakone freepass or Owakudani Pass.
👆 The Odawara Station tourist information center offers baggage storage from 8:30am to 4:30pm. It costs 1000 yen (US$7) per bag.
👆 The tourist information center also had information about luggage delivery. If you are staying at a hotel in Hakone, you can get luggage delivery from Hakone-Yumoto Station: “After arriving at Hakone-Yumoto Station, you can consign your luggage at the station and have it delivered directly to your accommodation. Advance reservation online is available.” Check the details on the Odakyu Line website under Hakone-Yumoto Station Hakone baggage delivery service.
👆 If the ticket gate area is full, there are also coin lockers outside of the train station at the east exit. Follow signs for the east exit (also the exit for Odawara Castle). You can pay for these lockers with an IC card. If paying in cash, I believe these lockers only accept 100 yen coins or 500 yen coins. (No bills.)
👆 These are more coin lockers outside the east exit. These are traditional lockers that only accept 100 yen coins, which is how “coin” lockers got their name. For these, you put the 100 yen coins in the slot, and once you put enough in, you will be able to remove the key.
👆 Now on the west exit side. You can’t see well from the angle of this picture, but on the far right there’s a coin locker symbol. So again, follow the signs!
👆 How to get to the coin lockers near the west exit.
👆 There are a few coin lockers at the west exit of Odawara Station.
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