Transportation

Recommended transportation options
  • Please note that fares and travel times are subject to change.
  • Shinjuku (Shinjuku Bus Terminal) → express bus (travel time: approx. 4 hours/¥4700~) → Inawashiro Station → local bus (travel time: approx. 30 minutes/¥840) → Nakanosawa Onsen (Bandai Nishimuraya)
  • Tokyo Station → Tohoku Shinkansen (travel time: approx. 77-100 minutes) → Koriyama Station → Rental car (travel time: approx. 1 hour) → Nakanosawa Onsen (Bandai Nishimuraya)
    *We recommend using a Toyota rental car.
    *Free parking is available at the ryokan.
    *Traveling by rental car is very dangerous in winter because of snowy and slippery roads. If you are not accustomed to driving on snowy roads, we do not recommend traveling by rental car in winter.
  • Tokyo Station → Tohoku Shinkansen (travel time: approx. 77-100 minutes) → Koriyama Station → JR Banetsu Nishi Line (travel time: approx. 40 minutes/¥680) → Local bus (travel time: approx. 30 minutes/¥840) → Nakanosawa Onsen (Bandai Nishimuraya)

*Bus from Inawashiro Station: 820 yen
*Please be aware that there are only about six buses per day, so be careful of the timetable.
【Bus timetable】bus timetable

*Taxi from Inawashiro Station (approximately 16 km): Cost is around 6,000 yen