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Famous Onsen
Hakone, Mt. Fuji Lake Kawaguchi, Yudanaka-Shibu (Snow Monkey), Atami, Izu, Shuzenji,
Minakami-Tanigawa, Kusatsu, Nikko, Kinugawa, Echigo Yuzawa
(For all hot spring areas in the Tokyo suburbs, please refer to the list below the Onsen Map.)
Airports
Tokyo Narita International Airport (NRT), Tokyo Haneda Airport (HND), Mt. Fuji Shizuoka Airport (FSZ)
Major Stations
Shinjuku Station, Tokyo Station, Shinagawa Station, Odawara Station, Atami Station,
Matsumoto Station, Takasaki Station, Nagano Station, Niigata Station
For your reference, the routes below show the typical access to each onsen from major transportation hubs.
(1) One hour 25 minutes by Odakyu Limited Express from Shinjuku Station to Hakone Yumoto Station
(2) 35 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Odawara Station, then 15 minutes by JR Tokaido Main Line to Yugawara Station
40 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Atami Station
One hour 45 minutes by JR Limited Express from Tokyo Station to Ito Station
Two hours 15 minutes by JR Limited Express from Tokyo Station to Izu Inatori Station
Two hours 35 minutes by JR Limited Express from Tokyo Station to Izukyu Shimoda Station
(1) Two hours 35 minutes by JR Limited Express from Tokyo Station to Izukyu Shimoda Station, then one hour by bus to Dogashima
(2) 55 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Mishima Station, then two hours by bus to Dogashima
(1) Two hours 5 minutes by JR Limited Express from Tokyo Station to Shuzenji Station, then 50 minutes by bus to Toi Onsen
(2) 55 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Mishima Station, then one hour 30 minutes by bus to Toi Onsen
Two hours 5 minutes by JR Limited Express from Tokyo Station to Shuzenji Station
55 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Mishima Station, then 5 minutes by JR Tokaido Main Line to Numazu Station and 35-min bus ride to Izu Mito Seaparadise
One hour by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Shizuoka Station, then 10 minutes by JR Tokaido Main Line to Yaizu Station
(1) One hour 30 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Hamamatsu Station, then 50 minutes by bus to Kanzanji Onsen
(2) 35 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Nagoya Station to Hamamatsu Station, then 50 minutes by bus to Kanzanji Onsen
Two hours 15 minutes by JR Limited Express from Shinjuku Station to Kami-Suwa Station
(1) Two hours 40 minutes by JR Limited Express from Shinjuku Station to Matsumoto Station
(2) Two hours 5 minutes by JR Limited Express from Nagoya Station to Matsumoto Station
(1) Two hours 40 minutes by JR Limited Express from Shinjuku Station to Matsumoto Station, then two hours 10 minutes by bus to Shirahone Onsen
(2) Two hours 5 minutes by JR Limited Express from Nagoya Station to Matsumoto Station, then two hours 10 minutes by bus to Shirahone Onsen
(1) Two hours 35 minutes by bus from Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal to Ikaho Onsen
(2) 50 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Takasaki Station, then 25 minutes by JR Joetsu Line to Shibukawa Station and 25-min bus ride to Ikaho Onsen
(1) Two hours 20 minutes by JR Limited Express from Ueno Station to Naganohara-Kusatsuguchi Station, then 25 minutes by bus to Kusatsu Onsen Bus Terminal
(2) Four hours 10 minutes by bus from Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal to Kusatsu Onsen Bus Terminal
One hour 20 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Nagano Station, then 50 minutes by Nagano Electric Railway to Yudanaka Station
One hour 20 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Nagano Station, then 45 minutes by Shinano Railway to Myoko-Kogen Station
50 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Takasaki Station, then 55 minutes by JR Joetsu Line to Nakanojo Station
(1) 55 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Jomo-Kogen Station
(2) 50 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Takasaki Station, then one hour 10 minutes by JR Joetsu Line to Minakami Station
One hour 20 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Echigo-Yuzawa Station
One hour 20 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Echigo-Yuzawa Station, then 20 minutes by JR Joetsu Line to Muikamachi Station
One hour 55 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Tsubame-Sanjo Station, then 15 minutes by JR Yahiko Line to Yoshida Station and 5-min JR Echigo Line ride to Iwamuro Station
One hour 45 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Nagaoka Station, then 45 minutes by JR Shinetsu Main Line to Tagami Station
Two hours 10 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Niigata Station, then 20 minutes by JR Shinetsu Main Line to Niitsu Station and 10-min JR Uetsu Main Line ride to Suibara Station
Two hours 10 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Niigata Station, then 20 minutes by JR Hakushin Line to Toyosaka Station
Two hours 10 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Niigata Station, then 45 minutes by JR Limited Express to Murakami Station
Two hours 15 minutes by Tobu Limited Express from Asakusa Station to Kinugawa-Onsen Station
Two hours 35 minutes by Tobu Limited Express from Asakusa Station to Yunishigawa-Onsen Station
(1) One hour 10 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Nasushiobara Station, then 50 minutes by bus to
Nasu Yumoto Onsen
(2) One hour 10 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Nasushiobara Station, then one hour 10 minutes by bus to
Shiobara Onsen Bus Terminal
(3) Three hours 20 minutes by bus from Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal to Nasu Onsen
(4) Three hours 10 minutes by bus from Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal to Shiobara Onsen Bus Terminal
(1) One hour 55 minutes by JR Limited Express from Tokyo Station to Choushi Station, then 15 minutes by Choshi Electric Railway to Inuboh Station
(2) Two hours 50 minutes by bus from Hamamatsucho Bus terminal to Inubohsaki
One hour 30 minutes by JR Limited Express from Tokyo Station to Awa-Kamogawa Station
(1) One hour 45 minutes by bus from Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal to Kawaguchiko Station
(2) One hour by JR Limited Express from Shinjuku Station to Otsuki Station, then 55 minutes by Fujikyu Railway to Kawaguchiko Station
One hour 30 minutes by JR Limited Express from Shinjuku Station to Isawa-Onsen Station
(1) One hour 35 minutes by JR Chuo Main Line Limited Express from Shinjuku Station to Kofu Station, then 55 minutes by JR Minobu Line Limited Express to Minobu Station and one hour 25-min bus ride to Nishiyama Onsen
(2) Three hours 30 minutes by bus from Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal to Minobu Station, then one hour 25 minutes by bus to Nishiyama Onsen
5 minutes by JR Yamanote Line from Tokyo Station to Hamamatsucho Station
One hour 25 minutes by Seibu Limited Express from Ikebukuro Station to Seibu-Chichibu Station
One hour 50 minutes by JR Limited Express from Ueno Station to Isohara Station
(1) One hour 45 minutes by Tobu Limited Express from Asakusa Station to Tobu Nikko Station
(2) 50 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Utsunomiya Station, then 45 minutes by JR Nikko Line to Nikko Station
(1) Four hours by bus from Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal to Chuo Expressway Hirugami Onsen
(2) One hour 40 minutes by bus from Nagoya Meitetsu Bus Center to Hirugami Onsen
One hour 15 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Karuizawa Station
One hour 30 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Nagano Station, then one hour by bus to Hakuba
One hour 50 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Iiyama Station, then 35 minutes by bus to Nozawa Onsen
(1) One hour 15 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Ueda Station, then 30 minutes by Ueda Electric Railway to Bessho-Onsen Station
(2) One hour 15 minutes by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Ueda Station, then 15 minutes by Shinano Railway to Togura Station
Four hours 45 minutes by bus from Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal to Kamikochi Bus Terminal/Teikoku Hotel-mae
The required times may slightly vary depending on the time of day.
The transportation means explained here are the ones that have more frequent services, and are thought to be most comonly used. We pirortized traveling by trains, but there can be various ways of transportations. For instance, in some cases, they have direct bus services. Also, in other cases, you may be able to get to the destinations a lot quicker by renting a car (Rentalcars.com) from the airport or from large cities.
(Driving on the snowy roads requires sophisticated driving skills to handle the snow coverage and avoid skidding.)
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