Trip from Osaka International Airport to Higashi-Hiroshima Station ?

Question

Hi !

I have never been to Japan and going to travel the first trip to Japan in this coming April 2007.

Could you please help me how & where to take a train from Osaka International Airport to Higashi-Hiroshima Station in detail information?

- How can I find the train station after come out from Osaka International Airport ?
- How can I buy the train-ticket and how much will it cost to Higashi-Hiroshima Station ?
- And, any other information I should know throughout my tirp from Osaka International Airport to Higashi-Hiroshima Station?

Thank you very much for your kindly help !!!

Best regards !

Hi Guys !!

Thank you very much and really appreciate your kind information.

I'll depart from Bangkok at 23:00pm and will be arrived to Kansai International Airport at about 5 am something by the flight agent. Then, i will continue to Higashi-Hiroshima.

Hope no problem at this time to catch the train.

Thank you again for all your kind information.

Answer 1

Hi, your in luck, I used to live in Saijo (Higashihiroshima).

When you get out of the airport you will see signs going to the station, you will have to go up a lift and exit the airport and then enter the station. Here is a map http://www.kansai-airport.or.jp/en/map/index.html# it's in FLASH , but will give you a good 3D view just click on parts of the airport and it will zoom in.

You can buy tickets at the station, just go into room near the ticket machines they can help you in there, they speak English. They can give you tickets for both the Haruka and Shinkansen.
Check on the airport map for the exact location.

For the trains use this site

http://www.hyperdia.com/cgi-english/hyperWeb.cgi

This site will help you work out a time table for the options below. Just pop in the dates and times you want to go. Use Kansai airport and Higashihiroshima in the start point and destination fields.

From the airport you want to get to Shin-Osaka station. It will cost you around 1500 yen. The train to catch is the Limited express Haruka, it takes roughly 55 min to get to Shin-Osaka, don't worry there are announcements in English along with the Japanese and train stops are written in both English and Japanese.

From Shin-Osaka you can catch the Shinkansen which will cost anywhere from 9 000 - 13 000 yen depending what shinkansen you use. If you use a Nozomi it will get there faster but you will have to change at Hiroshima and come back to Higashihiroshima. As this is your fist time in Japan I would recommend the Kodama it is a little longer but cheaper at 9 000 yen and takes around 2 1/2 hours. This will stop directly at Higashihiroshima. You can go by local train but it will take 7 hours, I wouldn't do this until your familiar with Japan but the above website can plan it for you.

One thing to consider is what time you will arrive in Japan if it is after 8pm chances are by the time you get to Shin-Osaka the last Shinkansen to Hiroshima would have left already, so you will have to book a hotel. Go here http://www.japanhotel.net/ as they have maps you can print for hotels if you need it and have a range of cheap options. I've used them 3 times now and had no problems.

If you are hungry you can buy food on the Shinkansen or at the station before you get on.

Hope this helps.

Good luck and enjoy, and say hello for me : )

P.S. Take the time to go and see Miyajima just past Hiroshima city if you have the chance.

Answer 2

I'm a Tokyo resident.

- How can I find the train station after come out from Osaka International Airport ?

Japan has one of the most developed train networks in the world. Any airport is directly linked to the center of the city by train. So Osaka International Airport has a train to go to the center of Osaka city.

OIA has a lot of information board to guide you to the train station. You can go to the station by walking.

So first of all, you go from airport to Shin-Osaka station by airport train(40 minutes and 3,000 yen or 250 USD by a limited express).

Shin-Osaka station is the station for Shinkansen high-speed train. Shinkansen takes you to Higashi Hiroshima station.

Please remember that we have 3 Shikansen trains in the line, Nozomi, Hikari and Kodama, And out of the three, only Kodama stops at Higashi Hiroshima station while other 2 do not. So do not forget to get a ticket for Kodama train.

Between Shin-Osaka and Higashi Hiroshima station, it's 2 and a half hours and 10,000 yen (850 USD) by Kodama train.

So have a nice trip!

Answer 3

BTW Cheapest's Yen to USD is a bit off....he needs to drop a "0"

3,000 yen is about 25 USD.
not
3,000 yen or 250 USD

Also try this website

www.hyperdia.com

If you enter the starting and destination station it will give you how long the trip will take, how much, where to transfer, etc

Answer 4

http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2359.html
http://www.jorudan.co.jp/english/norikae/