Hakuba Village
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Details for the 07/08 season online soon

This new shuttle bus service will run from 5:20pm to 10:35pm each day during the above period and covers a wide area from the Happo area to the Hakuba Goryu area.  (Details in below map).

Please note that to use this bus service you will need to purchase a ticket in advance at the hotels and shops that are listed in the below pdf files - tickets cannot be purchased from the bus.  The bus will also only stop at the locations shown on the map.

How to get to Hakuba:

By Car

From Tokyo
There are two main ways to get to Hakuba from the Tokyo region:

From Osaka and the greater Kansai area

By Train & Bus

Tokyo Station
From Tokyo Station, take the high-speed Asama Shinkansen (bullet train) to Nagano.  This journey takes approximately ninety minutes.   From Nagano Station take a Hakuba-bound bus (see below).

Shinjuku Station
From Shinjuku Station, take the SUper Azusa Chuo limited express train.  This train goes direct to Hakuba Station and takes approximately four hours.

Osaka / Nagoya
From Osaka and Kyoto region, take the Sanyo Shinkansen to Nagoya.  At Nagoya, take the Chuo limited express.  This train goes direct to Hakuba Station and takes approximately four and a half hours.

Nagano Station
From Nagano Station, take the Alpico bus direct to Hakuba.  These buses depart every hour from the East Exit (Higashi-guchi) of Nagano Station from Bus Stop 6.  This journey takes approximately onr hour.