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Gunma Prefecture is located to between
Saitama and Niigata, and is therefore easily accessible
for people people living in the Tokyo region.
Yuzawa Town
in Niigata Prefecture is just to the north of the town of
Minakami (it's just a 15-minute drive from Minakami to
Yuzawa on the Kanetsu expressway).
How to get to
Hokkaido by public transport & general info:
The Minakami area has some excellent ski resorts such
as Mt. Tanigawa. To get there, head toward Jomo Heights,
which is about 1 hour 20 minuets from Tokyo Station by
the JR Joetsu Shinkansen Line. From there, take a bus
from Jomo Heights to Minakami Onsen, which takes about
10 minutes. In order to get to Mt. Tanigawa, take
another bus from Jomo Heights to Tanigawa Ropeway. This
takes about 55 minutes.
If you are going toward the Mt. Akagi area, you must
first go to Takasaki Station, which is about 1 hour from
Tokyo Station by the JR Joetsu Shinkansen Line. From
there, Maebashi Station is about 10 minutes on the JR
Ryomo Line. You must then take a bus from Maebashi
Station to Akagisan-Bijita, which takes about 28
minutes.
There are four daily express trains ('Kusatsu Shin-Tokkyu')
leaving Tokyo from Ueno Station on the Agatsuma Line
that take you as far as Naganohara Kusatsu-guchi
Station. Naganohara-Kusatsuguchi Station is about 1 hour
10 minutes from Ueno Station by the JR new limited
express train. From Naganohara Kusatsu-guchi, take the
JR Bus to Kusatsu Onsen. The entire journey takes
approximately 3 hours. Then take a bus from
Naganohara-Kusatsuguchi Station to Kusatsu-onsen, which
takes about 30 minutes. And take another bus from
Kusatsu-onsen-bus terminal to Shiranekazan, which takes
about 35 minutes.
Jomo-Kogen Station is about 1 hour 20 minutes from
Tokyo Station by the JR Joetsu Shinkansen Line. Then
take a bus from Jomo-Kogen Station to O-shimizu, which
takes about 2 hours 10 minutes.
Shibukawa Station is about 1 hour 45 minutes from
Ueno Station on the JR Joetsu Line new limited express.
Then take a bus from Shibukawa Station to Ikaho-onsen,
which takes about 30 minutes.
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