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Travel: Fukushima Prefecture

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Fukushima Station (Fukushima City) is about 1 hour and half from Tokyo Station by JR Tohoku Shinkansen Line.

Aizu Wakamatsu

The fastest way to get to Fukushima from Tokyo is the JR Tohoku Shinkansen to Koriyama and then change to the JR Ban-etsu Saisen line to Aizu Wakamatsu. Koriyama Station is 1 Hour 20 Minutes from Tokyo Station by the JR Tohoku Shinkansen Line. From Koriyama Station, it takes about 1 Hour 10 Minutes to reach Aizu Wakamatsu Station on the JR Banetsu Saisen Line by Rapid Train. Local trains run between Aizu Wakamatsu and Niigata on the JR Ban-etsu Saisen line. The trip takes about 2 hours and 15 minutes.

Bandai Kogen

The Onogawa Iriguchi bus stop is about 25 Minutes from Inawashiro Station by Aizu Bus. Inawashiro Station is about 40 Minutes from Koriyama Station by Express Train on the JR Banetsu Saisen Line. Koriyama Station is about 1 Hour and 20 Minutes from Tokyo Station on the JR Tohoku Shinkansen Line. Buses run from Aizu Wakamatsu station to Bandai Kogen. The trip takes about 1 and a half hours.

Aizu Kogen

It is approximately 1 Hour 20 Minutes to Koriyama Station from Tokyo Station by JR Tohoku Shinkansen Line, or 1 Hour 10 Minutes to Aizu Wakamatsu Station from Koriyama Station by the JR Banetsu-saisen Line Rapid Train. To Tadami, it is about 2 Hours 50 Minutes to Tadami Station from Aizu Wakamatsu Station by JR Tadami Line. To Ouchi-Juku, it is around 30 Minutes to Okawa Dam Koen from Aizu Wakamatsu Station on the Aizu Tetsudo Line.

Inawashiro

It is about 1 Hour 20 Minutes to Koriyama Station from Tokyo Station, and about 40 Minutes to Inawashiro Station from Koriyama Station by JR Banetsu-saisen Line Rapid Train. JR trains run between Aizu Wakamatsu and Inawashiro station in about 30 minutes. There are also buses from Aizu Wakamatsu station to Inawashiro station.

Kitakata

Kitakata Station is about 1 Hour and 30 Minutes from Koriyama Station by express train on the JR Banetsu Saisen Line. Koriyama Station is about 1 Hour and 20 Minutes from Tokyo Station on the JR Tohoku Shinkansen Line.

Mt Azuma

To get to Mt. Azama, take JR Tohoku or Yamagata Shinkansen Line for 1 hour and 40 minutes from Tokyo Station to Fukushima Station. Then take an Aizu Bus for 1 hour and 10 minutes from Fukushima Station to the Jododaira parking lot.


By Train
To the Inawashiro, Bandai Region
Take the Tohoku Shinkansen to Koriyama. From Koriyama take the local Banetsu Saisen line. If you are using local trains, take the Tohoku line to Koriyama. From Koriyama take the Banetsu Saisen line.

By Car
To the Inawashiro, Bandai region

If you are using the expressway, get off the Tohoku Expressway at Koriyama I.C. and use Route 49 to head towards the resorts. You can also change from the Tohoku Expressway to the Banetsu Expressway at Koriyama Junction heading west towards Bandai. By local roads from Route 4, turn into Route 49 at Koriyama and head west for the main regions.