It takes about 2 hours 30 minutes from Tokyo Station to Morioka Station by JR Tohoku Shinkansen Line. About 5 hours from Shin Osaka Station via Tokyo Station (by JR Tokaido Shinkansen Line) to Morioka Station (by JR Tohoku Shinkansen Line). About 1 hour 20 minutes from Osaka Itami Airport to Hanamaki Airport.

It takes about 2 and half hours by JR Tohoku Shinkansen Line from Tokyo Station to Morioka Station. About 5 hours by JR Tokaido Shinkansen Line from Osaka Station, change for JR Tohoku Shinkansen Line at Tokyo Station. If you are hading north to Aomori by train, you should change to the JR Tohoku line for the 2 and a half hour trip.

It is approximately 2 Hours 30 Minutes to Morioka Station from Tokyo Station by JR Tohoku Shinkansen Line, and 5 Hours from Shin-Osaka Station with a change at Tokyo Station by JR Tokaido and Tohoku Shinkansen Line, then around 1 Hour 50 Minutes by bus to the top of Hachimantai from Morioka Station. You can also take the JR Hanawa line to either Obuke station or Hachimantai station, and then continue by bus. There are also buses from Morioka station direct to Hachimantai Chojo.