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Nozawa Onsen is a very popular resort set behind the
small Nozawa Onsen Village.
> By Train
> By Car
> By Bus
After getting off the (Nagano) Shinkansen or bus at
Nagano Station, take the local domestic train line
from Nagano Station to Togari Nozawa Onsen station.
At time of writing the ticket from Nagano
to Togari Nozawa Onsen cost 740 yen and the journey
takes approximately 50 minutes. While waiting on the
Nagano station platform be sure you are on the correct
platform number, because one of the local train line
platforms at Nagano is usually split in half. For
example platform 3 & 4 share one side of one platform
divided by a simple wall. Make sure you are on the right
side of that wall.
From Togari Nozawa Onsen Station you catch the bus to
Nozawa Onsen Village and you pay for this ride as you
disembark the bus. That bus journey takes a further 10
minutes.
There are also taxis available at Togari Nozawa Onsen
station that can go to Nozawa Village.
Nagano Station
> Iiyama Line >
Togari Nozawa Onsen
(about 50 minutes)
Togari Nozawa Onsen Station >
Nozawa Onsen
(about 10 minutes)
For details on how to get to Nagano
Station, click here.
Take the Kanetsu Expressway to Fujioka Junction, where
you change onto the Hokushinetsu Expressway that goes
all the way up to Nagano City and beyond - stay on the
Nagano Expressway whenever there is the option to do so.
Eventually take the left exit number 16 signposted
"Toyota-Iiyama" from the Nagano bound highway.
Turn right under the overpass straight away after paying
at the toll gate and after a few minutes you will drive
through the main Iiyma shopping district. Take the right
hand fork next to the Toyota car dealership and Stone
Masonary Yard at the traffic lights and continue on for
about 15 minutes and then follow the Nozawa Onsen signs
that are marked in English.
After you pass a Subaru car dealership you should turn
right onto an red-orange girder bridge, then turn left at
the traffic lights once over the bridge and keep driving
until you see Nozawa Onsen reveal itself like a hidden
valley as you reach the top bend of the mountain road.
If you miss the orange bridge you can still get to
Nozawa village by going straight and looking following
the signs in English.
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From Osaka & Nagoya Regions |
From Komaki Junction of the Meishin
Expressway, head east on the Chuo Expressway to Okaya
Junction, where you change to the Nagano Expressway.
Head north on the Nagano Expressway, until the Koshoku
Junction where the expressway changes again to the
Joshinetsu Expressway. From the Shinshu Nakano IC, take
Route 292 up to the Shiga Kogen region.
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Komaki Junction
Meishin Expressway |
Chuo Expressway |
Okaya Junction |
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Okaya Junction |
Nagano Expressway |
Koshoku Junction |
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Koshoku Junction |
Joshinetsu |
Shinshu Nakano IC |
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Shinshu Nakano IC |
Route 292 |
Nozawa Onsen |
Catching the bus from outside Nagano Station is the most
direct route to the heart of Nozawa Onsen Village.
From Nagano Station, there are frequent direct buses
that go to Nozawa Onsen and bus stops can be found below
the east exit escalator, usually at bus stop number 4,
but you can make sure you visit the Nagano Station
Information Office (inside) to ensure you catch the
right bus from the correct bus stop.
You pay for the bus ticket when you disembark in Nozawa
Onsen Ski Village. In Winter the bus stops
centrally in Nozawa Village and in summer or non-ski
season months it stops outside Asahiya Ryokan Hotel at
the bus stop there.
Nagano Station
> Nozawa Onsen village (about 60 minutes)
For details on how to get to Nagano
Station, click here.
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