Hakuba Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Hakuba is connected with Matsumoto by the JR Ōito line (tokkyū, ¥2770, 59 minutes; futsū, ¥1110, 99 minutes). Continuing north, change trains at Minami Otari to meet the JR Hokuriku Honsen line at Itoigawa, with connections to Niigata, Toyama and Kanazawa. From Nagano, buses leave from Nagano station (¥1400, one hour). There are also buses between Shinjuku Nishi-guchi, in Tokyo, and Hakuba (¥4700, 4½ hours).

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