Matsumoto Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Land

Bus

Alpico/Matsumoto Dentetsu (35-7400) runs buses between Matsumoto and Shinjuku in Tokyo (¥3400, 3¼ hours, 18 daily), Osaka (¥5710, 5¼ hours, two daily), Nagoya (¥3460, 3½ hours, six daily), Centrair Airport (¥4500, 3¾ hours, five daily) and Takayama (¥3100, 2½ hours, four daily). All departures are from Matsumoto bus station, in the basement of the Espa building across from the train station (reservations advised).

Car

Hiring a car is often the best way to do side trips. Nippon Rent-A-Car (33-1324; 1-1 Fukashi) has the best deals (from about ¥5000 a day), just outside the train station. Eki Rent-a-Car (32-4690; 1-1 Fukashi) is a few doors down.

Train

Matsumoto is connected with Tokyo’s Shinjuku station (Super Azusa, Azusa, ¥6510, 2½ hours, hourly), Nagoya (Shinano tokkyū, ¥5670, two hours) and Nagano (Shinano tokkyū, ¥2570, 50 minutes; futsū, ¥1110, 70 minutes). On the JR Ōito line, trains serve Hotaka (¥320, 30 minutes) and Hakuba (Azusa tokkyū, ¥2570, 55 minutes; futsū, ¥1110, 1½ hours).

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Air

Shinshū Matsumoto airport has flights to Fukuoka, Osaka and Sapporo.

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