Miyazaki Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Land

Bus

Most long-distance buses originate at the Miyakō City bus terminal (52-2200) south of the river, near JR Minami-Miyazaki station, including to Kagoshima (¥2700, 2¾ hours), Kumamoto (¥4500, 3¼ hours), Nagasaki (¥6500, 5½ hours) and Fukuoka (¥6000, four hours).

Many buses run along Tachibana-dōri, but if you don’t read Japanese you may be better off heading down to the Miyakō City bus terminal. There is also Miyazaki Ekimae Bus Center (53-1000) opposite Miyazaki station.

Train

The JR Nippō line runs down to Kagoshima (tokkyū, ¥3790, two hours) and up to Beppu (tokkyū, ¥5770, three hours). The JR Nichinan line runs slowly along the coast south to Aoshima (¥360, 30 minutes) and Obi (¥910, 65 minutes).

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Boat

There are ferry services linking Miyazaki with Osaka (2nd class ¥10, 000, 13 hours) and Kawasaki (¥12, 640, 21 hours). For reservations contact Marine Express (in Kyūshū 0982-55-9090, in Osaka 06-6616-4661, in Miyazaki 22-8895).

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Air

Miyazaki is connected by air with Tokyo (¥32, 700), Osaka (¥21, 000), Okinawa (¥25, 200), Fukuoka (¥17, 700) and other cities around Kyūshū.

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