Dewa Sanzan Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Buses to Haguro centre bus station depart from Tsuruoka roughly every hour (¥680, 35 minutes), continuing to Haguro-sanchō (Haguro summit) less frequently between 7.52pm and 6.47pm (¥990, 55 minutes).

From early July to late August, and then on weekends and holidays until late September, there are four buses from Haguro-sanchō at 7.05am, 8.05am, 11.40am and 2pm, allowing pilgrims to travel towards the peak of Gas-san as far as Hachigōme (¥1240, one hour). Two buses at 6am and 7am also run from Tsuruoka direct to Gas-san Hachigōme (¥1650, two hours) during these times.

Buses from Tsuruoka pass by the Yudono-san Hotel en route to Yamagata (¥1370, 1¼ hours, last bus 3pm), as they do to Tsuruoka via Ōami (¥950, 50 minutes, last bus 6.42pm).

Between June and early November, there are up to four more buses from the Sennin-zawa trailhead at Yudono-san to Tsuruoka (¥1480, one hour 20 minutes), which also pass by the hotel and Ōami.