Okayama Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Okayama airport (294-5550; 1277 Nichiyōji) is 20km northwest of the station. There are flights to Japan’s major cities as well as Seoul, Shanghai and Guam. A bus (¥680, 30 minutes) runs to the airport from platforms 1 and 3 in front of Okayama station. The first bus leaves at 6.15am, the last at 6.30pm.

Okayama is connected by the San-yō Hikari shinkansen to Hakata (Fukuoka; ¥11, 550, two hours) to the west; and to Osaka (¥5350, 45 minutes), Kyoto (¥6820, one hour, 16 daily) and Tokyo (¥15, 850, 3½ hours, 14 daily). The JR Hakubi line runs between Okayama and Yonago (¥4620, two hours), in Tottori-ken on the San-in coast.

When travelling west to Kurashiki, it’s quicker to transfer from the shinkansen at Okayama than at Shin-Kurashiki. You also change trains at Okayama if you’re heading to Shikoku across the Seto-Ōhashi.