Shimonoseki Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Shinkansen trains stop at Shin-Shimonoseki station, two stops from JR Shimonoseki station. From Shimonoseki the bridge and tunnels connect roads and rail lines in Honshū with Kyūshū. Eastbound road users can take Rte 191 along the northern San-in coast, Rte 2 along the southern San-yō coast or the Chūgoku Expressway through central Honshū.

Kanmon Kisen ferries run two or three times hourly from the Karato area of Shimonoseki to Moji-ko in Kyūshū (¥390, five minutes). Kanmon Kaikyō ferries ply the route between Karato and Kokura in Kyūshū (¥200, 13 minutes). From Shin-moji in Kita-Kyūshū there are ferries to Kōbe, Osaka and Tokyo in Honshū and to Matsuyama in Shikoku.