Yamaguchi Getting there & around

Getting there & away

The Yamaguchi futsū service connects the city with Shin-Yamaguchi (¥230, 25 minutes). Shin-Yamaguchi is 10km southwest of Yamaguchi in Ogōri, at the junction of the San-yō Osaka-Hakata shinkansen line and the JR Yamaguchi line, which passes through Yamaguchi and continues on to Tsuwano and Masuda on the San-in coast.

JR and Bōchō Kōtsū buses run to/from Yamaguchi to Hagi (¥1680, 70 minutes) and Akiyoshi-dai (¥1130, 55 minutes).

The fun SL Yamaguchi-gō steam locomotive stops at Yamaguchi and Yuda Onsen stations from March to November.