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| TOKYO - TAKAYAMA |
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| This site would like to explain several routes
(No1, No2, No3 and No4)
between beautiful
mountain town Takayama
and one of the biggest
city in the world, Tokyo. |
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| No.1. FOR JAPAN RAIL PASS HOLDERS |
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Limited Express (Wide View Hida) and Shinkansen
(bullet train, super express)
For JR PASS holders, this
is by all means
the easiest and the fastest
way to travel
between two places (Takayama
and Tokyo).
The Limited Express called Wide View Hida
has, as you assumed, has such a great view
along Hida River between Mino-Oota and almost
all the way to Takayama (precisely, the river
goes through Takayama is called Miyagawa
which joins to Jintsuu River and finally
to the bay of Toyama). Especially those who
can reserve the most front seat, wish you
enjoy the train driver's view. There are
10 train service everyday.
Shinkansen from Nagoya to Tokyo has every
10 minutes freaquent train (all 16 cars with
capacity 1,323 seats). Nozomi is the fastest
takes 1hour and 45 minutes, Hikari is a bit
slow takes 2 hours, and Kodama is the
slowest Shinkansen takes 2 hour and 50 minutes
between Nagoya and Tokyo.
Wide View Hida : 2 hours and 20 minutes.
JPY5,870. 10 train service a day.
Nozomi (Hope) : What goes/runs/travels faster
than Hikari (light). We shall better to have
Nozomi to live. 1 hours and 45 minutes.
JPY10,780. Every 10 minutes or less, which
means that there are 6 or more trains every
1 hour.
Hikari (Light) : The fastest object runs
in the universe. 2 hours. JPY10,580. There
are 2 trains every 1 hour. JR Tokai (JR Central) sells advance tickets
called Hayatoku-Kippu as low as JPY9,200
(one week piror purchase necessary).
Kodama (Sound) : Speed of sound is used to
be representative of fastness. 2 hours
and 50 minutes. JPY7,900 (Puratto Kodama normal seat) or JPY8,900 (Puratto Kodama green car, 1st class seat). |
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| No.2. HIGHWAY BUS |
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Highway Bus direct from Takayama to Shinjuku
There are 5 buses a day. JPY6,500 one way,
takes 5 hours and 30 minutes. |
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Bus from Takayama to Matsumoto
For those who would like to enjoy stopping
over at Matsumoto (and Kita-Alps, North-Alps),
you may take one of 4 buses a day from Takayama
to Matsumoto (JPY3,100 one way). Matsumoto
is directly connected by JR trains to Shinjuku
(and some all the way to Tokyo). |
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| No.3. SEISHUN 18 KIPPU |
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Seishun 18 Kippu
Only available during students holiday time
(Winter, Spring and Summer). It can be JPY2,300
one way between Takayama and Tokyo with best
minimum 5 changes as shown below (please
note that usually needed 6 - 7 times
transfers). Hyperdia would support finding your best time tables.
Takayama 05:26 - 08:26 Gifu 08:31 - 09:45
Toyohashi 09:49 - 10:24 Hamamatsu 10:29 -
11:43 Shizuoka 11:53 - 13:05 Atami 13:16
- 15:06 Tokyo |
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