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Travel tips to ( prefecture)

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1-a. From Haneda (Tokyo) airport to Hirosaki

Now we can find several flights to/form Haneda(Tokyo) Airport from/to Asia, Europa, USA and more; Haneda(Tokyo) Airport was main gate to , before Narita. Flight at Haneda has merits of connoted flight to Aomori Airport and night flight departure to Europ and USA.

Flights to Haneda (Tokyo) Airport (only some examples): BA0007 from London (arr. at 04:55) DL0637 from Los Angels (arr. at 05:00) SQ0636 from Singapore (arr. at 05:20) NH204 from Frankfurt (arr. at 06:45 ßnew flight from 21 January, 2012 By ANA using B787) KE2707 from Soul (arr. at 11:05) CA0181 from Beijing (arr. at 12:50)

Routing: Haneda(Tokyo) Airport -[ 80 min. flight ]- Aomori Airport -[ 55 min. Bus ]- Hirosaki St. -[ 5 min. Taxi ]- Hotel

Example:

Haneda (Tokyo) Airport dep. ------arr. Aomori Airport dep. ------arr. Hirosaki St. 10:10 11:30 11:45 or 13:50 12:40 or 14:45 JAL1203 (by JAL) Limousine bus (Fare: 1,000 JPY)

There are five frights from Haneda(Tokyo) airport to Aomori airport Flight Haneda -- Aomori JAL1201 07:40 09:00 JAL1203 10:10 11:30 JAL1205 12:15 13:35 JAL1207 15:15 16:35 JAL1209 18:45 20:05

Limousin bus service from Aomori airport to Hirosaki St. (or Hirosaki Bus terminal) [ 55 minute, 1000 Yen ] Departure time from Aomori Airport to , Hirosaki Bus terminal 9:15 10:25 11:45 13:50 14:50 16:50 17:40 19:50 20:20 21:20 You can check latest information http://www.aomori-airport.co.jp/timetable_bus_hirosaki.html

Taxi fare from Hirosaki St. to the hotels in Hirosaki city is around JPY 1,000 or less.

St. = railway station

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1-b. From Hirosaki to Haneda(Tokyo) Airport

You can join "One-Day Excursion" and also enjoy (without overnight for a long distance flight).

Routing: Hirosaki -[ one day excursion ]- Sendai -[ Shinkansen: JR-East ]- Tokyo -[JR Keihin Tohoku Line (local) ]- Shinagawa -[ Keihin Kyuko ]- 1 hour 43 minutes 11 minutes 26 minutes

Keihin Kyuko: private railway company

Example with One-Day Excursion for Hiraizumi: Hirosaki St. ------arr. Senday St. dep. ------arr. Tokyo St. dep. ------arr. Shinagawa St. dep. ------arr. Haneda Airport Int. Ter. St. 26 April, 08:00 18:00 18:41 20:24 20:38 20:49 21:02 21:28 Charter bus via Hiraizumi JR-East, #112 every 5 minutes every 10 minutes 10,000 JPY 10,590 JPY 400 JPY

*Seat reservation is required for Hayate (Tohoku Shinkansen, JR-East) *Seat reservation is not required for Max Yamabiko (Tohoku Shikansen, JR-East: Sendai (18:48) to Tokyo (20:56); JPY 10,080)

Fright from Haneda Airport (only some examples, please check) 00:05 JL0002 to Sun Franciso 00:05 NH1006 to Los Angeles 00:30 DL0636 to Los Angeles 00:30 NH1062 to Honolulu 00:30 NH0173 to Bangkok 00:30 SQ0633 to Singapore 01:00 NH0203 to Frankfurt 01:30 JL0041 to Paris 06:10 OZ0177 to Soul 06:25 KE0720 to Soul 08:30 CA0184 to Beijing

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2-a. From Narita Airport to Hirosaki

There many flight to/from Narita Airport.

Routing: Narita Airport St. (JR-East) -[ 60 min. Exp. line ]- Tokyo St. -[ 3h 23 min Shinkansen ]- Shin Aomori St. -[ 40 min. Local line ]- Hirosaki St. -[ 5 min. Taxi ]- Hotel

Example ( 6 hours from Narita Airport to Hirosaki Station) Narita Airport St. dep. ------arr. Tokyo St. dep. ------arr. Shin Aomori St. dep. ------arr. Hirosak St. 10:15 11:14 11:56 15:19 15:37 16:17 Narita Express #14 Tohoku Shinkansen Hayate #25 JR Ou line (dest. Hirosaki) every 30 min. every 1 hour about every 40 min. |------18,980 JPY ------|

*Seat reservation is required for Narita Express and Hayate (Tohoku Shinkansen).

Taxi fare from Hirosaki St. to the hotels in Hirosaki city is around JPY 1,000 or less.

St. = railway station

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2-b. From Hirosaki to Narita Airport

You can join "One-day excursion" and also enjoy Shinkansen again.

Routing: Hirosaki -[ one day excursion ]- Sendai -[ Shinkansen: JR-East ]- Tokyo -[JR Narita Express ]- Narita Airpor St. 1 hour 43 minutes 59 minutes

Example with One-Day Excursion for Hiraizumi Temple (overnight at Tokyo): Hirosaki Station ------arr. Senday dep. ------arr. Tokyo (stay at night) dep. ------arr. Narita Airport Terminal 2 – arr. Narita Airport St. 26 April, 08:00 18:00 18:41 20:24 (next day) 06:18 7:16 07:18 Bus trip via Hiraizumi JR-East, Hayate #112 every 15 or 30 minutes

*Seat reservation is required for Hayate (Tohoku Shinkansen, JR-East) *Seat reservation is not required for Max Yamabiko (Tohoku Shikansen, JR-East: Sendai (18:48) to Tokyo (20:56); JPY 10,080)

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Additional information

JR-EAST, Japan Railway Company

St. = railway station time table with map http://www.jreast.co.jp/e/timetables/index.html and http://jreast-shinkansen-reservation.eki-net.com/pc/english/common/timetable/index.html

from Narata Airport to Tokyo http://jreast-shinkansen-reservation.eki-net.com/pc/english/common/timetable/e_nex_u/index.html

from Tokyo to Shin-Aomori http://jreast-shinkansen-reservation.eki-net.com/pc/english/common/timetable/e_tohoku_d/index.html from Shin-Aomori to Tokyo http://jreast-shinkansen-reservation.eki-net.com/pc/english/common/timetable/e_tohoku_u/index.html from Tokyo to Narita Airport http://jreast-shinkansen-reservation.eki-net.com/pc/english/common/timetable/e_nex_d/index.html

Aomori Airport http://www.aomori-airport.co.jp/en/index.html from Aomori airport to Hirosaki station (or Hirosaki Bus terminal) 55 minute, 1000 Yen

Departure time from Aomori Airport to Hirosaki Station, Hirosaki Bus terminal (55 minutes) 9:15 10:25 11:45 13:50 14:50 16:50 17:40 19:50 20:20 21:20

Hirosaki to Aomori Airport 6:25 8:05 10:25 12:35 13:25 15:25 16:15 18:30 19:10 http://www.aomori-airport.co.jp/timetable_bus_hirosaki.html