Travel tips to Hirosaki (Aomori prefecture) ================================================================================ 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 Japan, 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 Station, 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-b. From Hirosaki to Haneda(Tokyo) Airport You can join "One-Day Excursion" and also enjoy Shinkansen (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 ]- Haneda Airport 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, Hayate #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 ================================================================================ 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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) ================================================================================ 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 .