By Plane

From Osaka

Osaka - Niigata: 1 hr. 10 min.

From Sapporo

Sapporo - Niigata: 1 hr. 10 min.

From Fukuoka

Fukuoka - Niigata: 1 hr. 35 min.

There are also direct flights from Nagoya, Hakodate and Hiroshima.

*Niigata Airport - Niigata Station (by bus): 25 min.

Niigata Station - Itoigawa Station (by Hokuriku-honsen Line, express 'Raicho' or 'Hokuetsu'): 2 hrs.

By Train

From Tokyo

Tokyo (Joetsu Shinkansen 'Asahi') - Echigo-yuzawa (express 'Hakutaka') - Itoigawa: 3 hrs.

Ueno (express 'Hakusan') - Naoetsu (express 'Hakutaka,' 'Raicho' or 'Hokuetsu') - Itoigawa: 4 hrs. 30 min.

From Nagoya

Nagoya (express 'Wide View Hida') - Toyama (Hokuriku-honsen Line, express 'Raicho' or 'Shiratori') - Itoigawa: 4 hrs. 40 min.

Nagoya (Tokaido Shinkansen 'Nozomi': 1 hr. 40 min.) - Tokyo; follow the directions from Tokyo thereafter

From Osaka

Osaka (Hokuriku-honsen Line, express 'Raicho' or 'Shiratori') - Itoigawa: 4 hrs. 30 min.

Transportation inside Itoigawa city

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