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Access Guide

■ By Airplane
●Sapporo→→→→About 1 hour→→→→Hanamaki
●Osaka(Itami)→→→About 1 hour and 20 minutes→→→Hanamaki
●Nagoya(Komaki)→→About 1 hour and 10 minutes→→Hanamaki
●Fukuoka →→→→About 2 hours→→→→Hanamaki
*From Iwate Hanamaki Airport to Iwate Prefectural University
●Iwate Hanamaki Airport→About 1 hour By bus→Morioka Station
From Morioka Station to Iwate Prefectural University, take a train or a bus. (See below)


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■ By Train:JR Local Lines and Shinkansen
●From Shin-Aomori→→→About 1 hour→→→to Morioka
●From Akita→→→About 1 hour and 40 minutes→→to Morioka
●From Sendai→→→→About 45 minutes→→→→to Morioka
●From Yamagata→About 2 hours→→to Morioka
●From Fukushima→About 1 hour and 40 minutes→→to Morioka
●From Tokyo→→About 2 hours and 30 minutes→→to Morioka
*The shortest time. Transfer time not included.
■By Bus : Bus routes from Morioka to Iwate Prefectural University
●Iwate-ken Kotsu / Iwate Kenpoku Bus
Board at Morioka Station East Bus Stop No.2
▶First bus departure [7:10] ▶Last bus departure [21:20]
*Please inquire about the update to each bus company.
■Local train schedule
  : From Morioka station to Takizawa station
● Iwate Galaxy Railway [IGR]
Morioka station
▶First train departure [5:41] ▶Last train departure [23:20]
Takizawa station
▶First train departure [6:20] ▶Last train departure [22:27]
*There is also a shuttle bus available from Takizawa Eki-mae (i.e. Takizawa station) to Iwate Kenritsu Daigaku (i.e. Iwate Prefectural University)
*Timetables are subject to change. Please check for the update.
*About 15 minutes walk from Takizawa station to Iwate Prefectural University.
■ Tohoku Expressway
About 5 minutes from Takizawa Interchange (Exit the Tohoku Expressway, follow National Road 4 in the direction to Aomori, and make a right turn at the second intersection).