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Access from Fukuoka

Time Rate Course
Car
2 hours 20 minutes High speed: 3,250 yen Fukuoka IC → High speed (Kyushu Expressway) → Matsubase IC → Matsubase IC → Route 266 → Kamiamakusa-shi
3 hours 20 minutes High speed: 3,250 yen
Matsushima Toll Road: 200 yen
Fukuoka IC → High speed (Kyushu Expressway) → Matsubase IC → Matsubase IC → Route 266 → Kamiamakusa-shi → Matsushima Ariake road → Amakusa-shi Hondo
3 hours 30 minutes High speed: 3,350 yen
Ferry: 2,740 yen
Fukuoka IC → High speed (Kyushu Expressway, Nagasaki Expressway) → Isahaya IC → Isahaya IC → Route 57 → Route 251 → Obamamachi, Unzen-shi → Kuchinotsucho, Minamishimabara-shi → Kuchinotsu Port → Shimatetsu ferry → Oniike Port
JR, car
2 hours 20 minutes JR: 3,740 yen Hakata Station → Relay Tsubame, limited express Ariake → Kumamoto Station → Kumamoto Station → Route 3 → Uto-shi → Route 57 → Kamiamakusa-shi
3 hours 20 minutes JR: 3,740 yen Hakata Station → Relay Tsubame, limited express Ariake → Kumamoto Station → Kumamoto Station → Route 3 → Uto-shi → Route 57 → Kamiamakusa-shi → Matsushima Ariake road → Amakusa-shi Hondo
JR, bus
2 hours 30 minutes JR: 3,740 yen
Bus: 1,070 yen
Hakata Station → Relay Tsubame, limited express Ariake → Kumamoto Station → "Kumamoto Station" bus stop → “Kaisoku Amakusa go” shuttle bus between Kumamoto city and Amakusa → "Itsutsubashi entrance" bus stop
3 hours 50 minutes JR: 3,740 yen
Bus: 2,180 yen
Hakata Station → Relay Tsubame, limited express Ariake → Kumamoto Station → "Kumamoto Station" bus stop → “Kaisoku Amakusa go” shuttle bus between Kumamoto city and Amakusa → "Hondo bus center"
Bus
Three hours ten minutes Bus: 3,070 yen "Hakata Station traffic center" → Nishitetsu, sanko bus (hinokuni) → "Kumamoto Kotsu Center" → "Kumamoto Kotsu Center" → “Kaisoku Amakusa go” shuttle bus between Kumamoto city and Amakusa → "Itsutsubashi entrance" bus stop
4 hours 30 minutes Bus: 4,180 yen "Hakata Station traffic center" → Nishitetsu, sanko bus (hinokuni) → "Kumamoto Kotsu Center" → "Kumamoto Kotsu Center" → “Kaisoku Amakusa go” shuttle bus between Kumamoto city and Amakusa → "Hondo bus center"
Airplane
35 minutes Airplane: 12,800 yen Fukuoka Airport → Amakusa Airlines → Amakusa Airport

Access from Kumamoto

From Kumamoto-shi
Time Rate Course
Car
One hour Kumamoto-shi → Route 3 → Uto-shi → Route 57 → Kamiamakusa-shi
Two hours Matsushima Toll Road: 200 yen Kumamoto-shi → Route 3 → Uto-shi → Route 57 → Kamiamakusa-shi
Kamiamakusa-shi → Route 266 → Matsushima Ariake road → Amakusa-shi Hondo
Bus
One hour ten minutes Bus: 1,070 yen "Kumamoto Kotsu Center" → “Kaisoku Amakusa go” shuttle bus between Kumamoto city and Amakusa → "Itsutsubashi entrance" bus stop
2 hours 30 minutes Bus: 2,180 yen "Kumamoto Kotsu Center" → “Kaisoku Amakusa go” shuttle bus between Kumamoto city and Amakusa → "Hondo bus center"
From Aso (Kurokawa Onsen)
Time Rate Course
Car
2 hours 30 minutes High speed: 750 yen Kurokawa Onsen → Highway at the same level as mountain → Route 57 → Kumamoto IC → Kumamoto IC → High speed (Kyushu Expressway) → Matsubase IC → Matsubase IC → Route 266 → Kamiamakusa-shi
3 hours 30 minutes High speed: 750 yen
Matsushima Toll Road: 200 yen
Kurokawa Onsen → Highway at the same level as mountain → Route 57 → Kumamoto IC → Kumamoto IC → High speed (Kyushu Expressway) → Matsubase IC → Matsubase IC → Route 266 → Kamiamakusa-shi → Route 266 → Matsushima Ariake road → Amakusa-shi Hondo
Bus
kuju: 3 hours 30 minutes
aso: 5 hours 40 minutes
kuju: 3,070 yen
aso: 5,620 yen
(including high speed Amakusa)
"Kurokawa Onsen" bus stop → sanko bus (kuju, aso) → "Kumamoto Kotsu Center" → "Kumamoto Kotsu Center" → “Kaisoku Amakusa go” shuttle bus between Kumamoto city and Amakusa → "Itsutsubashi entrance" bus stop
kuju: 4 hours 50 minutes

aso: Seven hours
Bus: kuju: 4,180 yen
aso: 6,730 yen
(including high speed Amakusa)
"Kurokawa Onsen" bus stop → sanko bus (kuju, aso) → "Kumamoto Kotsu Center" → "Kumamoto Kotsu Center" → “Kaisoku Amakusa go” shuttle bus between Kumamoto city and Amakusa → "Hondo bus center"
Bus, airplane
kuju: Two hours
aso: 4 hours 25 minutes
(we include at use of airline time)
kuju: 1,700 yen
aso: 3,850 yen
Airplane: 7,500 yen
"Kurokawa Onsen" bus stop → sanko bus (kuju, aso) → "Aso Kumamoto Airport" → Aso Kumamoto Airport → Amakusa Airlines → Amakusa Airport
From Aso Kumamoto Airport
Time Rate Course
Car
1 hour 40 minutes Aso Kumamoto Airport → Second Airport Line → Kumamoto-shi → Route 3 → Uto-shi → Route 57 → Kamiamakusa-shi
2 hours 40 minutes Matsushima Toll Road: 200 yen Aso Kumamoto Airport → Second Airport Line → Kumamoto-shi → Route 3 → Uto-shi → Route 57 → Kamiamakusa-shi → Route 266 → Matsushima Ariake road → Amakusa-shi Hondo
1 hour 20 minutes High speed: 650 yen Aso Kumamoto Airport → Second Airport Line → Gain castle Kumamoto IC → Gain castle Kumamoto IC → High speed (Kyushu Expressway) → Matsubase IC → Matsubase IC → Route 266 → Kamiamakusa-shi
2 hours 20 minutes High speed: 650 yen
Matsushima Toll Road: 200 yen
Aso Kumamoto Airport → Second Airport Line → Gain castle Kumamoto IC → Gain castle Kumamoto IC → High speed (Kyushu Expressway) → Matsubase IC → Matsubase IC → Route 266 → Kamiamakusa-shi → Matsushima Ariake road → Amakusa-shi Hondo
Airplane
20 minutes Airplane: 7,500 yen Aso Kumamoto Airport → Amakusa Airlines → Amakusa Airport
Bus
1 hour 50 minutes Bus: 1,740 yen "Aso Kumamoto Airport" bus stop → Airport limousine → "Kumamoto Kotsu Center" → "Kumamoto Kotsu Center" → “Kaisoku Amakusa go” shuttle bus between Kumamoto city and Amakusa → "Itsutsubashi entrance" bus stop 
Three hours ten minutes Bus: 2,850 yen "Aso Kumamoto Airport" bus stop → Airport limousine → "Kumamoto Kotsu Center" → "Kumamoto Kotsu Center" → “Kaisoku Amakusa go” shuttle bus between Kumamoto city and Amakusa → "Hondo bus center"

Access from Kagoshima

Time Rate Course
Car
2 hours 30 minutes High speed: 3,700 yen Kagoshima IC → Expressway (Kyushu Expressway) → Matsubase IC → Uki-shi → Route 266 → Kamiamakusa-shi
2 hours 40 minutes High speed: 3,350 yen
Ferry: 3,000 yen
Kagoshima IC → Expressway (Kyushu Expressway) → Yatsushiro IC → Yatsushiro Port → Matsushima ferry → Port of Matsushima
2 hours 50 minutes High speed: 600 yen
Ferry: 2,460 yen
Kagoshima west IC → Minamikyushu Nishimawari Expressway → Kushikino IC → Ichikikushikino-shi → Route 3 → Akune-shi → Route 389 → Nagashima-cho → Kuranomoto Port (Nagashima-cho) → Sanwa Ferry → Port of Ushibuka (Amakusa-shi)
JR, bus ferry
Two hours JR: 3,610 yen
Shuttle bus → 1,000 yen (tax included)
Passenger fare: 480 yen
Kagoshima-Chuo Station → The Shinkansen → Izumi Station → Izumi Station → Shuttle bus → Kuranomoto Port → Kuranomoto Port → Sanwa Ferry → Port of Ushibuka
2 hours 20 minutes JR: 5,940 yen
Bus: 260 yen
Passenger fare: 700 yen
Kagoshima-Chuo Station → The Shinkansen → Shin-Yatsushiro Station (transit) → Limited express → Yatsushiro Station → The "Yatsushiro station square" bus stop → sanko bus → "Yatsushiro Port" bus stop → Yatsushiro Port → Matsushima ferry → Port of Matsushima
2 hours 30 minutes JR: 3,090 yen
orenji railroad → 850 yen
Bus: 830 yen
Passenger fare: 450 yen
Kagoshima-Chuo Station → JR Kagoshima Main Line → Sendai Station → Sendai Station → Hisatsu Orange Railway → Akune Station → "Akune station square" bus stop → Nangoku Traffic → "Kuranomoto Port" bus stop → Kuranomoto Port → Sanwa Ferry → Port of Ushibuka
JR, bus, Fast ship (only for passengers)
2 hours 20 minutes JR: 3,950 yen
Bus: 290 yen
Passenger fare: 1,860 yen
Kagoshima-Chuo Station → The Shinkansen → Shin-Minamata Station → "Shin-Minamata Station" bus stop → sanko bus → "Minamata Port" bus stop → Minamata Port → Amakusa sea taxi (riding together ship) → Port of Goshoura → Port of Goshoura → Liner → Port of Hondo

Access from Nagasaki

From Nagasaki Airport
Time Rate Course
Car
Two hours ten minutes High speed: 900 yen
Ferry: 4,500 yen
Nagasaki Airport → Route 444 → Omura IC → Omura IC → High speed (Nagasaki Expressway) → Nagasaki IC → Nagasaki-shi → Route 324 → Motegi-machi, Nagasaki-shi → Port of Mogi → Reihoku sightseeing steamship → Tomioka Port
Bus ferry
2 hours 30 minutes Bus: 1,040 yen
Passenger fare: 1,700 yen
"Nagasaki Airport" → Bus managed by Nagasaki → "Nagasaki station square" bus stop → The "Nagasaki station square south exit" bus stop → Nagasaki bus → "Port of Mogi" bus stop → Port of Mogi → Reihoku sightseeing steamship → Tomioka Port
From Nagasaki-shi
Time Rate Course
Car
1 hour 30 minutes Ferry: 4,500 yen Nagasaki-shi → Route 324 → Motegi-machi, Nagasaki-shi → Port of Mogi → Reihoku sightseeing steamship → Tomioka Port
2 hours 30 minutes Ferry: 2,740 yen Nagasaki-shi → Route 34, Route 251 → Obamamachi, Unzen-shi → Kuchinotsucho, Minamishimabara-shi → Kuchinotsu Port → Shimatetsu ferry → Oniike Port
Bus ferry
1 hour 40 minutes Bus: 240 yen
Passenger fare: 1,700 yen
"Nagasaki station square" bus stop → Nagasaki bus → "Port of Mogi" bus stop → Port of Mogi → Reihoku sightseeing steamship → Tomioka Port
From Unzen-shi
Time Rate Course
Car
1 hour 40 minutes Ferry: 2,740 yen Unzen-shi → Route 57 → Obamamachi, Unzen-shi → Route 251 → Kuchinotsucho, Minamishimabara-shi → Kuchinotsu Port → Shimatetsu ferry → Oniike Port
Bus ferry
1 hour 40 minutes Bus: 1,130 yen
Passenger fare: 440 yen
"Unzen" bus stop → Island iron bus → "Kohama pier" bus stop → "Kohama pier" bus stop → Island iron bus → "Kuchinotsu" bus stop → Kuchinotsu Port → Shimatetsu ferry → Oniike Port
2 hours 50 minutes Bus: 2,010 yen
Passenger fare: 440 yen
"Unzen" bus stop → Island iron bus → Island iron bus terminal → Island iron bus terminal → Island iron bus → "Kuchinotsu" bus stop → Kuchinotsu Port → Shimatetsu ferry → Oniike Port