Access to Higashi-Hiroshima City
From Narita/Haneda Airport to JR (Japan Railway) Higashi-Hiroshima or Saijo Station
- By Super-express Train (Shinkan-sen): Taking ~6 hours
- Narita Airport –(JR Narita Express or Limousine Bus)–> JR Tokyo Station –(JR Shinkan-sen) –> (i) JR Higashi-Hiroshima Station –> taxy (to your hotel) or (ii) JR Hiroshima Station –(JR local line)–> JR Saijo Station –> walk or taxi (to the venue or your hotel)
- Haneda Airport –(Keikyu train)–> JR Shinagawa Station –(JR Shinkan-sen) –> (i) JR Higashi-Hiroshima Station –> taxy (to your hotel) or (ii) JR Hiroshima Station –(JR local line)–> JR Saijo Station –> walk or taxi (to the venue or your hotel)
- By flights: Taking 2-4 hours
- Narita Airport –(Flights; a few)–> Hiroshima Airport –(Limousine bus)–> JR Saijo Station (North gate) –> walk or taxi (to the venue or your hotel)
- Narita Airport –(Limousine bus)–> Haneda Airport –(Flight) –> Hiroshima Airport –(Limousine bus)–>JR Saijo Station (North gate) –> walk or taxi (to the venue or your hotel)
From Osaka/Kansai Airport to Hiroshima
- By Shinkan-sen: Taking about 3 hours
- Kansai Airport –(JR super-express “Haruka”)–> JR Shin-Osaka Station –(Shinkan-sen)–> JR Hiroshima Station
From Tokyo to Hiroshima
- By Shinkan-sen from JR Tokyo Station or Shinagawa Station: Taking about 4 hours
- Tokyo and Hiroshimaare connected with each other by the JR Tokaido/Sanyo Shinkan-sen. Direct Nozomi trains require about four hours to reach Hiroshima from Tokyo.
- By flights from Haneda Airport to Hiroshima Airport: Taking ~1 hours
- JAL and ANA operate several flights per day between Haneda Airport and Hiroshima Airport.
- By flights from Narita Airport to Hiroshima Airport: Taking ~1 hours
- IBEX/ANA and Spring Japan operate a few flights per day between Narita Airport and Hiroshima Airport. P
Access to Kurara Hall
From JR Saijo Station to Kurara Hall
- By walk: Taking about 5 minutes
- Get out from the South gate of the Saijo Station, and go strait along the main street (called Bu-lu Ba-lu). Kurara Hall is 300 m south from the Saijo Station.
- By local bus: Taking about 20 minutes
- Take No.24 Hiroshima Bus for Yoshijima from A-3 in front of the south exit of JR Hiroshima Station, and get off at “Peace Memorial Park”.
- By taxi: Taking about 15 minutes
From JR Higashi-Hiroshima station
- By local bus: Taking about 30-40 minutes (about 1 bus per 1 hour)
- Get out from Higashi-Hiroshima Station and go to bus terminal Take a bus bound for Saijo Station, and get off it at Chuo-Koen-Mae stop. Kurara Hall is in front of it.
- By taxi: Taking about 15 minutes
Useful Links
- Kurara Hall: http://www.pcf.city.hiroshima.jp/icch/e_access.html (Sorry, written in Japanese only)
- Hiroshima Airport access: https://www.hij.airport.jp/en/access/
- Hiroshima University access: https://www.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/en/access
Accommodation
Several business hotels are within 10 minutes on foot from the Kurara Hall. Please book your room directly by your choice via internet.
We list below some of those hotels.
- Hotel Van Cornell (~2 min)
- Hotel Route-Inn Higashihiroshima Saijo Ekimae (~3 min)
- Toyoko Inn Higashi-hiroshima Saijo Ekimae (~3 min)
- Hotel Sunrise21 (5-6 min)
- Green Hotel Morris Higashihiroshima (5-6 min)
- Hotel Gran Casa (5-6 min)
- Hotel Higashihiroshima Hills Saijo (~8 min)