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This page gives you the directions to our laboratory in Saijo Campus of Hiroshima University.

Access Guide to the Graduate School of Engineering in Saijo Campus

[Outline]

This page illustrates how to get to the Graduate School of Engineering in Saijo Campus. The following picture depicts an outline of the access paths. [JR-1], [Bus-2] and the other similar symbols represent each segment path and they correspond to the terms in the following descriptions and tables. "JR" means Japan Railways. The JR is the largest railway company group in Japan and has 6 regional railway companies. West Japan Railway Company (West JR) is providing services for Kansai and Chugoku region including Hiroshima Prefecture.

[Summary of Paths]

Summary of paths
Symbol	Path Name	From ->To	Time	Fee
[JR-1]	JR Sanyo-honsen Line	Hiroshima St. -> Saijo St.	35 min.	570 JPY
[JR-2]	JR Sanyo-honsen Line	Shiraichi St. -> Saijo St.	10 min.	190 JPY
[JR-3]	JR Sanyo-Shinkansen Line	Hiroshima St. -> Higashihiroshima St.	15 min.	?
[Bus-1]	JR Connection Bus	Hiroshima Airport -> Shiraichi St.	13 min.	380 JPY
	Taxi	Hiroshima Airport -> Shiraichi St.	10 min.	2,500 JPY
[Bus-2]	Airport Limousine Bus	Hiroshima Airport -> Hiroshima Bus Center	60 min.	1,200 JPY
[Bus-3]	Local Bus [Bound for Hiroshima University]	Saijo St. -> Hiroshima Univ.	20 min.	280 JPY
[Bus-4]	Local Bus (JR Bus, Geiyo Bus Co.) [Bound for Hiroshima University or Hachihonmatsu St. via Hiroshima University]	Higashihiroshima St. -> Hiroshima Univ.	20 min.	?
[Bus-5]	Express Bus (JR Bus "Green Phoenix")	Hiroshima Bus Center -> Hiroshima Univ.	60 min.	800 JPY
[Bus-6]	Local Buses	Hiroshima Nishi Airport -> Hiroshima St.	30 min.	230 JPY

[By flight] (Hiroshima Airport)

A reasonable way is the following [Route-1]. Taxi is very convenient but you should prepare about 7,000 JPY (US$ 60) to take from Hiroshima Airport to the University. I strongly recommend you to follow [Route-1].

Several airline companies fly into Hiroshima Airport but major ones are Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways. Information regarding these companies are available at the following web site:

Japan Airlines International Co., Ltd./ Japan Airlines Domestic Co., Ltd. <http://www.jal.com/en/>
All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. <http://www.anaskyweb.com/>

You can also find useful information about Hiroshima Airport at the below:

Hiroshima Airport <http://www.hij.airport.jp/english/index.html>

[Route-1]

Catch a bus bound for JR Shiraichi Station at the airport.
Transfer to JR Sanyo-honsen Line bound for Saijo or Hiroshima.
Get off the train at JR Saijo Station, which is the 2nd station from Shiraichi.
Take a bus bound for Hiroshima University.
Choose a bus stop "Hirodai Chuoguchi", "Daigaku Kaikan Mae" or "Hirodai Higashiguchi" to get off. All buses stop in this order. The nearest stop is "Hirodai Higashiguchi" and the most straightforward one is "Hirodai Chuoguchi".
Walk to A1 building in Graduate School of Engineering according to the maps and signs.

You can get the map of JR Saijo Station at the last part of this page, and also find useful information about local buses at the following web site (in Japanese):

Geiyo Bus Co., Ltd. <http://www.geiyo.co.jp/>
Chugoku JR Bus Co. <http://www.chugoku-jrbus.co.jp/>

[Route-1]
Hiroshima Airport
\|	[Bus-1]
JR Shiraichi St.
\|	[JR-2]
JR Saijo St.
\|	[Bus-3]
Hirodai Chuoguchi Daigaku Kaikan Mae Hirodai Higashiguchi	All buses stop in this order. You can choose one of them to get off.
\|	Walk and follow the signs. You can get to A1 building in 5 minutes.
Grad. School of Eng.

[By flight] (Hiroshima Nishi Airport)

First, you should go to JR Hiroshima Station or Hiroshima Bus Center.

[Route-2]

You can take a train on JR Sanyo-honsen Line from JR Hiroshima Station. After you get off the train at JR Saijo Station, follow the same way of [Route-1].

About Hiroshima Nishi Airport, there is some information at its web site:

Hiroshima Nishi Airport <http://www.hij.airport.jp/nishi/index.html> (in Japanese)

You can find useful information about local buses at the following web site (in Japanese):

Geiyo Bus Co., Ltd. <http://www.geiyo.co.jp/>
Chugoku JR Bus Co. <http://www.chugoku-jrbus.co.jp/>

[Route-2]
Hiroshima Nishi Airport
\|	[Bus-6]
JR Hiroshima St.
\|	[JR-1]: All trains on Sanyo-honsen Line (regardless of local or rapid) stop at Saijo Station.
JR Saijo St.
\|	[Bus-3]
Hirodai Chuoguchi Daigaku Kaikan Mae Hirodai Higashiguchi	All buses stop in this order. You can choose one of them to get off.
\|	Walk and follow the signs. You can get to A1 building in 5 minutes.
Grad. School of Eng.

[Route-3]

From Hiroshima Bus Center, Express Buses (Green Phoenix) are operated by JR Bus Co. bound for Hiroshima University Saijo Campus. The number of services is not so many but it's very convenient.

You can find useful information about Express Buses at the following web site (in Japanese):

Chugoku JR Bus Co. <http://www.chugoku-jrbus.co.jp/>

[Route-3]
Hiroshima Nishi Airport
\|	[Bus-6]
Hiroshima Bus Center	Locates in a department store at Kamiya-cho.
\|	[Bus-5]
Hirodai Chuoguchi Daigaku Kaikan Mae Hirodai Higashiguchi	All express buses stop in this order. You can choose one of them to get off.
\|	Walk and follow the signs. You can get to A1 building in 5 minutes.
Grad. School of Eng.

[By Shinkansen (bullet train/super express train)]

The nearest Shinkansen station is "Higashihiroshima", but note that NOT ALL trains stop there. There are three kinds of bullet trains in Sanyo Shinkansen Line, like "Nozomi", "Hikari" and "Kodama". The fastest train is "Nozomi" and the second one is "Hikari". At Higashihiroshima Station, "Nozomi" and "Hikari" do not stop but "Kodama" makes a brief stop. (All "Kodama" trains stop at ALL stations.)

In order to save your time, we recommend you to take "Nozomi" or "Hikari" bound for Hiroshima first and change the train to "Kodama" at major stations near Higashihiroshima Station. If you are coming from the east, Okayama or Fukuyama Station are convenient to change the train. If you are coming from the west, Hiroshima Station is the best.

Informations regarding to Sanyo Shinkansen Line and the time tables are available at the JR company group web sites:

West Japan Railway Company <http://www.westjr.co.jp/english/global.html>
JR Odekake Net (provided by West Japan Railway Company) <http://www.jr-odekake.net/> (in Japanese)

After you get off the train, you have two ways to get to our campus, buses and taxies. Local bus is inexpensive but not so convenient because the buses are not operated so frequently. We usually use a taxi that needs about 15 minutes and 1,500 JPY.

You can find useful information about local buses at the following web site (in Japanese):

Geiyo Bus Co., Ltd. <http://www.geiyo.co.jp/>
Chugoku JR Bus Co. <http://www.chugoku-jrbus.co.jp/>

[Route-4]

[Route-4]
Higashihiroshima St.
\|	[Bus-4]
Hirodai Chuoguchi Daigaku Kaikan Mae Hirodai Higashiguchi	All express buses stop in this order. You can choose one of them to get off.
\|	Walk and follow the signs. You can get to A1 building in 5 minutes.
Grad. School of Eng.

[Route-5]

[Route-5]
Higashihiroshima St.
\|	Taxi [to the department office]: About 15 min., 1,500-2,000 JPY
Department Office	You can tell the taxi driver to go to "Hirodai Kougakubu Jimusho (in Japanese)" which means Department office of Graduate School of Engineering in Hiroshima University in Japanese.
\|	Walk and follow the signs. You can get to A1 building in 1 minutes.
Grad. School of Eng.

Map of Higashihiroshima Station

Map of Saijo Station

You can also find other useful maps in Maps Pages.

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