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Iiyama City is located at the northern part of Nagano Prefecture where it is conveniently accessible from various cities.
Wide area map
Traveling by car to Nagano Prefecture, Iiyama City
By car
- About 3 hours (approx. 240km) from Tokyo
- Nerima I.C.(Tokyo) to Fujioka JCT via Kan-etsu Highway
- Fujioka JCT to Toyota-Iiyama I.C. via Joshin-etsu Highway
- About 3 1/2 hours (approx. 285km) from Nagoya , and about 5 hours 50 minutes (approx. 474km) from Osaka
- Nishinomiya I.C.(Osaka) to Komaki JCT via Meishin Highway
- Komaki JCT(Nagoya) to Okaya JCT via Chuo Highway
- Okaya JCT to Koshoku JCT via Nagano Highway
- Koshoku JCT to Toyota-Iiyama I.C. via Joshin-etsu Highway
By train
- About 2 hours 10 minutes from Tokyo
- Tokyo station to Nagano station via Asama Shinkansen(about 85 minutes)
- Nagano station to Iiyama station via Iiyama Line (about 45 minutes)
- About 3 hours 40 minutes from Nagoya
- Nagoya station to Nagano station via limited express "Shinano" (about 2 hours 55 minutes)
- Nagano station to Iiyama station via Iiyama Line (about 45 minutes)
- About 4 hours 40 minutes from Osaka
- Osaka station to Nagoya station via Tokaido Shinkansen(about 1 hour)
- Nagoya station to Nagano station via limited Express "Shinano" (about 2 hours 55 minutes)
- Nagano station to Iiyama station via Iiyama line (about 45 minutes)
By bus cheaper ways to travel
- There are direct bus services from Shinjuku (Tokyo) to Iiyama !
- http://www.eco-tourist.jp/bus.html (Japanese only (The other window opens))
- And there are more buses to Nagano Station
- http://www.alpico.co.jp/access/express/index_e.html
- Tokyo(Shinjuku & Ikebukuro station ) to Nagano station via Nagaden & Kawanakajima bus (about 3 hours 45 minutes)
- Nagoya (Meitetsu Bus Center) to Nagano station via Kawanakajima bus (about 3 hours 45 minutes)
- Osaka (Umeda station) to Nagano station via Kawanakajima bus (about 6 hours 40 minutes)
- Nagano station to Iiyama station , There are express bus services "Nagaden-bus ".(about 45 minutes)
Shinkansen Information
Presently there is construction on the Hokuriku Shinkansen line between Tokyo and Osaka.
Iiyama City, too, is in the process of constructing a Shinkansen line, offering comfortable travel to and from Iiyama City for foreign as well as national travelers.
