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LadyK · Joined: 25 May 2009 Posts: 55 Location: USA, FL

Happy Obon!
Anyway, I'm trying to book a bus ticket from Hyogo prefecture to Hiroshima for tomorrow. I've only been here 3 months so I'm not familiar with the process. I looked up night buses but it seems they're full. We're trying to keep it on the cheap, eveb though this is Obon. Anyone have any info on how/where I can figure this out? Thanks! (And yes, I did a search first Smile

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Hoser · Joined: 19 Mar 2005 Posts: 694 Location: Toronto, Canada

I did a search on http://willerexpress.com/ but it didn't come up with anything. That's what I use when I go to Nagoya from Tokyo to visit my girlfriend. Cost ranges between 3000 and 4000 yen.

Of course I couldn't find anything for tomorrow. Why would you leave it so late to buy your ticket? Would you buy a plane ticket the day before you leave?

LadyK · Joined: 25 May 2009 Posts: 55 Location: USA, FL

It's sort of a spur of the moment plan. Confused

Glenski · Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 12844 Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN

Have you tried www.hyperdia.com ?

LadyK · Joined: 25 May 2009 Posts: 55 Location: USA, FL

Yeah, but some of my friends are kinda broke so we're going to explore Kyoto instead. Thanks for the help though guys! Smile

Ryu Hayabusa · Joined: 08 Jan 2008 Posts: 182

Hankyu runs highway buses between Miyoshi (central Hiroshima prefecture) and Osaka. Not sure about Hiroshima city and Osaka, though. The cost one-way is about 4400 yen and the trip takes about 4 hours. Check out this site. http://bus.hankyu.co.jp/highway.shtml

It's all in Japanese and making reservations requires Japanese skills.

Sorry if this info doesn't help you, LadyK.

lisa111082 · Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 11:30 pm Post subject:

http://kakuyasubus.jp/
http://www.kousokubus.net/PC/index.aspx
http://travel.rakuten.co.jp/
http://www.harvest-tour.com/

I regularly follow band tours around the country so I take night buses often. These are the sites I use and I can usually find anything I need on them.

Okonomiyaki · Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2010 8:05 am Post subject: Last minute

Ditto an earlier poster's confusion: Why the heck didja leave this 'til the last minute? Obon is an awfully busy time.

On a more helpful note, perhaps someone in your group has a car, and you could all carpool? This would have the added advantage of leaving you with transport at your destination.

I lived in Hiroshima city, and can let you know that while downtown has cable cars and buses in the daytime, night belongs to super-pricey taxis. Just to get from the bus station to the International / Japan Youth Hostel on the city border, you could pay more for the cross-town taxi than the bus ride to Hiroshima!