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Visiting Beppu, Nagasaki, Sasebo, Kumamoto
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2014/4/24 04:37
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If we stay in Fukuoka and want to visit the places listed, what is the best mode of transportation -- Shinkansen, local train, bus or rental car? Which would be the easiest way to travel for senior citizens? Is it feasible to go back & forth each day to Fukuoka?
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by jackie42
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Re: Visiting Beppu, Nagasaki, Sasebo, Kumamoto
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2014/4/24 11:28
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you would be wasting a lot of time in transit.
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by mm (guest)
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Re: Visiting Beppu, Nagasaki, Sasebo, Kumamoto
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2014/4/24 12:49
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No it's not a good idea. I understand if you want to stay flexible in your itinerary but these places are all too far away from each other. You'd have to book a hotel within each location or else you'd waste a lot of money and time. :/
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by zoomingjapan
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Re: Visiting Beppu, Nagasaki, Sasebo, Kumamoto
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2014/4/24 21:36
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I have done Nagasaki as a day trip from Hakata station, but not Beppu. It was a very long day.
I think Kumamoto could be done. Here are the one way times to travel to each of these places from Hakata Station:
Hakata to Kumamoto : 42 minutes Hakata to Beppu : 105 minutes Hakata to Nagasaki : 112 minutes Hakata to Sasebo: 115 minutes
For Beppu, if you wanted to get there early, and you could either catch the Limited Express Sonic 1 at 6:23 AM, or take the Shinkansen Kodama 852 at 6:52 AM, and catch the Sonic 1 at Kokura Station. Either way, you would arrive in Beppu at 8:43 AM, which should be in time to catch the morning "Hells of Beppu" tour bus. The final Limited Express Sonic back to Hakata is at 9:52 PM, so you could have about 14 hours in Beppu.
Similar trips are possible for Nagasaki and Sasebo. There will be about a two hour train ride each way, and about 14 hours of time in each place. It will be a very long day.
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by ebaychucky311
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Re: Visiting Beppu, Nagasaki, Sasebo, Kumamoto
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2014/4/25 04:29
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If that is the case, use either JR Northern Kyushu Rail Pass or SunQ bus pass: http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2361_05.htmlhttp://www.sunqpass.jp/english/route/index.htmlDirect buses are more frequent. You can also do the loop from Fukuoka, Beppu, (& possibly Kurokawa Onsen), Kumamoto, ferry to Shimabara(included in the bus pass), (Unzen Hell Open Park, better than Beppu, imo) or Rindo direct bus to Nagasaki, then to Sasebo and back to Fukuoka. There are many options depending on how many days or where you stay planned.
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by amazinga (guest)
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