Getting to Onomichi City
新幹線で新尾道駅下車でもいいですがメインの観光スッポトからは少し離れていますので電車でJR尾道駅下車がお勧めです。商店街、千光寺などのすぐそばです。
Getting to Onomichi City is easy. Hiroshima Airport provides easy access to Onomichi City for those coming from overseas. Alternatively, you can fly into Kansai International Airport in Osaka and take a shinkansen (bullet train) from Shin Osaka Station to Fukuyama Station which takes about 75 minutes. Change to the local JR (Japan Railway) line and take any train in the direction of Hiroshima City and it takes only twenty minutes to reach Onomichi. For those coming by car or bicycle, the highways and main roads will all take you to Onomichi.
Those who arrive in Onomichi by train, would be best getting off at JR Onomichi station, as it is closest to the old temples and the heart of Onomichi City. Onomichi also has a shinkansen station (Shin-Onomichi) but you will need to take a taxi for about ten minutes to get to the main tourist area if you get off there.
Getting to Onomichi City is easy. Hiroshima Airport provides easy access to Onomichi City for those coming from overseas. Alternatively, you can fly into Kansai International Airport in Osaka and take a shinkansen (bullet train) from Shin Osaka Station to Fukuyama Station which takes about 75 minutes. Change to the local JR (Japan Railway) line and take any train in the direction of Hiroshima City and it takes only twenty minutes to reach Onomichi. For those coming by car or bicycle, the highways and main roads will all take you to Onomichi.
Those who arrive in Onomichi by train, would be best getting off at JR Onomichi station, as it is closest to the old temples and the heart of Onomichi City. Onomichi also has a shinkansen station (Shin-Onomichi) but you will need to take a taxi for about ten minutes to get to the main tourist area if you get off there.
