Access

Access to Oarai

By car
By train
By highway bus
(Tokyo Station)
By ferry
By plane
(Ibaraki Airport)
By Oarai Loop Bus
By taxi from Oarai Station

By car

From Tokyo

Misato JCT (about 1 hour and 30 minutes)

Misato JCT → Joban Expressway → Tomobe JCT → Kita-Kanto Expressway / Higashi-Mito Road → Mito Oarai IC → Route 51 → Oarai

From Maebashi and Takasaki: Takasaki IC (about 2 hours and 25 minutes)

Takasaki IC → Kan-Etsu Expressway → Takasaki JCT → Kita-Kanto Expressway → Tomobe JCT → Kita-Kanto Expressway / Higashi-Mito Road → Mito Oarai IC → Route 51 → Oarai

Koriyama and Iwaki

Koriyama and Iwaki (about 2 hours and 40 minutes)

Koriyama Higashi JCT → Ban-Etsu Expressway → Iwaki JCT → Joban Expressway → Hitachi Minami Ota JCT → Route 6, Route 293, Route 245 → Oarai

From Chiba (Eastern): Chiba (Eastern) (about 2 hours and 10 minutes)

Wangan Ichikawa IC → Kita-Kanto Expressway → Itako IC → Route 51 → Oarai

By train

From Tokyo

JR Ueno Station (about 1 hour and 30 minutes)

JR Ueno Station → JR Joban Line, limited express → JR Mito Station → Kashima Rinkai Railway Oarai Kashima Line → Oarai Station

From Oyama: JR Oyama Station (about 1 hour and 35 minutes)

JR Oyama Station → Mito Line, local → JR Mito Station → Kashima Rinkai Railway Oarai Kashima Line → Oarai Station

From Iwaki

JR Iwaki Station (about 1 hour and 35 minutes)

JR Iwaki Station → JR Joban Line, limited express → JR Mito Station → Kashima Rinkai Railway Oarai Kashima Line → Oarai Station

From Kashima: Kashimajingu Station (about 1 hour)

Kashimajingu Station → Kashima Rinkai Railway Oarai Kashima Line → Oarai Station

Click here (Kashima Rinkai Railway) for the Oarai Kashima Line timetable
Click here (JR East) for the timetable of the JR Joban Line
Click here (Ibaraki Kotsu) for the Ibaraki Kotsu Bus timetable
*Nakaminato Station is the closest to JR Katsuta Station if you use the Hitachinaka Seaside Railway (Minato Line). For details, please check the Hitachinaka Seaside Railway official website.
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By highway bus (Tokyo Station)

Tokyo Station

Highway bus Mito-Go

○ Tokyo Station, Yaesu South Exit, Bus Stop No. 4
○ Get off at Mito Station North Exit / South Exit

《Contact us》

Ibaraki Kotsu Hamada OfficeTel: 029-231-5268 (9:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.)

Kanto Railway Mito OfficeTel: 029-247-5111

JR Bus KantoTel: 03-3844-1950 (10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.)

JR Bus Kanto Mito BranchTel: 029-221-2836 (9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.)

Highway bus Mito-Go
*Highway buses run from Tokyo Station to Mito Station. From Mito Station, use the Kashima Rinkai Railway Oarai Kashima Line or the Ibaraki Kotsu Bus.
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By ferry

Hokkaido Tomakomai: Hokkaido Tomakomai ⇔ Oarai Port

There are two ferry services per day between Hokkaido Tomakomai and Oarai Port.
*From Oarai Ferry Terminal to Oarai Station, it takes about 15 minutes on the loop bus Kaiyu-Go or about 20 minutes on foot.

By plane (Ibaraki Airport)

Ibaraki Airport: Bus

To Mito Station About 40 minutes (highway route), about 1 hour and 10 minutes (open road route)
From Mito Station, use the Kashima Rinkai Railway Oarai Kashima Line or the Ibaraki Kotsu Bus.

By car (highway)

Ibaraki Kuko Kita IC → Higashi-Kanto Expressway Mito Line → Ibarakimachi JCT → Kita-Kanto Expressway - Higashi-Mito Road → Mito Oarai IC → Route 51 → Oarai
*You can also come to Oarai by open road.

Oarai Loop Bus

Loop Bus Kaiyu-Go

The Kaiyu-Go loop bus is a popular transportation service for visitors to Oarai and residents of the town. The Aqua World Oarai Route, Oarai Sun Beach Route, and Oarai South Route are in operation.

*School Bus 1 runs only on school days of Oarai Minami Elementary School.
*For each route, some buses are available only on weekdays, or only on weekends and holidays.
*The timetable for Bon holidays (August 13 to 15) and year-end and New year's holidays (December 29 to January 3) will be the same as the timetable for Saturdays, Sundays, and national holidays.

Timetable

Timetable
Tickets	Adults: 100 yen, children: 50 yen
One-day free ticket	Adults: 200 yen, children: 100 yen Benefits Special rates for admission to the Oarai Marine Tower! Special rates for admission to the Oarai Museum of Bakumatsu-Meiji History! 10% discount for admission to the Oarai "Waku Waku" Science Museum! 10% discount for admission to the Aqua World Oarai! One-day free tickets are available only for Kaiyu-Go. To purchase a book of tickets (1,000 yen per book, 50 yen x 22 tickets) or one-day free tickets, please contact the driver.

Jinguri Bus Natchan-Go

In addition to the town's loop bus Kaiyu-Go, the Jinguri bus Natchan-Go runs through Natsumi, Matsukawa, and Kamiyama. "Jinguri" is a dialect word meaning "traveling one by one."

*Natchan-Go runs only on weekdays.
No service on Saturdays, Sundays, and national holidays, Bon holidays (August 13 to 15), and year-end and New year's holidays (December 29 to January 3)