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
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 (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
Chiba (Eastern) (about 2 hours and 10 minutes)
Wangan Ichikawa IC → Kita-Kanto Expressway → Itako IC → Route 51 → Oarai
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
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
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
Kashimajingu Station (about 1 hour)
Kashimajingu Station → Kashima Rinkai Railway Oarai Kashima Line → Oarai Station
Highway bus Mito-Go
○ Tokyo Station, Yaesu South Exit, Bus Stop No. 4
○ Get off at Mito Station North Exit / South Exit
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.)
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.
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.
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.
| Tickets | Adults: 100 yen, children: 50 yen |
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| One-day free ticket |
Adults: 200 yen, children: 100 yen
*One-day free tickets are available only for Kaiyu-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)
| Tickets |
Adults: 100 yen, children: 50 yen *One-day free tickets for the Kaiyu-Go loop bus cannot be used. |
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