Kurokawa onsen bus from Beppu and Aso

Hi there!

Congratulations with your marriage! Japan is absolutely the best place in Japan to enjoy your honeymoon, good choice!

What I am a little concerned about is your trip from Matsumoto to Kurokawa onsen. The travel time Matsumoto to Kumamoto is 428 Minutes (slightly over 7 hours) of non stop travel, than you would have to take the bus from Aso to Kurokawa. There are a couple of buses each day from Kumamoto, here's is the time table [Weekdays] and [Weekends/Holidays]. It is only available in Japanese but I think that you will be able to understand it.

熊本駅前 = Kumamoto station and 黒川温泉 = Kurokawa Onsen. The last bus leaves Kumamoto @ 15:30 so you would be able to reach Kurokawa in one day but pretty much loose the whole day to travel.

I hope this helps!
Daniel

Hi Daniel
but are there departure schedules from kurokawa back to kumamoto/aso ?

Does the kurokawa bus goes to kokonoe dream bridge?

( I know these are from hakata to kurokawa onsen

http://www.nishitetsu.co.jp/bus/highway/gb/guide/kurokawa.htm)

Any other fastest method from hakata to kurokawa by train?

Can i buy those bus tickets on the spot?

JJ

Hi JJ,

Yes the website you linked also show return schedules, see this:

http://jik.nnr.co.jp/cgi-bin/Tschedule/jun.exe?pwd=gb%2Fjun.pwd&from=856920&to=RA0002&ji=08&yobi=H&fun=00&SUBMIT2=Get+Schedules

However I don't think that it stops at kokonoe dream bridge, although I could not confirm this.

Kurokawa is just reachable by bus, you can however take the train to Aso and take the bus from there. This way you can save some money on the bus fare if you have a JR Pass.

Seat reservations for the Nishitetsu bus which you liked all need reservations in advance, the telephone number is also on the website.

Enjoy!
Daniel