• By air:
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• Fly to Kumamoto Airport. Take a bus to JR Higo-ozu Sta.,15min. Take a train on JR Hohi Line to Aso Sta., 53 min.
• You can also fly to Oita Airport. Take a bus to Beppu Sta., 49min. Take a Kyushu Odan limited express train to Bungo-taketa Sta., 79min. Switch to JR Hohi Line, and go to Aso Sta., 65 min.
• By train:
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• Take a JR Shinkansen bullet train to JR Kumamoto Sta. Take a train on JR Hohi Line to Aso Sta., 84 min.
• If you are from Tokyo area, you can take the sleeper train Sunrise Izumo to Okayama Sta. The train leaves at 22:00 and arrives at 6:27. Switch to a Shinkansen train and go to Kumamoto Sta, 148min. Take a train on JR Hohi Line to Aso Sta., 84 min.
• From JR Aso Sta.:
• We are 10min walk from JR Aso Sta.. Get out the exit of the station and walk towards Yume-no-yu Onsen bath house. Turn right at the first intersection, and walk west along the street for about 600m, where you will see the hostel sign board. We are on the left side of the street.