Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Urasa station



This is the east exit of Urasa station. Urasa station is a train station located in Minami Uonuma-shi. It has shinkansen line (Joetsu shinkansen connecting Tokyo and Niigata city). One trip shinkansen trip from Urasa to Tokyo will cost you about 7,500 yen (= USD 70, based on the exchange rate USD 1 = 106 yen). Click here for a complete list of timetable and fare types. It takes about 1.5 hours to reach Tokyo by shinkansen.

There is a cheaper alternative to commute to Tokyo from this station (local train or express highway bus).

1 comment:

Bob Crowe said...

Well, that's worth knowing. My wife and I will be taking the train from Niigata to Tokyo in about a month at the end of a two-week vacation in Japan, so we will pass through your town. We enjoy Japan very much - this will be our third visit.