By Air

Route	Haneda Airport (ANA) Shonai Airport (Shonai Airport Liner Bus) Tsuruoka Station
Time	Approx. 1.5 hours

By Train

Route	Tokyo (Joetsu Shinkansen) Niigata (Limited Express, Uetsu Line) Tsuruoka Station
Time	Approx. 4 hours

By Car

Route	Tokyo (Tohoku Expressway) Murata JCT (Yamagata Expressway) Shonai-Asahi IC
Time	Approx. 6 hour 30 minutes

By Car

Route	Tokyo (Kan-Etsu Expressway) Nagaoka JCT (Hokuriku Expressway) Niigata-Chuo JCT (Nihonkai-Tohoku Expressway) Asahi-Mahoroba IC (National Route 7) Atsumi-Onsen IC (Nihonkai-Tohoku Expressway) Tsuruoka-nishi IC
Time	Approx. 7 hour 30 minutes

Taking a Bus (Shonai Kotsu)

Route	Tokyo/Akihabara/Ueno/Shinjuku/Shibuya/Ikebukuro Tokyo Dai-Ichi Hotel Tsuruoka
Time	Approx. 8 hours

Web page for Shonai Kotsu: Ikebukuro/Shibuya Line (Overnight Bus)
Web page for Shonai Kotsu: Tokyo/Shinjuku Line (Overnight Bus)

Taking a Bus (Other Carriers)

Route	Yokohama/Tokyo/Shinjuku Tsuruoka Station
Time	Approx. 8 hours

Web page for HOTDOG: KIRAKIRA (Overnight Bus)
Web page for Sakura Sightseeing: (Overnight Bus)
Web page for WillerExpress: (Overnight Bus)