Access Guide to SPring-8 1. Access to SPring-8 "Koentoshi" (Harima Science Garden City) Japan CAST Institute of Technology N Harima Area ' Narita Kansai Taxi Ryusen Route 2 JR Line JR Sanyo Line JR St. Stop for Koentoshi (Harima Science Garden City ; Harima Technopolice) or for SPring-8 ' Hyogo Prefecture Harima Science Garden City JR super express "" Seto Inland Sea Kobe Bay Airport (Itami) Bus Kansai International Airport To Limited Express "Haruka" International Airport (Narita) JR or Bus 1.3 Hr 3 Hr JR Kansai International Airport () 1 JR 1 Hr JR 1 Hr 1 Domestic airtransport from Narita to (Itami) is available as well. 25 min 60 min "Koentoshi" (Harima Science Garden City) 2 or Taxi 30 min 2 65 min Car 5 min SPring-8 2 Only limitted service in the morning and in the evening (see Page 65 ~ 67).
2. Contact Points for Transportation JR Western Japan (JR Nishi Nihon) Station 0792-22-2715 Ticket Office 0792-25-3461 Station 07-2- Ticket Office 07-2-1402 Office 0792-89-1188 Omnibus Information Office 0792-85-2990 Office 07-2-5180 JR Station Office 07-2-1038 Shinki Taxi ( Station) 07-2-5333 Taxi ( Station) 07-2-4321 Shingu Taxi (Harimashingu Station) 0791-75-0157 Harima Taxi (Nishikurisu Station) 0791-78-0111 3. Fares ~, (Hikari and Kodama) 15,210 yen Nagoya ~ (Hikari and Kodama) 8,380 yen Nagoya ~ (Hikari and Kodama) 8,700 yen ~ (Hikari and Kodama) 4,810 yen ~ SPring-8 1,140 yen ~ SPring-8 710 yen ~ Harima Science Garden City 660 yen Taxi ~ SPring-8 About 5,500 yen 4. Car Rental Transportations in and around of the SPring-8 and the vicinity is not very good. Since it is inconvenient to rely on only buses and taxis all the time, here, an information on a car rental is provided. Station Rent-a-Car (Open all year, 8:00 am~8:00 pm. Telephone: 07-3-3356) At Station, exit from the South Exit and go down the stairs to the street level. The rental office is about 30 meters to the right. They have a car made available on the spot but a reservation on the previous day is recommended. A discount is available if the Rail and Rent-a-Car tickets is purchased. Rental Charge : for compact car (ex. Carola, Sunny or Lancer class cars) 8,500 yen for 6 hours 11,700 yen for 12 hours 13,500 yen for 24 hours
Name ; K : Kodama, H : Hikari, N : Nozomi ; revised on 11/29/1997 ; : suspension on holidays, : suspension on 3/24 ~ 4/6, 8/1 ~ 8/30, 12/26 ~ 1/4, : weekday only, h : holiday only ; revised on 4/1/1997 (N.B. : will increase the service between and SPring-8 on 4/1/1998. Further information will be on the WWW SPring-8 home page after it is fixed.) from to Harima Science Garden City Shin Yokohama Nagoya Kyoto St. St. Koentoshi SPring-8 Shin Yokohama Nagoya Kyoto St. St. Koentoshi SPring-8 K 603 H 353 K 605 K 607 H 183 K 609 H 101 K 611 N 3 K 613 H 201 K 615 H 203 N 5 K 617 H 153 K 619 H 209 N 7 K 621 H 155 K 623 H 213 N 9 K 625 H 157 N 11 H 133 K 629 H 159 K 631 H 223 N 13 K 633 H 225 613 656 703 721 745 828 845 945 1056 1038 1045 1121 1156 1138 630 809 909 1009 1155 649 809 834 856 917 934 1023 1034 1052 1117 1134 1234 1229 1317 1334 1329 742 854 941 1000 1012 1031 1107 1112 1131 1200 1212 1231 1312 1324 1331 1424 636 700 710 728 758 910 916 935 1001 1017 1035 1049 1101 1123 1126 1135 1149 1201 1226 1235 1249 1341 1349 1401 1417 1439 715 734 749 807 847 959 1019 1043 1121 1143 1216 1221 1321 1421 1443 755 950 1150 759 821 901 1009 1058 1158 1230 1258 1430 1457 1530 737 740 830 835 1020 1037 1105 1205 1240 856 832 1051 1047 1113 1132 1251 1232 1402 1451 901 H 161 K 635 H 227 N 15 K 637 H 135 H 163 K 639 H 229 N 17 K 641 H 165 K 643 H 233 N 19 K 645 H 167 K 647 H 237 N 21 K 649 H 241 K 651 H 243 N 23 K 653 H 171 K 655 H 251 N 25 K 657 H 259 N 27 K 659 H 175 N 29 K 661 1145 1221 1256 1238 1245 1321 1356 1345 1421 1456 1445 1556 1603 1645 1721 1 1821 1 1914 1956 1255 1541 1709 1809 1909 1 1352 1417 1434 1429 1452 1517 1534 1552 1617 1634 1723 1734 1756 1817 1834 1 1934 2013 2034 2134 1431 1500 1512 1531 1600 1631 1700 1712 1731 1807 1812 1841 1 1931 2012 2102 2112 2204 2212 1449 1501 1517 1541 1549 1601 1617 1626 1635 1649 1701 1717 1726 1735 1749 1801 1 1835 1 1901 1 1935 1949 2001 2017 2026 2035 2118 2126 2135 2222 2226 2238 1521 1543 1616 1643 1716 1721 1743 1816 1821 1843 1916 1943 2016 2021 2042 2120 2219 2257 2317 1630 1630 1635 1658 1728 1730 1758 1830 1850 1858 1 2016 2057 2130 2135 2230 2327 1702 1724 1731 1803 1 1856 2007 2043 2202 1 1808 1810
N.B. : will increase the service between and SPring-8 on 4/1/1998. Further information will be on the WWW SPring-8 home page after it is fixed. from Hakata to Harima Science Garden City from Harima Science Garden City to Hakata Hakata Hiroshima Okayama St. Koentoshi SPring-8 SPring-8 Koentoshi St. Okayama Hiroshima Hakata H 130 600 645 650 716 K 603 749 903 K 602 658 720 737 H 353 801 855 1031 740 N 505 833 908 1010 K 604 613 832 730 756 K 607 821 841 1006 1153 K 606 645 830 N 1 913 948 1049 835 809 835 K 609 901 1034 N 6 635 737 811 850 916 K 608 705 825 907 K 610 745 915 K 491 928 947 N 8 720 829 908 H 185 954 1040 1210 K 612 607 800 928 1020 1047 950 1016 K 613 1209 K 614 653 842 1002 1037 1113 N 5 1112 1300 1105 1132 K 617 1150 1304 N 12 1029 1108 N 7 1212 K 620 1012 1129 1205 1232 K 623 1258 1318 1438 K 622 1042 1202 1226 1240 K 625 1504 N 1020 1129 1208 N 11 1452 1600 K 626 1145 1302 1402 K 629 1430 1605 N 16 1120 1229 1309 N 13 1509 1544 1645 K 630 1242 1404 K 633 1530 1550 1705 N 18 1235 1337 N 15 1800 K 634 1148 1340 K 635 1618 1738 1927 K 638 1255 1442 1626 1635 1702 H 135 1637 1725 H 356 1328 1449 1539 K 639 1658 1718 1838 2026 K 640 1504 1629 1728 K 641 1730 1 1911 N 24 1637 1711 N 19 1812 1 K 644 1614 1 1 1856 K 643 1758 1818 1938 2126 K 650 1555 1745 1901 1924 2007 1715 1741 K 645 1830 1 2011 H 180 1646 1816 1904 1734 1739 1 N 21 1 1 2100 H 362 1838 1932 K 647 1858 1918 K 492 1939 2016 2043 1757 H 365 1938 2156 1929 2008 K 649 1 1 K 654 1739 1923 2042 2102 2135 2202 1815 1846 N 23 2012 2052 2200 K 651 2018 2147 2326 1 H 139 2125 K 653 2052 2211 2006 N 25 2144 2245 K 657 2130 2150 2045 N 27 2212 2251 2359 K 661 2327 2347 2205 2231
N.B. : will increase the service between and SPring-8 on 4/1/1998. Further information will be on the WWW SPring-8 home page after it is fixed. from Harima Science Garden City to SPring-8 Koentoshi St. St. Kyoto Nagoya Yokohama SPring-8 Koentoshi St. St. Kyoto Nagoya Yokohama 650 716 K 604 802 845 K 630 1436 1520 N 6 854 910 948 1111 1128 N 20 1554 1610 1648 1824 730 756 K 606 836 1500 h800 H 168 1633 1728 1935 809 835 K 608 945 K 634 1536 1620 N 8 954 1010 1048 1211 1228 K 636 1552 1604 1643 830 N 22 1654 1710 1748 1911 1928 H 156 958 1128 K 642 1726 1736 850 916 K 610 936 1020 1715 1741 K 644 1 1 1843 N 10 1054 1110 1148 1324 N 26 1854 1910 1948 2128 907 1734 1739 1 K 646 1 1836 1918 915 H 174 1848 1923 1941 2025 2217 950 1016 K 614 1036 1120 1757 K 648 1848 1859 1942 N 12 1154 1210 1248 1424 N 28 1954 2010 2048 2224 1030 1810 1815 1915 H 160 1158 1233 1328 H 362 2034 K 620 1204 2054 2146 2308 2324 N 14 1254 1310 1348 1815 1846 K 650 1924 1937 2020 K 624 1302 1347 1 K 492 2010 2048 2115 2214 N 16 1354 1410 1448 2054 2146 2308 2324 1230 1358 2006 K 652 2024 2116 H 164 1336 1433 1528 1735 N 68 2118 2133 2210 2332 2348 K 626 1420 2045 K 656 2132 2142 2221 N 18 1436 1454 1510 1724 2205 2231 Oh-ito-zakura at Koufuku-temple, Sayo-gun, Nankoh-cho (a precious natural product designated by Hyogo Government): Oh-ito-zakura is a cherry tree which is 500 years old, In the Cherry blossom season, sweet drinks made from fermented rice are offered to visitors.