RAIL TRAVEL FROM TOKYO TO OITA

Hi there,

The route would be: Tokyo - Shin-Osaka - Hakata - Oita.

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Kind regards,
Daniel

Hi Daniel-san, I thought the route was the following:

Shin-Osaka >> Kokura (using the Hikari/Kodama or Sakura trains on the Tokaido/Sanyo Shinsanken) >> Oita (using the Sonic Express through the JR Nippo line)?

Apologies, I had my own last trip in mind.

It is actually Kokura that usually is the better station to transfer. The Sonic starts service in Fukuoka and sometimes you have less downtime going via Hakata but the train does stop at Kokura in any case.

For the rest, all is good :)

Cool thanks for confirming!