ACCESS

Buses to Sasebo Bus Centre:
Express buses from Fukuoka (Tenjin & Hakata Station) take about 2 hours (40x a day)
Express buses from Fukuoka Airport take about 1 hour 40 minutes (18x a day) The airport bus stop is at the international terminal, free shuttle buses available to domestic terminal.

Express buses from Nagasaki take 1 hour 40 minutes (26x day)
Express buses from Nagasaki Airport take 1 hour 40 minutes (16x a day)

Buses to Hirado Sanbashi Bus Centre:
Buses to Hirado take about 1 hour 30 minutes (15x a day)

Trains to JR Sasebo Station:
JR Express trains from Fukuoka (Hakata Station) take 1 hour 50 minutes (15x a day)
JR Express trains from Nagasaki Station take about 2 hours (12x a day)

Trains to Tabira-Hiradoguchi Station:
Private Matsuura Railway (MR) line
From Sasebo all trains take 1 hour 30 minutes (20x a day)
Alternatively you could travel by MR from Arita with transfer in Imari which will take 1 hour 40 minutes (13x a day)

Please Note: If Hirado city centre is your destination you will need to walk down the Tabira main street and take a bus (10 minutes) from the Hiradoguchi Sanbashi Bus Centre to the Hirado Sanbashi Bus Centre in the city centre. Direct buses from Sasebo will be quicker.

From Fukuoka: (2 hours 15 min)
Take the Fukuoka Urban Expressway (toll) westwards out of Fukuoka in the direction of Nishi-Kyushu Expressway. Keep going straight and get off at Minamihata-Taniguchi IC. Turn right onto the 297 towards Hirado. Turn left onto the 204 and soon after that right again towards Matsura/Hirado via the Imari-wan Ôhashi Bridge. You will come out onto route 204. Follow route 204 and the partially finished Nishi-Kyushu Expressway all the way to Hirado.

From Nagasaki: (2 hours 15 min)
Leave Nagasaki via the Dejima Toll Road. Get on the Nagasaki Expressway (toll) all the way to Takeo Junction. Turn onto the Nishi-Kyushu Expressway to Sasebo. Follow all the way to the end (Saza IC) and go straight in the direction of Hirado. Follow the local road to Hirado.