{"id":15619,"date":"2016-01-04T10:59:18","date_gmt":"2016-01-04T01:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/welcome.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp\/modules\/xpressme\/?p=15619"},"modified":"2016-01-04T10:59:18","modified_gmt":"2016-01-04T01:59:18","slug":"hakuba-matsumoto-express-bus-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/transportation\/hakuba-matsumoto-express-bus-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"Hakuba &#8211; Matsumoto Express Bus Launch!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/20151214snowmagic-300x154.png?resize=300%2C154&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"20151214snowmagic\" width=\"300\" height=\"154\" class=\"alignright size-medium\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>This winter, Hakuba from\/to Matsumoto direct express bus service has newly operated.<\/p>\n<p>The bus connects Happo\/Goryu\/Sanosaka ski resorts to Matsumoto by 1,500 or 1,800 yen (depending the day). It departs Matsumoto 7:00 and departs Hakuba 16:00 (two hours ride).<\/p>\n<p>So, after enjoying ski\/snowboard in world-renowned ski resort Hakuba, why don&#8217;t you ride the bus and eat supper, drink at bar\/izakaya, stay in Matsumoto, and see another world-renowned spot, Matsumoto Castle? (Hakuba has a &#8220;supper refugees&#8221; problem of a shortage of restaurants for skiers.)<\/p>\n<p>Check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alpico.co.jp\/access\/express\/matsumoto_hakuba\/\" target=\"_blank\">this website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Also, there are winter-limited shuttle buses between Matsumoto and Mt. Norikura\/Nomugi Pass ski resorts. You need reservation and the websites (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.norikura.co.jp\/snow\/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%88%E3%83%AB%E3%83%90%E3%82%B9%E9%81%8B%E8%A1%8C\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mt. Norikura<\/a> \/ <a href=\"http:\/\/gakutoresort.jp\/access\/#bus\" target=\"_blank\">Nomugi Pass<\/a>) are in Japanese, but they&#8217;re FREE! They depart Matsumoto 7:50\/8:15 and depart Norikura\/Nomugi 15:40\/16:00 (only 1:40\/1:15 ride).<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s stay in Matsumoto and enjoy skiing\/snowboading\/snowshoeing\/sleigh in the Japan Alps!<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/transportation\/hakuba-matsumoto-express-bus-launch\/\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/transportation\/hakuba-matsumoto-express-bus-launch\/\" data-text=\"Hakuba - Matsumoto Express Bus Launch!\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This winter, Hakuba from\/to Matsumoto direct express bus service has newly operated. The bus connects Happo\/Goryu\/Sanosaka ski resorts to Matsumoto by 1,500 or 1,800 yen (depending the day). It departs Matsumoto 7:00 and departs Hakuba 16:00 (two hours ride). So, after enjoying ski\/snowboard in world-renowned ski resort Hakuba, why don&#8217;t you ride the bus and eat supper, drink at bar\/izakaya, stay in Matsumoto, and see another world-renowned spot, Matsumoto Castle? (Hakuba has a &#8220;supper refugees&#8221; problem of a shortage of restaurants for skiers.) Check out this website. Also, there are winter-limited shuttle buses between Matsumoto and Mt. Norikura\/Nomugi Pass ski resorts. You need reservation and the websites (Mt. 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