Fukuyama



Fukuyama (福山) is a city in Hiroshima Prefecture.

Tourist information sites
The local tourist association has a multilingual guide site.

The city government's site has a Japanese-only tourism section with integrated machine translation.

By train
Fukuyama, an intermediate stop on the San'yo Shinkansen, is approximately 25 minutes from Hiroshima via the Hikari (&yen;4800), one hour from Osaka (&yen;7850) and 90 minutes from Fukuoka (&yen;11000). One-seat rides on the Nozomi depart once per hour from Kyoto (80 minutes, &yen;8700), Nagoya (2 hours, &yen;12200) and Tokyo (3 3/4 hours, &yen;17200). Fukuyama is much closer to Okayama City or Kurashiki than it is from Hiroshima City. From Okayama, 50 minutes on the Sunliner train, (&yen;970), covered with your JR pass.

You cannot use the Nozomi with the Japan Rail Pass; if coming from Tokyo, Nagoya or Kyoto you will have to change trains en-route. However, there are two early-morning Hikari trains from Nagoya and Kyoto that offer a one-seat ride to Fukuyama.

By bus
From Tokyo, Odakyu Bus and Chugoku Bus operate the nightly Etoile Seto to Fukuyama from Shinjuku Station (9 1/4 hours, &yen;10500 each way).

Keihan Kyoto Kotsu runs three round-trips from Kyoto station (4 hours, &yen;4100), and Kintetsu Bus runs seven round-trips from Osaka's Umeda and Namba stations (3 1/2 hours from Umeda, &yen;3770).

From Hiroshima, Rose Liner buses operated by Ikasa Tetsudo and Tomo Tetsudo operate 2-3 times per hour out of the Hiroshima Bus Center (1 hour 40 minutes, &yen;2300).

Go next

 * Onomichi
 * Kasaoka
 * Mihara
 * Takehara
 * Fuchu
 * Ibara
 * Kurashiki
 * Okayama
 * Jinsekikogen

福山市