{"id":96,"date":"2016-02-06T09:16:45","date_gmt":"2016-02-06T00:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nkk-oki.com\/english\/?p=96"},"modified":"2023-02-17T10:02:03","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T01:02:03","slug":"access","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkk-oki.com\/english\/access\/","title":{"rendered":"Access\/Transport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Oki Islands are definitely an off-the-beaten-track location!<br \/>\nTake the Oki Kisen Line to the Oki Islands.<br \/>\nOne of the three Oki Kisen ferries or fast ferry Rainbow Jet will take you across the Sea of Japan and through the inner sea (a caldera created by volcanic eruptions 5 \u2013 6 million years ago).<br \/>\nThe ferry passes alongside Mt. Takuhi, the location of an impressive mountain shrine.<br \/>\nBe sure to listen when the captain sound\u2019s the ship\u2019s horn \u2013 this is in recognition of the man who started the Oki Kisen Line (shrine priest Mr. Matsuura) and to ask the god of the shrine to bless your sea voyage.<br \/>\nSoon after this you will reach your destination \u2013 Beppu Port, Nishinoshima Island.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mh-widget-title\">Travel to Nishinoshima Island (Oki Islands)<\/h3>\n<p style=\"color: red; font-weight: bold;\">*You cannot use any JR Train Pass on the Oki Kisen Line.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-794\" src=\"http:\/\/nkk-oki.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/rainbow_jet-1024x652.jpg\" alt=\"\u30ec\u30a4\u30f3\u30dc\u30fc\u30b8\u30a7\u30c3\u30c8\" width=\"1024\" height=\"652\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nkk-oki.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/rainbow_jet-1024x652.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nkk-oki.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/rainbow_jet-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nkk-oki.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/rainbow_jet-768x489.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nkk-oki.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/rainbow_jet.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mh-widget-title12\">TRAIN and FERRY<\/h3>\n<p><u>Step One<\/u><br \/>\nJR Yonago Station OR JR Matsue Station &#8211;&gt; Shichirui Port\/Sakaiminato Port (45 minutes by bus or JR train)<\/p>\n<p><u>Step Two<\/u><br \/>\nShichirui Port\/Sakaiminato Port &#8211;&gt; Beppu Port (1 hour by fast ferry, 2 hours by ferry)<\/p>\n<p>Bus: Shichirui Port and Sakaiminato Port.<br \/>\nJR Train: Sakaiminato Port only. Ferry terminal is next to Sakaiminato Station.<\/p>\n<p>Please check ferry schedule for time and price information.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mh-widget-title12\">BUS and FERRY<\/h3>\n<p><u>Step One<\/u><br \/>\nYonago Bus Terminal (Yonago Station) OR Matsue Bus Terminal (Matsue Station &#8211;&gt; Shichirui Port\/Sakaiminato Port (45 minutes by bus or JR train)<\/p>\n<p><u>Step Two<\/u><br \/>\nShichirui Port\/Sakaiminato Port &#8211;&gt; Beppu Port (1 hour by fast ferry, 2 hours by ferry)<\/p>\n<p>Bus: Shichirui Port and Sakaiminato Port.<br \/>\nJR Train: Sakaiminato Port only. Ferry terminal is next to Sakaiminato Station.<\/p>\n<p>Please check ferry schedule for time and price information.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mh-widget-title12\">PLANE and FERRY<\/h3>\n<p><strong>JAL (Japan Airlines)<\/strong><br \/>\n<u>Step One<\/u><br \/>\nOsaka-Itami Airport &#8211;&gt; Oki Airport (1 hour by plane)<br \/>\nOR<br \/>\nIzumo Airport &#8211;&gt; Oki Airport (30 minutes by plane)<\/p>\n<p><u>Step Two<\/u><br \/>\nOki Airport &#8211;&gt; Saigo Port (10 minutes by local bus)<\/p>\n<p><u>Step Three<\/u><br \/>\nSaigo Port &#8211;&gt; Beppu Port (30 minutes by fast ferry, 1 hour by ferry)<br \/>\nPlease check ferry schedule for time and price information.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ANA (All Nippon Airways)<\/strong><br \/>\n<u>Step One<\/u><br \/>\nTokyo-Haneda Airport &#8211;&gt; Yonago Airport (1.5 hours by plane)<\/p>\n<p><u>Step Two<\/u><br \/>\nYonago Airport &#8211;&gt; Shichirui Port\/Sakaiminato Port (15 minutes by bus or JR train)<\/p>\n<p><u>Step Three<\/u><br \/>\nShichirui Port\/Sakaiminato Port &#8211;&gt; Beppu Port (1 hour by fast ferry, 2 hours by ferry)<\/p>\n<p>*Bus: Shichirui Port and Sakaiminato Port.<\/p>\n<p>JR Train: Sakaiminato Port only. Ferry terminal is next to Sakaiminato Station.<br \/>\nPlease check ferry schedule for time and price information.<\/p>\n<p>&gt;&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oki-kisen.co.jp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oki Kisen Line Website (Japanese and English)<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mh-widget-title\">Travel to Nishinoshima<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oki-kisen.co.jp\/files\/original\/202212081543428660116838a.pdf\">&gt;&gt;2023 Oki Kisen Ferry Timetable and Fares Including Connecting Bus Timetable<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oki-kisen.co.jp\/files\/original\/202301121356533044b5b4de8.pdf\">&gt;&gt;2023 Oki Kisen Fast Jet Rainbow Timetable and Fares Including Connecting Bus Timetable<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&gt;&gt;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oki-kisen.co.jp\/files\/original\/20221208154301204058b9f67.pdf\">2023 Inter-Island Ferry Timetable<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mh-widget-title\">Getting Around Nishinoshima<\/h3>\n<p>&gt;&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/nkk-oki.com\/english\/tour\/\">Sightseeing Tours<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&gt;&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/nkk-oki.com\/english\/rent-a-cycle\/\">Rent-a-Cycle<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&gt;&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/nkk-oki.com\/english\/rent-a-car\/\">Rent-a-Car<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&gt;&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/nkk-oki.com\/english\/taxi\/\">Sightseeing Taxi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&gt;&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/nkk-oki.com\/english\/town-bus\/\">Town Bus<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The Oki Islands are definitely an off-the-beaten-track location! Take the Oki Kisen Line to the Oki Islands. One of the three Oki Kisen ferries or <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/nkk-oki.com\/english\/access\/\" title=\"Access\/Transport\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":795,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basicinformation","category-transport"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkk-oki.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkk-oki.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkk-oki.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkk-oki.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkk-oki.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96"}],"version-history":[{"count":54,"href":"https:\/\/nkk-oki.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3107,"href":"https:\/\/nkk-oki.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96\/revisions\/3107"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkk-oki.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkk-oki.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkk-oki.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkk-oki.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}