Tohoku
Bandai-Asahi National Park

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How to get there
Bandai-Asahi National Park is Japan’s second-largest national park, stretching across Yamagata, Fukushima, and Niigata prefectures. It can broadly be divided into three areas: Dewa Sanzan/Asahi, Iide, and Bandai-Azuma/Inawashiro. In light of the park’s size and diverse highlights, renting a car is the best option to explore the area. However, public transportation is also available to some popular sites.
From Tokyo
Transportation times and methods depend on which parts of the park you earmark for a visit. One method is to select an initial destination then locate the closest shinkansen stop. Convenient stations from Tokyo include Koriyama Station (80 min) and Fukushima Station (95 min) on the Tohoku Shinkansen for the Bandai-Azuma/Inawashiro and Iide areas, respectively. Niigata Station, meanwhile, is less than two hours on the Joetsu Shinkansen and offers access to the Dewa Sanzan and Asahi areas. For the Asahi area, there are two train-and-bus routes via the Yamagata Shinkansen. From Kitayamagata Station, transfer to the Aterazawa Line at to Aterazawa Station. From Yonezawa Station transfer to the Yonesaka Line to Ogunimachi Station. Buses from both stations serve the Asahi area. It takes two hours between Tsuruoka Station on the Uetsu Main Line to the Awataki Trailhead in the Asahi mountain range (weekends only). To reach the trailhead on weekdays, take a train from Tsuruoka Station to the Otori Traihead, then a taxi to the Awataki Trailhead. It takes 40 minutes from Oguni Station on the Yonesaka Line to reach the Gomizawa Trailhead in the Asahi mountain range.
From Sendai
To reach the Bandai-Azuma/Inawashiro area and the Iide mountains, take the Tohoku Shinkansen to Fukushima Station or Koriyama Station then follow the instructions in the section above. The Dewa Sanzan area is best approached from Sendai; take a bus along the Sendai-Honjo line to Tsuruoka and alight at S-MALL Bus Terminal.