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School of Materials Science, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
1-1 Asahidai, Nomi, Ishikawa, 923-1292

From Tokyo

[By air]

Haneda-Komatsu  Travel time: Approx. 1 hour
Express buses provide coordinated service between JAIST and Komatsu Airport for convenient pick-up and drop-off for 6 flights arriving from and 6 flights departing for Haneda.
(* See below.)

[By train]

Tokyo-Kanazawa: Take the Joetsu Shinkansen to Echigo-Yuzawa Station and transfer to the Hakutaka limited express (via the Hokuhoku Line).
Travel time: Approx. 4 hours


From Osaka & Kyoto

[By train]

Osaka-Kyoto-Komatsu-(Kanazawa): By limited express Thunderbird and Raicho
Travel time (to Komatsu): Approx. 2 hours and 25 minutes – 2 hours and 35 minutes

 

Osaka-Kyoto-(Komatsu)-Kanazawa: By limited express Thunderbird and Raicho
Travel time (to Kanazawa): Approx. 2 hours and 30 minutes – 2 hours and 50 minutes

By using the express bus from JR Komatsu Station, the total travel time is approx. 30 minutes to 90 minutes less than the trip via JR Kanazawa Station.
(Click here for details.)
*Please be advised that some trains do not make stops at Komatsu Station.

From Nagoya

[By train]

Nagoya-Komatsu: By the limited express Shirasagi
Travel time (to Komatsu): Approx. 2 hours and 40 minutes

 

Nagoya-Komatsu- Kanazawa: By the limited express Shirasagi
Travel time (to Kanazawa): Approx. 3 hours

By using the express bus from JR Komatsu Station, the total travel time is approx. 1 hour less than the trip via JR Kanazawa Station. (Click here for details.)
*Please be advised that some trains do not make stops at Komatsu Station.

From Kanazawa

Travel time: Approx. 1 hour

*From JR Kanazawa Station
 

JR Kanazawa Station – approx. 5 minutes (180 yen)

JR Nishi-Kanazawa Station – (Transfer) – Hokuriku Railroad, Ishikawa Line Shin-Nishi-Kanazawa Station – approx. 25 minutes (440 yen)

Hokuriku Railroad, Ishikawa Line Tsurugi Station – JAIST Shuttle Bus approx. 11 minutes (free)

University
*JAIST Shuttle Buses (free of charge) provide direct service between Tsurugi Station and JAIST hourly.
Click here for the timetable from Kanazawa Station.
Click here for the JAIST Shuttle Bus timetable.

*From Central Kanazawa
 

Hokuriku Railroad Bus: Take the No.34 bus bound for Tatsunokuchi-Wakodai from the Korinbo bus stop in front of Daiwa Department Store to the Sentan-Daigakuin bus stop, which is located on the JAIST campus.
One bus per day. Service available on weekdays only. (No buses on Saturdays, Sundays, and Holidays) Click here for the Hokuriku Railroad Bus timetable.


From Komatsu Airport & JR Komatsu Station

Komatsu Airport – JR Komatsu Station – JAIST

*By Komatsu Airport Limousine Bus
 

Travel time: Approx. 40 minutes from Komatsu Airport
Approx. 30 minutes from JR Komatsu Station (The Airport Limousine Bus will stop at the JR Komatsu Station from September. Click here for details.)
The Airport Limousine Bus does provide coordinated service for some flights. Check the Airport Limousine Bus timetable.
The Airport Limousine Bus departs approximately 10 minutes after the arrival of connecting flights. Board the bus for Nonoichi Shako (the Nonoichi Bus Yard) via Kaga Industrial Road at the “No. 0” bus stop in front of the air terminal building.
Please inform the driver when you board that you wish to be dropped off at Hokuriku Sentan Daigakuin (JAIST).
Click here for Hokuriku Railroad Airport Limousine Bus timetable (from November 1 to 30, 2008)

*By taxi
  From Komatsu Airport: Approx. 30 minutes/ 6,000 yen
From JR Komatsu Station: Approx. 25 minutes/ 5,000 yen

From Nomi City

Please use the Nomi City Community Bus.
Click here for the Nomi City Community Bus timetable.

Click here for details on visiting by car.