Getting from Miyazaki Bougainvillea Airport to the city

The station

• Miyazaki Airport Station is at the terminal, on the Miyazaki Airport Line, which joins the Nippo Main Line.
• This is a proper railway connection, not a shuttle. Limited express trains start here and run out across Kyushu.

What runs from it

• Nichirin limited expresses to Oita, spread through the day from the morning onwards.
• Hyuga limited expresses to Nobeoka, the industrial city up the coast.
• A Nichirin Seagaia service to Hakata in the afternoon, which is the through train to Fukuoka.
• A Nichirin to Kokura, at the Kyushu end of the Kanmon strait.
• Local services to Takanabe and the nearer coastal towns.

The buses

• Bus stand 1 at the airport is the Miyazaki Station route.
• Miyazaki Kotsu operates it, and the airport publishes the departure times in both directions.
• Enquiries go to Miyazaki Kotsu's customer centre on 0570-039-385, open on weekdays from 08:00 to 18:00 and at weekends and holidays from 09:00.

Context

• The airport is about 5 km south-east of central Miyazaki, on the coast.
• Bougainvillea in the name reflects the subtropical climate that is the region's selling point.
• Miyazaki is the base for the Nichinan coast, Aoshima and the Takachiho gorge inland.