requiring at least one change of trains at Atami.
� Wide View Fujikawa limited express trains make several daily round-trips to Shizuoka from Kofu on the Chuo Line. The ride, in train cars with larger windows, costs �4300 and takes about 2 1/4 hours.
� Hamamatsu can be reached by either Shinkansen (30 minutes) or regular JR (1 1/2 hours).
You can ride all of these trains for free with the Japan Rail Pass.
By bus
JR Kanto Bus and JR Tokai Bus run frequent daytime services to Shizuoka on the Tomei Expressway between Tokyo and Nagoya. Shizuoka-bound Tokky? buses from Tokyo reach the Shizuoka train station in about 3 hours, at a cost of �2850 one way (�4500 round-trip). JR/Shizutetsu Sunpu Liner buses run several times per day from Shinjuku Station; this service also takes 3 hours and also costs �2850, but makes fewer stops.
Buses not terminating in Shizuoka will only stop at the Shizuoka interchange of the expressway. Local buses run frequently to Shizuoka station from another bus stop close to the interchange (15 minutes, �180
