Comments | expatsjapan: Doyama

uriebaz in expatsjapan

Doyama

Feb 05, 2009 08:14

So I'm living in Osaka for a couple of months. Learning the transportation system is hard. I have a question though. Do any of you guys know how to get to Doyama from Hirakata? I'm going to Kansai Gaidai, and i hve no idea what transportation to take to get to this place.

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murasaki_kaze February 5 2009, 13:28:03 UTC

A good guide for transportation anywhere in Japan is hyperdia.com. You put in your start and finish stations and then it spits out five or so routes that you can take.

uriebaz February 6 2009, 07:41:52 UTC

ah that site looks useful

angelachibayuy February 5 2009, 13:30:06 UTC

Well as a former person who went to Kansai Gaidai, it's only a 20 minute walk from Hirakata station. Doyama is probably one of the smaller stations near the school which is on the Keihan line (cheapest railway in Japan I think.)

But you don't really need transportation to get to KG, just learn the route and walk as most people do, it's a waste of money to take bus or even train the 2 stops to closer to the school as you still have to walk from those stops.

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angelachibayuy February 6 2009, 02:01:56 UTC

Probably but the person said they were going to KG so I was going by that as to how to get there.

uriebaz February 6 2009, 07:42:18 UTC

Thanks!!

soberirishlass February 5 2009, 13:54:15 UTC

Yeah, I would consider buying a bike- used if possible. It's still pretty early in the semester right? (Alum here, too! What classes are you taking? :D)

chibi_pink February 5 2009, 14:19:51 UTC

My hubby went to Gaidai. He went when it was at the old campus, 20 minutes from Hirakata-shi station. The new campus is closer, but the Keihan line is still much the same apparently...

and there is no Doyama station on that line, nor seemingly anywhere else - it doesn't come up on Hyperdia. Sure you don't have the wrong reading of the station name kanji?

uriebaz February 6 2009, 07:41:26 UTC

Thanks^^

nightflight February 5 2009, 14:38:18 UTC

You're talking about the gay district near Umeda, right? I've never been there, but I do live in Osaka.

Take the Keihan all the way down to Yodoyabashi. Transfer onto the Midosuji line there and take it one stop up to Umeda. At Umeda, follow the signs for HANKYU RAILWAY.

This site should tell you the rest. :D

uriebaz February 6 2009, 07:40:34 UTC

DSamn did i make it obvious. I look like a perv now huh. Thanks i really had no idea how to get there