Originally Posted by
kebosabi
OTOH, on certain places where rail doesn't make sense (yet), I'd fly. For example, Tokyo to Kanazawa. Until the Shinkansen gets there, HND-KMQ is still my preferred route. Others like HND-CTS or HND-OKA, the only option is to fly.
Think KMQ will ever see LCC service?
For my first visit to Japan, I was in Kanazawa for a homestay program. We left from Tokyo station to Nagaoka, where we transferred to a Kanazawa-bound train. It seemed to take all day, and that was thirteen years ago; similar deal these days?