Getting around Miyazaki

Getting inHow you arrive in Miyazaki

Miyazaki Airport (10 min to the city by train) · Miyazaki Station

Confirmed journey times

Fastest services, checked on the date shown.

There is no shinkansen here: Miyazaki has no shinkansen station. The Kyushu line runs down the other side of the island.
Checked 2026-08-16
Flying: Haneda to Miyazaki Airport is about 1 hour 40 to 1 hour 50 minutes in the air. This is how to come.
Checked 2026-08-16
Airport to the city: Miyazaki Airport station to Miyazaki station is about 10 minutes by train, roughly every half hour, fare about ¥360. Limited express trains on this stretch need only the basic ticket.
Checked 2026-08-16

A Japan Rail Pass does not cover Nozomi or Mizuho. What a rail pass covers

An IC card works on most of them. Signs and station names are in English.

Worth it the moment you leave the main city. What you need to drive here

Permit neededDrive left

Clean, safe and metered. Show the address on your phone rather than saying it. Doors are often opened for you.

Show the address

City: Usually around midnight
Country: Far earlier — sometimes mid-afternoon. Ask at the stop when you arrive, not when you want to leave
If you miss it: Ask your inn to call a taxi before the last bus goes, not after

ATMs: Use 7-Eleven or Japan Post for a foreign card. Bank ATMs are hit and miss
Carry: ¥10,000–20,000 on a day out of the city. Rural areas have very little
Small places: Cash only is common. Ask “Card OK?” before you order

Lockers: At the main station, paid by IC card. They fill by mid-morning
Send it: Any convenience store will deliver it to your next hotel, usually next day. Cheaper than carrying it up stairs
At your inn: They will hold it before check-in and after check-out