By plane
Both of Japan's major air carriers serve Nagasaki Airport. JAL and ANA offer nonstop flights from Haneda Airport in Tokyo and Osaka's Itami Airport. ANA also offers nonstops to Nagasaki from the new Nagoya Centrair Airport and Naha Airport in Okinawa, while JAL operates from Nagoya Airport in Komaki. In 2005, a new low-cost carrier, SNA Skynet Asia Airways, began flights from Tokyo's Haneda Airport, providing cheaper tickets than major carriers.
There are also nonstop international flights to Nagasaki from Shanghai China Eastern Airlines and Seoul Korean Air, but these run much less frequently than the domestic flights.
Buses connect the airport to the Nagasaki train station 1 hour, ¥800.
By bus
The Holland overnight bus runs from Kyoto and Osaka Umeda to Nagasaki 11 1/2 hours from Kyoto, ¥11300; 10 hours from Osaka, ¥11000. An additional bus, the Roman Nagasaki, runs from Osaka Hankyu Bus Terminal to Nagasaki at the same cost and time.
The Princess Road and Etranger overnight buses run from Kobe Sannomiya 10 hours, ¥10500 and Himeji 9 hours, ¥9580.
By train
JR Kyushu runs the Kamome ããã Limited Express train service from Hakata station in Fukuoka once or twice every hour. The one-way ride takes about two hours and costs ¥4,910, although it's recommended to buy nimai-kippu discount two tickets for ¥6,000 or yonmai-kippu discount four tickets: recommended if two people travel for ¥10,000 5,000 yen for round-trip per person.
TIP: If you intend to travel on the Kamome line from anywhere North of Nagasaki try to reserve a window seat on the left side of the train car on your way down to Nagasaki and on the right side on a trip departing from the city. This will ensure that you that get a close-up view of the fantastic scenery as the train runs right next to the Ariake Sea coast line.
Connections to the Kamome can be made from the rest of the country via the Shinkansen Hiroshima, 3 hrs; Okayama, 4 hrs; Osaka, 4 1/2 hrs; Tokyo, 7 hrs.
From Kagoshima-Chuo station in Kagoshima, Nagasaki can be reached via the Kyushu Shinkansen and Kamome in about 3 3/4 hours.