By plane
From Tokyo's Haneda Airport, there are five flights per day ¥28,800 which will get you to Izumo in 80 minutes plus 30 minutes by bus to Izumo Station.
By train
Izumo's train station is called Izumo-shi Station åºé²å¸é§ . It is located on the JR San'in Main Line.
Izumo is served hourly by the Yakumo ããã limited express train, which runs to Okayama station and provides direct connections to the San'yo Shinkansen 3 hours, ¥6700. Connecting with the Yakumo, the trip to Izumo is 4 hours from Osaka ¥10800, 4 1/4 hours from Kyoto ¥12300, 5 hours from Nagoya ¥15300 and 6 1/2 hours from Tokyo ¥19700.
From Hiroshima, the four-hour trip to Izumo via Okayama is best left to holders of the Japan Rail Pass, since taking the bus will be faster and cheaper see below.
From Hakata station in Fukuoka, take the Shinkansen to Shin-Yamaguchi and change to the Super Oki ã¹ã¼ãã¼ãã which runs to Izumo three times per day 4 hours, ¥10600.
There is also an overnight train that runs from Tokyo to Izumo called the Sunrise Izumo ãµã³ã©ã¤ãºåºé². The train leaves from Tokyo Station every night at 10 PM, reaching Izumo twelve hours later. The basic fare ¥11660 is covered by the Japan Rail Pass, but limited express and lodging charges will have to be paid separately. This ranges from Â¥9450 for a B solo, Â¥10,500 for a B single, and Â¥16,500 for an A single deluxe. If you want to travel on the cheap side, Â¥3660 gets you your own floor space... literally, you sleep on the floor.
By car
Izumo is about one hour drive from Matsue on Route 9, the main road through the Sea of Japan side of western Japan from Northern Kyoto to Shimonoseki.
By bus
Those wishing to save money on transportation should consider highway buses. Izumo is easily accessible by bus, because buses from a wide variety of locations stop at Izumo.
From Hiroshima, going by bus is the best option. Ichibata Bus and Chugoku JR Bus operate eight round-trips per day from Hiroshima Station and the Hiroshima Bus Center. 3 1/2 hours, ¥4000 one way, ¥7200 round trip
From Okayama, several companies operate joint service to Izumo on a bus called the Momotaro Express, named after the famous Japanese folklore hero. Six daily round-trips 4 hours, ¥3900 one way.
JR Bus runs the Port Lake service from Kobe's Sannomiya Bus Terminal 4 round-trips daily, 5 1/4 hours, ¥5000. Hankyu Bus and Ichibata Bus run the Kunibiki service from Osaka 8 round-trips daily, 5 1/2 hours, ¥5650, while JR Bus operates the Izumo Express bus service from Kyoto 4 round-trips daily, 6 hours, ¥6000.
The overnight service that runs from Tokyo is strangely called the Susanoo and gets to Izumo in 12 1/4 hours - almost on par with its train counterpart - at a cost of ¥12070 each way.