Tazawako JR Station 田沢湖駅, is a train station on Akita Shinkansen line 秋田新幹線 and Tazawako line 田沢湖線. There are regular buses departing from here for Tazawako 田沢湖, the deepest caldera lake in Japan at 423.4 m and Nyuto Onsenkyo 乳頭温泉郷, a village made up of seven hot spring spots scattered on the foot of Mt Nyuto. Tazawako was also made famous by Iris, a well received Korean action drama serial featuring Lee Byung-hun and Kim Tae-hee that was broadcasted in 2009 because it was featured in the scenes The unprecedented success of the drama serial led to an increase in South Korean tourists flocking to Akita Prefecture at that point of time, to visit the filming locations. On the second floor of the train station building, there is even a section dedicated Iris, where photos and articles related to this hit drama serial were put up for display.
From Tazawako JR Station,
(1) Komachi こまち travels westwards for Kakunodate 角館駅, Omagari 大曲駅 and ends its journey at Akita 秋田駅, via Akita Shinkansen line.
(2) Komachi こまち travels eastwards for Shizukuishi 雫石駅 and ends its journey at Morioka 盛岡駅, via Akita Shinkansen line. At Morioka, Komachi will combine with Hayabusa はやぶさ and both will travel southwards for Sendai and Tokyo.
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What's nearby?
(1) Tourist information center 田沢湖観光情報センター, housed within the train station building.
Named Folake フォレイク, this was the place I headed for to collect useful information on Tazawako and Nyuto Onsenkyo upon arriving at the train station. Ugo Kotsu 羽後交通 which operates buses to Tazawako and Nyuto Onsenkyo, has a ticket sales counter in the train station. Bought Tazawako one round trip line 田沢湖一周線 bus ticket from here.
(2) Bus stop, just outside the train station.
Platform 1 for the following buses:
- Tazawako one round trip line 田沢湖一周線
https://ugokotsu.co.jp/wp1/wp-content/jikoku/latest/around-tazawako.pdf
Utilised this bus to tour Tazawako. There are a total of three such bus services per day and the bus route covers the circumference of the lake. The bus makes brief stop at two places. The bus first stops at at Katajiri 潟尻 for 20 minutes. The statue of Tatsuko たつこ像, which is the symbol of Tazawako, can be sighted clearly from here. Next, the bus stops at Gozan no ishi 御座の石 for 10 minutes. A shrine with the same name is located here and passengers can walk to the circumference of the lake to see its azure blue colour.
Fare for round trip ticket = 1,190 yen
- Nyuto line 乳頭線
https://ugokotsu.co.jp/wp1/wp-content/jikoku/latest/nyuto.pdf
This bus departs for Nyuto Onsenkyo and stops at Tsurunoyu Onsen 鶴の湯温泉, Taenoyu Onsen 妙の湯温泉 and Ganiba Onsen 蟹場温泉. Stayed in Taenoyu Onsen for the night after visiting Tazawako. First, I boarded Tazawako one round trip bus to tour Tazawako. Instead of returning to the train station, I alighted at Tazawako-han 田沢湖畔 to transfer to Nyuto line bus heading for Nyuto Onsenkyo. If you plan to do the same (as me), when purchasing Tazawako one round trip bus ticket at Ugo Kotsu counter at Tazawako JR Station, do inform the staff if you will like to alight at Tazawako-han such that you will not need to pay for the entire full round trip bus fare.
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