Cycled the Shimanami Kaido, and Yamaguchi, Saga, Nagasaki etc.

[Noah Count]

There's a train station called Maruoka - I think it's the local private rail company.

There is a bus between Maruoka Station and the Castle, my original plan was to catch the bus to the train station and train it back to Fukui. With my broken Japanese and the help of the translator app the driver informed me it was quicker to stay on the bus. The castle is some what off the tourist path, getting there was not that hard, I hadn't thought about how to get get back. There are not to many taxis and the bus was not that frequent from the Maruoka Castle car park, I tend to walk most of the time however the castle was further away from the station than my liking and willingness to walk.

All the best and have fun.

 

[rbjhan]

There is a bus between Maruoka Station and the Castle, my original plan was to catch the bus to the train station and train it back to Fukui. With my broken Japanese and the help of the translator app the driver informed me it was quicker to stay on the bus. The castle is some what off the tourist path, getting there was not that hard, I hadn't thought about how to get get back. There are not to many taxis and the bus was not that frequent from the Maruoka Castle car park, I tend to walk most of the time however the castle was further away from the station than my liking and willingness to walk.

All the best and have fun.

Oh I just use GO taxi app, it works very well.
Nov trip will be me and mother, I don't think walking would be an option

 

[rbjhan]

There is a bus between Maruoka Station and the Castle, my original plan was to catch the bus to the train station and train it back to Fukui. With my broken Japanese and the help of the translator app the driver informed me it was quicker to stay on the bus. The castle is some what off the tourist path, getting there was not that hard, I hadn't thought about how to get get back. There are not to many taxis and the bus was not that frequent from the Maruoka Castle car park, I tend to walk most of the time however the castle was further away from the station than my liking and willingness to walk.

All the best and have fun.

Oh I just went to do a little digging. The Castle website was not helpful!
But the nearby Tegami Museum website told me: Bus from Awara onsen station only takes 20 mins.
Since we'll be coming from Kanazawa, that is perfect.