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.

 

[Noah Count]

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.

Please don't take any of my comments as guidance. Last year I went to Tibet and then 7 days in Japan, the plan was to go to 4 original castles that I had not been to, visit some friends and come home and I had planed to do the last couple of castles this year or at some time in the future. Last year my plan was to wing it, you actually made a comment as the day one plan did not work out as expected. I always like reading Japan TRs as sometimes they remind me of places we have been too and other times places we have not gone to and I add them to our list.

 

[rbjhan]

Please don't take any of my comments as guidance. Last year I went to Tibet and then 7 days in Japan, the plan was to go to 4 original castles that I had not been to, visit some friends and come home and I had planed to do the last couple of castles this year or at some time in the future. Last year my plan was to wing it, you actually made a comment as the day one plan did not work out as expected. I always like reading Japan TRs as sometimes they remind me of places we have been too and other times places we have not gone to and I add them to our list.

Oh don't worry.
I'm the super planner! (if I dare say so myself)
There will be much research into it, plus I'll consult the local 案内所 once I get there...

I remember your TR and was thinking I could never do it like that...the anxiety level will be through the roof

Nowadays I read a lot of Japanese blogs. They are, unsurprisingly, into every detail...

Edit, Local tourist office website also can be very useful, this is what I found from Sakai City (which includes Maruoka) website


So, every 30 mins there's a bus from Fukui Station to the castle, which takes about 50 mins.
Every hour there's a bus from Awara Onsen Station, takes 20 mins.
Every 2 hours (!) a bus from Muruoka Station, takes 20 mins.

Seems to be a no brainer to do it from Awara onsen, coming from Kanazawa.