From 17th March 2018

Kyoto Tango Railway(KTR, Tantetsu)'s train timetables will be change.
If you already planned to travel to Tango region by trains, I recommend you to check the timetable again!

Local express bus running on weekends and public holidays

Date: On weekends&public holidays from 29th Apr.-5th Nov.2017
Fare: the same as ordinal local bus

For tourists who likes to visit Ine from Miyazu or Amanohashidate, this bus gives you more option to choose time. If you like to enjoy the full coastal scenery, please take timetable of E or G. Bus stop#10 include 15mins break so you can go to the toilet or purchase snack or ice cream on the spot(please eat up before you get on the bus again), if you needed. Bus stop #10 is a photo spot so the bus stops 5mins and you can get off the bus for taking picture. **No toilet on the bus. Bus timetable "I" is ordinal local bus, so the bus stops at each bus stops which include bus stops not listed on here.

Timetable:

	A	B	C	D	E
1	9:00	10:00	11:00	12:00	13:00
2	9:06	10:06	11:06	12:06	13:06
3	9:13	10:13	11:13	12:13	13:13
4	9:27	10:27	11:27	12:27	13:27
5	9:32	10:32	11:32	12:32	13:32
6	9:54	10:54	11:54	12:54	13:54
7	9:58	10:58	11:58	12:58	13:58
8					14:15
9					14:35
10					14:48(Arrival) 15:03(Departure)
11					15:16(Arrival) 15:21(Departure)
12					15:24
13					15:36
14					15:44
15					15:58
16					16:11

	F	G	H	I	J
16		9:47
15		10:00
14		10:14
13		10:22
12		10:34
11		10:37(Arrival) 10:42(Departure)
10		10:55(Arrival) 11:10(Departure)
9		11:23
8		11:43
7	11:00	12:00	13:00	14:03	15:00
6	11:04	12:04	13:04	14:07	15:04
5	11:26	12:26	13:26	14:33	15:26
4	11:31	12:31	13:31	14:42	15:31
3	11:45	12:45	13:45	15:02	15:45
2	11:52	12:52	13:52	15:09	15:52
1	11:58	12:58	13:58	15:15	15:58

1.Miyazu Station(宮津駅）

2.Michi-no-eki Umi-no-Kyoto-Miyazu(道の駅　海の京都宮津)

3.Amanohashidate Station(天橋立駅)

4.Amanohashidate Winery(天橋立ワイナリー前)

5.Amanohashidate Moto-Ise-Kono Jinja Shrine&Kasamatsu Park(天橋立元伊勢籠神社＆傘松公園)

6.Ine-wan-meguri Hide(Ine Bay sightseeing boat)(伊根湾めぐり日出)

7.Ine(伊根)

8.Urashima-densetsu-no-sato(浦嶋伝説の里)

9.Kyogamisaki-tenbosho(lighthouse)(経ヶ岬展望所)

10.Ukawa-Onsen Yoshino-no-sato(宇川温泉よし野の里)

11.Byobuiwa(Rock)(屏風岩)

12.Tenki-tenki-mura, Tateiwa(Rock)(てんきてんき村、立岩)

13.Kotohikihama(琴引浜)

14.Tango-okoku Shoku-no-miyako(丹後王国食のみやこ)

15.Amino Station(網野駅)

16.Hamazume-Yuhigaura(浜詰・夕日ヶ浦)

Special timetable for sightseeing boat in Amanohashidate 2017

I recommnd taking the sightseeing boat from Miyazu pier where located about 10mins walk from Miyazu station. If you get on the boat from Miyazu, you can enjoy a full view of Amanohashidate from the sideways and the boat pass through a narrow canal. If you get on the boat from Amanohashidate pier that located about 5mins walk from Amanohashidate station, you can only see 2/3 of Amanohashidate.

Available date:
April:29th,30th
July:15th-17th,22nd,23rd,29th,30th
August:5th,6th,11th-16th,19th,20th,26th,27th
September:16th-18th,30th
October:1st,7th-9th,15th,29th
November:3rd-5th

Miyazu→Amanohashidate→Ichinomiya                 Ichinomiya→Amanohashidate→Miyazu
*夏symbol run on :22nd,23rd,29th,30th July,  5th,6th,11th-16th,19th,20th,26th,27th August.

Date:3rd - 6th May
Miyazu→Amanohashidate→Ichinomiya                 Ichinomiya→Amanohashidate→Miyazu

Ine⇔Miyazu・Amanohashidate boat info for 2017

Why not take a boat to visit Ine?
This boat runs between Miyazu - Amanohashidate - Ine - Ine sightseeing boat pier. The boat has toilet.
*If you get off the boat at "Ine", you will arrive on the place called "Funaya Biyori" complex building. For further info about the building please read another page of my blog.
http://seasidekyoto.blogspot.com/2017/03/on-11th-april-2017.html

Date:
Every Sat&Sun&Public holidays from 29th Apr. until 5th Nov. 2017

Fare:
1500yen/single, 2700yen/return

Timetable:
Miyazu pier 9:50→Amanohashidate pier 10:00→Ine 10:50→Ine sightseeing boat pier 11:00

Ine sightseeing boat pier 14:50→Ine 15:00→Amanohashidate pier 15:50→Miyazu pier 16:00


I highly recommend taking this boat!!  I recommend to stay on the top of the boat from Miyazu pier to end of Amanohashidate, then go inside the boat(Inside the boat has large windows and sometime they have a water tank with some fish which can catch in the local sea). Be prepared for wind and sun!

Uber - Sasae-ai-kotsu(ささえ合い交通)

https://www.travelvoice.jp/20161227-80299

In Tango region, there is an area where Uber launched first time in Japan since May 2016.
Until now, about 20% of the users are international tourists such as British, Australian from that fact, I thought I can recommend this system on my blog now.
The service cover a trip which start from Tango-cho area.
Fare: 480yen(a base fare, up to 1.5km) then add each 1km cost 120yen.
For example, if you want to ride for 5km, you will pay 900yen.
You can pay by credit card or cash.
Drivers are all local and wearing an orange vest. Please don't expect they have a big car to pick you up.
Operation hours: 8:00-20:00

To use Uber, you need to download their app. For further information, visit their official website.
https://www.uber.com/en-JP/ride/

From 4th March 2017

Local bus&train timetables will be change.

For the train timetable, you can visit their official website, the timetable is available.
http://trains.willer.co.jp/pdf/2017/miyafuku.pdf
http://trains.willer.co.jp/pdf/2017/miyazu.pdf

For the local bus timetables, some lines are changing timetable from 1st April 2017.
The official timetables are only available in Japanese.
http://www.tankai.jp/rosen.html
If you have any particular line and time which you would like to confirm the time, you can send me email. I will assist you to find it!

BIG news!!

Finally, from 10th April 2017, three types of JR-Pass will be valid to use in Kyoto Tango Railway(KTR).
*Kansai WIDE Area Pass
*Kansai-Hiroshima Area Pass
*Kansai-Hokuriku Area Pass
For further information, you can read on their official website.
https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/pdf/press_20170215.pdf

Travel inside of Tango region, theses passes are not that worth it, so if you are staying over night in Tango region and try to utilize these passes, I recommend you to travel into Tango region on the last day of the pass or travel out from Tango region on the beginning of the day of the pass.

How to ride on the local bus in Tango region?

Local buses in Tango region is very reasonable and some routes offers one of the best scenic bus rides in Japan. So why not enjoy taking the bus in Tango region?!  

How to ride:

Please get on the bus from rear door and exit from front door.

The bus fare, please pay when you get off.

Every time, when you enter the bus, please take a numbered slip from a little box.

When your stop is approaching, press one of the buttons on the wall or seat to tell the driver that you wish to get off at the next stop.

A display above the driver shows the next stop and the fares for that stop in JPY. To figure out your fare, match the number on your slip with the number on the display.(Some numbered slips are written in Kanji, so if you cannot read it, please show it to the driver)

Please pay the exact fare, the payment box doesn't give change. Please exchange bills and coins beforehand with the changing machine. The changing machine only accept coins and 1000yen notes. 

From 4th March 2017

Train timetables in Tango region will be change.
So if you are planning your trip for after 4th March 2017, maybe better to consider timetables what you can see now is just use it for estimation.

When I can find the new timetable, I will update on this blog :)

Tatami mat floor train???

http://trains.willer.co.jp/attendant/%E3%81%8A%E5%BA%A7%E6%95%B7%E3%80%802016.10%20%282%29.JPG

Interested to ride on a train which you can only see in Japan? 

It is called Ozashiki-ressha(お座敷列車) in Japanese, the train has tatami-mat floor and take off your shoes when you ride on. This train runs only seasonally, on the timetable, it is written Akamatsu#1 and #2. 

Date: 

everyday(except 27th Nov.) until 30th Nov. 2016

Timetable:

YELLOW means stations connect to JR.

		Akamatsu#1	Akamatsu#2
Nishimaizuru	西舞鶴	10:27	15:20
Tango-yura	丹後由良	10:52	14:51
Kunda	栗田	11:03	14:41
Miyazu	宮津	11:09	14:25
Amanohashidate	天橋立	11:18	14:18
Iwatakiguchi	岩滝口	11:35	14:14
Mineyama	峰山	11:58	13:54
Amino	網野	12:07	13:47
Kumihama	久美浜	12:32	13:22
Toyooka	豊岡	12:47	13:07

Fare: To ride on this train, you need to pay 310JPY/person extra, addition to the ordinal train fare.

From 1st October 2016

Timetable of trains(KTR) is changed. If you are searching train timetable on the internet(using hyperdia or google map and so on), perhaps it is not relevant at the moment.
So I recommend you to check on the spot.

From 1st November 2016

No longer Amanohashidate Pass, Ine Pass nor Wide Pass is available to purchase.
About the Pass, please read my blog page below.
http://seasidekyoto.blogspot.com/2014/01/kyoto-sea-area-pass-starts-from-1st.html

Special timetable for Amanohashidate sightseeing boat for holidays in 2016&2017

Date for 2016: 22nd Sep, 24th Sep, 25th Sep
                        1st Oct, 2nd Oct, 8th Oct, 9th Oct, 10th Oct,
                        15th Oct, 16th Oct, 22nd Oct, 23rd Oct, 29th Oct, 30th Oct

Special timetable for 2016

Date for 2017: 1st Jan, 2nd Jan, 3rd Jan

Special timetable for 2017

Except the dates I listed up here, please check the usual timetable in my blog page below.
http://seasidekyoto.blogspot.com/2013/01/amanohashidate-sightseeing-boat.html

From 1st October 2016

Local bus timetable will be change.
There is no change for hop-on and hop off bus timetable.
http://seasidekyoto.blogspot.com/2016/08/hop-on-and-hop-off-bus-in-tango-region.html
If you are going to travel after 1st October 2016, please check actual timetable on the spot.

Hop-on and hop-off bus in Tango region

Hop-on and hop-off bus is running this year as well.
I highly recommend using this bus because the bus stops at only sightseeing spots and travelling with this bus is economical and ecological. Also most of time, when you take this bus, they have English announcement and short introduction in English for each spots.
Route and timetables are changed from last year, so if you are interested to use this bus, please use the timetable below.
Date: on weekends and public holidays, until end of November 2016
Fare: 200-600JPY/person per ride

Bus stop list
1: Miyazu station(宮津駅)
2: Michi-no-eki Umi-no-Kyoto, Miyazu pier(道の駅　海の京都、宮津桟橋)
3: Amanohashidate station(天橋立駅)
4: Amanohashidate Winery(天橋立ワイナリー)
5: Amanohashidate Moto-ise Kono Jinja shrine&Kasamatsu Park(天橋立元伊勢籠神社＆傘松公園)
6: Ine-wan-meguri Hide, Ine sightseeing pier(伊根湾めぐり日出)
7: Ine, central(伊根)
8: Urashima-densetsu-no-sato, Urashima Jinja shrine(浦嶋伝説の里)
9: Kyoga-misaki lookout point(経ヶ岬展望所)
10: Ukawa-onsen yoshino-no-sato, hot spring(宇川温泉よし野の里)
11: Byobu-iwa rock(屏風岩)
12: Tenki-tenki-mura(camping ground), Tate-iwa rock, Kodai-no-sato museum(てんきてんき村、立岩、古代の里資料館)
13: Kotohiki-hama beach, singing sand beach, Singing sand museum(琴引浜、鳴き砂文化館)
14: Tango-okoku Shoku-no-miyako(丹後王国　食のみやこ)
15: Amino station(網野駅)
16: Hamazume/Yuhigaura, long beach with famous for sunset(浜詰・夕日ケ浦)

Bus timetable

New designed train from 13th Nov. 2015

This train is designed by Eiji Mitooka, who also designed another scenic trains running in Tango region. One of interesting thing about this train is, have a communal area(see the picture below). I wonder if there is any Japanese person who has brave enough to use this space? I hope someone is using this area :D Western style toilet available on the train. The train runs multiple times a day within Kyoto and Tango region.

                                                                                  https://i.ytimg.com/vi/W93Vomsck7g/maxresdefault.jpg

Ine⇔Miyazu・Amanohashidate boat info for 2015

Why not take a boat to visit Ine?
This boat runs between Miyazu - Amanohashidate - Ine - Ine sightseeing boat pier. The boat has toilet.

Period: Every Sat&Sun&Public holidays until 3rd Nov. 2015

Fare:1500yen/one-way, 2700yen/round trip


Timetable:

Miyazu pier 11:15→Amanohashidate pier 11:25→Ine 12:15→Ine sightseeing boat pier 12:25

Ine sightseeing boat pier 14:50→Ine 15:00→Amanohashidate pier 15:50→Miyazu pier 16:00


I highly recommend taking this boat!! From Miyazu pier to end of Amanohashidate, I recommend to stay on the roof then go inside the boat.(Inside the boat has large window)

From 1st April 2015

The local train company name in Tango region will be change.




NOW "KTR=Kitakinki Tango Railway"
From 1st April 2015 "KTR=Kyoto Tango Railway"


Basically abbreviation is the same in English ;)
Although the company want to use "Tantetsu" as the abbreviation in Japanese. So probably you need to use this word to search in the future.




Also some of the stations name will be change.(I only listed up the stations which you maybe come accross while you visiting in Tango region.)
Nodagawa station→Yosano station
Tango-Omiya station→Kyotango-Omiya station
Kitsu-Onsen station→Yuhigaura-Kitsu-Onsen station
Tango-Kanno station→Syotenkyo station




Additionally, the company will start selling 25 different kinds of tickets targeting not only tourists.
So I will not describe all these 25 tickets on my blog, I will only introduce useful tickets for tourists :)

Special schedule for sightseeing boat in Amanohashidate&Miyazu on 13th&14th&15th August 2014

With this schedule, you have more convenient to explore Miyazu&Amanohashidate area than usual.
Normally the sightseeing boat run only once a day between Miyazu pier and Amanohashidate pier.

Miyazu	Amanohashidate	Ichinomiya		Ichinomiya	Amanohashidate	Miyazu
	8 : 3 0	8 : 4 2		8 : 1 5	8 : 2 7
	9 : 0 0	9 : 1 2		8 : 4 5	8 : 5 7
	9 : 3 0	9 : 4 2		9 : 1 5	9 : 2 7
	9 : 4 5	9 : 5 7		9 : 4 5	9 : 5 7	1 0 : 0 7
9 : 5 0	1 0 : 0 0	1 0 : 1 2		1 0 : 0 0	1 0 : 1 2
	1 0 : 1 5	1 0 : 2 7		1 0 : 1 5	1 0 : 2 7
	1 0 : 3 0	1 0 : 4 2		1 0 : 3 0	1 0 : 4 2
	1 0 : 4 5	1 0 : 5 7		1 0 : 4 5	1 0 : 5 7
	1 1 : 0 0	1 1 : 1 2		1 1 : 0 0	1 1 : 1 2
	1 1 : 1 5	1 1 : 2 7		1 1 : 1 5	1 1 : 2 7	1 1 : 3 7
1 1 : 1 5	1 1 : 3 0	1 1 : 4 2		1 1 : 3 0	1 1 : 4 2
	1 1 : 4 5	1 1 : 5 7		1 1 : 4 5	1 1 : 5 7
	1 2 : 0 0	1 2 : 1 2		1 2 : 0 0	1 2 : 1 2
	1 2 : 1 5	1 2 : 2 7		1 2 : 1 5	1 2 : 2 7	1 2 : 3 7
1 2 : 1 5	1 2 : 3 0	1 2 : 4 2		1 2 : 3 0	1 2 : 4 2
	1 2 : 4 5	1 2 : 5 7		1 2 : 4 5	1 2 : 5 7
	1 3 : 0 0	1 3 : 1 2		1 3 : 0 0	1 3 : 1 2
	1 3 : 1 5	1 3 : 2 7		1 3 : 1 5	1 3 : 2 7	1 3 : 3 7
1 3 : 1 5	1 3 : 3 0	1 3 : 4 2		1 3 : 3 0	1 3 : 4 2
	1 3 : 4 5	1 3 : 5 7		1 3 : 4 5	1 3 : 5 7
	1 4 : 0 0	1 4 : 1 2		1 4 : 0 0	1 4 : 1 2
	1 4 : 1 5	1 4 : 2 7		1 4 : 1 5	1 4 : 2 7	1 4 : 3 7
1 4 : 1 5	1 4 : 3 0	1 4 : 4 2		1 4 : 3 0	1 4 : 4 2
	1 4 : 4 5	1 4 : 5 7		1 4 : 4 5	1 4 : 5 7
	1 5 : 0 0	1 5 : 1 2		1 5 : 0 0	1 5 : 1 2
	1 5 : 1 5	1 5 : 2 7		1 5 : 1 5	1 5 : 2 7	1 5 : 3 7
1 5 : 1 5	1 5 : 3 0	1 5 : 4 2		1 5 : 3 0	1 5 : 4 2
	1 5 : 4 5	1 5 : 5 7		1 5 : 4 5	1 5 : 5 7
	1 6 : 0 0	1 6 : 1 2		1 6 : 0 0	1 6 : 1 2
	1 6 : 1 5	1 6 : 2 7		1 6 : 1 5	1 6 : 2 7	1 6 : 3 7
1 6 : 1 5	1 6 : 3 0	1 6 : 4 2		1 6 : 3 0	1 6 : 4 2
	1 6 : 4 5	1 6 : 5 7		1 6 : 4 5	1 6 : 5 7
	1 7 : 0 0	1 7 : 1 2		1 7 : 0 0	1 7 : 1 2	1 7 : 2 2
	1 7 : 1 5	1 7 : 2 7		1 7 : 1 5	1 7 : 2 7
	1 7 : 3 0	1 7 : 4 2		1 7 : 3 0	1 7 : 4 2
	1 7 : 4 5	1 7 : 5 7		1 7 : 4 5	1 7 : 5 7	1 8 : 0 7
	1 8 : 1 5	1 8 : 2 7		1 8 : 0 0	1 8 : 1 2
				1 8 : 1 5	1 8 : 2 7