180325 Transportation to Akiyoshido, Mine Town from Hiroshima

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HIROSHIMA TO AKIYOSHIDO VIA PUBLIC TRANSPORT
 Not sure how you want to do it. Not sure what is the best method, but this is how we do it.
From Daiwa Roynet Hotel, we took a Hiroden  to Hiroshima station. 25 to 30 mins (including waiting time)
This is the first time we took the Hiroden. A kind Japanese boy offered to give us direction  as he saw us checking the signage on which tram goes to Hiroshima station. So nice of him.
From Hiroshima station - We took a Shinkansen. 
Without checking, we jump into the 1st shinkansen that arrive at station heading towards Hakata direction. What we never expect is, different train has different stops. After quite some time, wondering why it took so long to stop at its 1st stop, Iwakuni, we realised the train is already approaching Shin Shimonoseki station. Only then we heard this train is bound to Kagoshima station. We panicked as our JR West pass only covers up to Hakata Station. Only when they announced that they will briefly stop at Hakata station, we have a sign of relief. We have took a express train to Hakata station instead of to Shin Yamaguchi station. We have to take another bullet train to Shin Yamaguchi Station from Hakata.
By right, it only takes 30mins to reach Shin Yamaguchi.
We ended up taking nearly 1 hour 45 mins to reach Shin Yamaguchi station.

From Shin Yamaguchi station, without any effort, we took this Yamaguchi Local Train to Yamaguchi Station.
Yamaguchi station has a Tourist information counter where we can check on information on JR buses. So it is very convenient for us. Though we reach the station at 11plus am, we need to wait for the 12.50pm bus based on their time table.
We enjoyed our 60mins ride from Yamaguchi station. The mountains, the sceenary are beautuful to us. Well, we appreciate these cause we live in a concrete world. 
The JR bus has a panel infront of the bus. You will be able to view which station are you in. However all in Japanese. So it is better to get the Japanese station name before we travel. We just need to ensure the character match and that is our station.


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