How to get to Shinshu University, Matsumoto Campus?
I suppose you are at JR Matsumoto station.
(The ways to get to the station and a campus map are available at the official site.
Faculty of Science, Building A is No.7.)
To get to the campus, the convenient way is to take a bus.
The bus terminal closest to JR Matsumoto station is located
next to `Espa department store', which is no.3 in
the map.
At the bus terminal, take a bus:
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"Shindai Yokota circular line (信大横田循環線, Shindai-Yokota Junkansen)"
(The terminal number is 1.
A bus departs on basically 00, 20, 40 minutes past each o'clock.
e.g. 9:00, 9:20, 9:40.
The complete timetable is available at here.), or
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"Yokota Shindai circular line (横田信大循環線, Yokota-Shindai Junkansen)"
(The terminal number is 2.
A bus departs on basically 10, 30, 50 minutes past each o'clock.
The complete timetable is available at here.).
These buses go around a circular line anticlockwisely and clockwisely, respectively.
By the former, you get to the campus faster (15 minutes or so).
It costs 200 JPY, and this is to be paid into a machine next to the driver when you get off.
The machine accepts only 10 yen coins, 50 yen coins,
100 yen coins and 500 yen coins.
On a bus, you can exchange 1000 yen bill or less,
but not more than 1000 JPY.
If you have time, you can buy a ticket at the bus terminal
(from a vending machine)
prior to getting on a bus, and `pay' the ticket instead of 200 JPY on the bus.
The bus stops you get off are:
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"Front Gate (信州大学前, Shunshu Daigaku Mae)", or
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"West Gate (大学西門, Daigaku Nishimon)",
at which many students will get off too.
Of course, you can instead take a taxi.
It will cost about 1000-1500 JPY.
It is also possible to come to the campus by walk,
but it will take 40 minutes or so from JR Matsumoto station.