The bus stop of buses for Shinshu University is in Matsumoto Bus Terminal「松本バスターミナル」. Matsumoto Bus Terminal is in the building ALPICO PLAZA, near JR Matsumot Station Oshiro-Guchi (East gate) 「JR松本駅 お城口(東口)」.
Every bus from Platform 1 in the terminal reachs Shinshu University. The lines of buses are Shindai-Yokota-Junkan-Sen「信大横田循環線」 16:30--18:00.or Asama-Sen「浅間線」. It takes around 15 minites from the terminal to the bus stop Shinshu-Daigaku-Mae「信州大学前」, which is nearest to Shinshu university.
The fare is 200 JPY. We should pay by cache. We can NOT use credit cards nor IC cards, e.g., Suica, PASMO, Kitaca, TOICA, ICOCA, SUGOCA, manaca, PiTaPa, nimoca, Hayakaken; Sapica, DoCARD, Asaca.
NOTICE: We have some bus stops in the front of JR Matsumot Station Oshiro-Guchi (East gate). Shindai-Yokota-Junkansen 「信大横田循環線」 does NOT stop these bus stops. Please use Matsumoto Bus Terminal「松本バスターミナル」
It takes around 20 minites from JR Matsumoto Station to Matsumoto Castle. It takes around 20 minites from Matsumoto Castle to Shinshu university.
We have shuttle bus between MMJ and Matsumoto station (Matsumoto Bus Terminal). Each shuttle bus corresponds to a flight. We have few flights. So we have few shuttle buses. The fee is around 600 JPY. It takes around 30 minutes.
The following is an example of ways from NGO to Matsumoto station by train:
The train from NGO to Nagoya is operated by Meitesu, and the train from Nagoya to Matsumoto is operated by JRs.
The following links might be useful:We have Express AZUSA "特急 あずさ[Tokkyu azusa]" from Shinjuku "新宿" to Matsumoto "松本" operated by JR East. It takes less than 3 hours from Shinjuku to Matsumoto.
Every Azusa has two kinds of cars: reserved seats "指定席[Shitei Seki]", and buisiness class "グリーン[Green/Gurin]". The fare for reserved seat is around 6500JPY. The difference of the fares between reserved and business is more than 2500 JPY.
JR calls a car of business class a Green Car "グリーン車[Green Sha]", and the ticket is called Green Ticket "グリーン券[Green Ken]". But I do not know why they called Green.
Expresses of JR usually have cars consists of non-reseved seats. But azusa has no such cars, and uses a system similar to the system in Germany: We have small lights above each seat. The green light means that the seat is reserved by someone at this moment, and the red light means that the seat is not reserved at this moment. The color might be changed in some station. Anyone, who does not have seat reservation by some reason, can use a seat with a red light. (If the color of light is changed, then he/she sould change the seat.)
Azusa has WC. We also can buy some drinks and small snacks in the train. Azusa has no WIFI, but AC.
