Bus to Kirishima Hotel

Does anyone have the latest information on public buses going from JR Kirishima-Jingu Station to Kirishima Hotel ? I searched the forum page but it seems the links do not exist anymore. So not sure if buses are affected by the Covid situation ?

I need to know how to get to my hotel stay.

The buses in the Kirishima region have been affected terribly by the pandemic. It seems the local bus company gave up on transporting tourists and is catering only to weekday commuters anymore. As a result, bus service on weekends is particularly bad. I hope the situation will improve again next spring.

The Kirishima Jingu Station line (used to operate hourly) is still operating relatively frequently every 2 hours on weekdays, but is operating only three times per day on weekends (which corresponds to something like once every 4 hours):
https://www.iwasaki-corp.com/wp-content/uploads/4b19c07310042d26b25172...

△○ indicates no service on weekends and national holidays
霧島神宮駅 Kirishima Jungu Station
硫黄谷 the stop outside the Kirishima Hotel

The table on the right refers to the buses from the station to the hotel.

I observed that Navitime does not seem to have the up-to-date timetables in its database. Jorudan does.

@ WooR

If you arrive at K a g o s h i m a airport, there is local bus for Kirishima hotel.

Found this:
https://www.citykirishima.jp/kikaku/kurashi/kotsukikan/bus/documents/k...

The airport line, too, used to be almost hourly in the past, and is now down to 3 buses per day (4 on weekdays):
https://www.iwasaki-corp-et3tu81kdp3q.com/wp-content/uploads/06f1a9163...

Thank you for the updates! Did anything change to the situation? Is it possible to explore the National Park by bus?

Cheers
Emanuel

I am afraid bus service in the national park remains horrible as of now. If it improves at all - which I don't expect - it happens in the spring at the earliest.

It is pretty infrequent.

http://qbus.jp/cgi-bin/time/tablepdf.exe?from=012006449&to=012002466&y...

The closest bus seems to be called “Io-dani” (Sulphur Valley). The above is the time schedule for weekdays, Saturdays, then Sundays/national holidays, going from Kirishima Jingu station to Io-dani bus stop.