Local Transportation By Train and Bus From the JR Utsunomiya Station, walk to the nearby Miyanohashi Kita bus stop, and take the Toya Bus going to Bato. The bus takes about 1 hour and 40 minutes. Get off the bus at the Bato Yakuba Mae bus stop. From the Tobu Utsunomiya Station, take the Toya Bus going to Bato. The bus takes about 1 hour and 50 minutes. Get off the bus at the Bato Yakuba Mae bus stop. From the JR Ujiie Station, take the Toya Bus going to Bato. The bus takes about 50 minutes. Get off the bus at the Bato Yakuba Mae bus stop. From the JR Karasuyama Station, take the JR Bus going to Bato (the Jono route). The bus takes about 40 minutes. Get off at the Batomuromachi bus stop. By Car One hour from the Naka Interchange on the Joban Expressway. 50 minutes from the Yaita Interchange on the Tohoku Expressway. 50 minutes from the Utsunomiya Interchange on the Tohoku Expressway.