So this means i hv to watch the signs clearly to make sure i get on the right train? Well, I suppose the best way is to ask a station attendant after getting out of the Shinkansen zone.
Maybe the names of destinations will not help you greatly: it's not easy to read a long name on an old-type electric signboard which changes modes frequently between Japanese and alphabets.
With a ride on a local train, Miyajimaguchi is the eighth station after Hiroshima.
To get from KIX to Kyoto, probably the easiest way is taking a limousine at 2500 yen. The bus arrives to the terminal in front of Hachijo end (which is good for Shinkansen) of Kyoto Station. To get around the other end (, in front of which there is Kyoto Tower), please cross over a passage on the 2nd floor.
http://www.kate.co.jp/pc/e_time_table/e_kyoto.htmlIf you don't choose a Sanyo Area Pass, you can use a 1-day Kansai Area Pass (2000 yen) for a Haruka ride to Kyoto, but only without reservation. (The regular cost is 2980 yen.)
Diff of 1120yen? correct? The total regular JR cost depends on your dates of rides, and on the timing of your flight from KIX if you visit Miyajima after Kyoto.
: A charge with seat reservation varies by seasons and days.
: A charge for a Haruka ride gets a discount if a Shinkansen and a Haruka trains are taken in this order on the same day with one transfer. (For a case in which a Haruka is taken earlier, this discount is also given if a Shinkansen is taken on the following day.)
I have had a rethink on the way from Kyoto to Hiroshima. Probably you can take a Shinkansen Mizuho / Nozomi train for about 15 minutes to Shin-Osaka without reservation at 1380 yen (= 540 yen for base fare + 840 yen for charge), and from Shin-Osaka with reservation using a JR West Sanyo Area Pass; in other words, you can save time for a ride and changing trains at 840 yen. To do so, you can buy a base fare ticket and a Shinkansen ticket at a JR-Central counter in front of a Shinkansen gate of Kyoto Station, or maybe at a JR-West counter of Kansai-airport Station.
The calculation below is on the assumption that you visit Kyoto earlier and don't go back to Kyoto after Miyajima.
[After Kyoto, with a 4-day JR West Sanyo Area Pass]
20540 yen, if you donft use Shinkansen from Kyoto to Shin-Osaka.
21380 yen, if you use Shinkansen from Kyoto to Shin-Osaka without reservation.
[After Kyoto, without a JR West Sanyo Area Pass]
(a) + (b)
= 24540 to 25740 yen,
if Mizuho / Nozomi and Haruka are taken on different days.
(=23810 to 24810 yen,
if Mizuho / Nozomi and Haruka are taken on the sama day.)
(a) Kyoto -- Shin-Osaka -- Miyajimaguchi -- Miyajima
= 11380 to 11780 yen, with reservation on Mizuho / Nozomi.
: 6620 yen: base fare of railroad
: 3980 yen: Shinkansen charge, without reservation
: 310 to 710 yen: addition for reservation
: 300 yen: addition for Mizuho / Nozomi, with reservation
: 170 yen: fare of ferry
(b) Miyajima -- Miyajimaguchi -- Shin-Osaka -- Kansai-airport
= 13160 to 13960 yen, with reservation
on Mizuho / Nozomi and Haruka taken on different days.
(=12430 to 13030 yen, with reservation
on Mizuho / Nozomi and Haruka taken on the same day.)
: 170 yen: fare of ferry
: 7040 yen: base fare of railroad
: 3980 yen: Shinkansen charge, without reservation
: 310 to 710 yen: addition for reservation on Shinkansen
: 200 yen: addition for Mizuho / Nozomi, with reservation
: 1150 yen: Ltd. Express charge for Haruka, without reservation
(- 580 yen: discount for ride on the same day as Shinkansen)
: 310 to 710 yen: addition for reservation on Haruka
(- 150 to -350 yen: discount for ride on the same day as Shinkansen)