- Direct
- 60 min
- ¥1,340
- every 30 minutes
Direct airport buses connect Itami Airport with Kyoto Station. The one way journey takes about one hour and costs 1340 yen.
Itami Airport (ITM, 伊丹空港, Itami Kūkō), formally known as Osaka International Airport, was opened in 1939 about ten kilometers north of central Osaka. With the completion of Kansai Airport (KIX) in 1994, Kansai Airport took over all of Itami's international and part of its domestic air traffic.
Today, Itami Airport continues to handle a large number of domestic flights to more than 30 destinations across Japan. It is served by JAL and its subsidiary airlines, ANA and its subsidiary airlines, and IBEX Airlines.
Direct airport buses connect Itami Airport with Kyoto Station. The one way journey takes about one hour and costs 1340 yen.
Take the Osaka Monorail from Itami Airport (Osaka Airport Station) for just one station to Hotarugaike Station (2 minutes, 200 yen) and transfer to the Hankyu Takarazuka Line for Juso Station. At Juso Station, transfer to the Hankyu Kyoto Line for central Kyoto, such as Kyoto-Kawaramachi Station (55 minutes, 480 yen from Hotarugaike Station).
Take the Osaka Monorail from Itami Airport (Osaka Airport Station) for just one station to Hotarugaike (2 minutes, 200 yen) and transfer to the Hankyu Takarazuka Line for Osaka-Umeda Station (15-20 minutes, 240 yen). Then, take the JR Kyoto Line from nearby JR Osaka Station to Kyoto (30 minutes, 580 yen). The total fare for Japan Rail Pass holders is only 440 yen.
Above fees and schedules are subject to change. Be sure to check current yen exchange rates.
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