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Transportation TRANSPORTATION Arriving to Kansai International Airport (KIX) Most of the international flight connections arrive to KIX airport. Kyoto central station can be reached from KIX by train (Haruka express) or bus: Train (JR Haruka exp.): Every 30min, takes 80min to JR Kyoto Station. Non-reserved and reserved seats. Strongly recommend to buy ICOCA card with Haruka express discount ticket. Visit the helpful site below, and get it at KIX ticket office! https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/ticket/icoca-haruka/ Bus: Every 20min, http://www.kate.co.jp/en/timetable/detail/KY takes 90-120min to JR Kyoto Station and stops in downtown. It is also convenient to access Kyoto! But, remember that the bus may delay by a heavy traffic for more than 60 min. ICOCA is not accepted, 2,550JPY. JR Kyoto stn Bus stop (KIX) 1 Yuki’s note for MIG19 participants, ver3 TRANSPORTATION Arriving to Osaka International Airport (ITM) Kyoto stn can be reached from ITM (Itami airport) by bus: JR Kyoto stn Bus: Every 20min, https://www.okkbus.co.jp/en/timetable/K/#from ITM✈ takes 55 min to JR Kyoto station. No reservation system. 1,310JPY (one way) KIX✈ JR Kyoto stn Bus stop (ITM) Arriving to Narita Airport (NRT) https://www.narita-airport.jp/en/access/city_access When you want to get Shinkansen Super express bound for Kyoto, take JR Narita express, and get off at JR Tokyo or Shinagawa stations. JR Tokyo station NRT✈ HND✈ (=Keikyu) Arriving to Haneda Airport (HND) http://www.haneda-airport.jp/inter/en/access/train.html Get Keikyu line to Shinagawa station (14min), then take Shinkansen Super express bound for Kyoto. 2 Yuki’s note for MIG19 participants, ver3 TRANSPORTATION Strongly recommend to buy ICOCA IC card with Haruka express discount ticket. Visit the helpful site below, and get it at KIX ticket office! https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/ticket/icoca-haruka/ You can buy ICOCA at JR Kyoto station, too. If you already have an ICOCA card, you can purchase "HARUKA discount ticket" without buying new ICOCA! ICOCA can be used on JR local train, subway, various private railway and bus transportations, and most of convenience stores for shopping. JR Tokyo station NRT✈ JR Kyoto 0 100km stn HND✈ ITM✈ Shinkansen KIX✈ Super express 2h17min 3 Yuki’s note for MIG19 participants, ver3 Venue (JR Kyoto station) ICOCA, single ticket machine Station ticket gate↑ Platform 8,9,10 to venue (Uji campus). Only local train (Nara line) will stop at JR Obaku station, don’t take the Rapid train. 4 Yuki’s note for MIG19 participants, ver3 Venue (Railways in Downtown) Subway Keihan to venue with one transfer Banquet DownTown place and Hotels Subway JR to venue JR Kyoto stn HotelArea (Recommended) to JR Obaku stn. (and to Keihan Obaku stn.) 5 Yuki’s note for MIG19 participants, ver3 Venue (JR Obaku station, the conference hall) From JR Kyoto stn Keihan Obaku stn. JR Obaku stn. Railroad crossing http://www.uji.kyoto‐u.ac.jp/campus/obaku.html 6 Yuki’s note for MIG19 participants, ver3 Practicalities (ICOCA IC card) 1) Regular tickets that can be purchased from ticket offices and ticket vending machines in all stations. 2) A smart card ICOCA that can be charged with cash in advance and used by touching the card on a panel on the ticket gate for smooth travel. ICOCA cards can be purchased from JR station ticket offices (not from private rail-way company) or from IC-type automated ticket vending machines. The language in English can be selected. "Charging" is the act of putting money into a smart card. Up to 20,000 yen can be added to an ICOCA card. But, it is not possible to charge an ICOCA card using a credit card. Touch your ICOCA against the card reader section of the automatic ticket gate at the transfer gate. To check your balance, insert your ICOCA into a ticket vending machine and some smart card recharge machine. Also, the balance displayed on the small screen of the gate when you touch the card. 3) How to use ICOCA on Bus (under construction) 4) 1 day pass card (only Bus and Subway in downtown, not valid for JR and Private rails) https://www2.city.kyoto.lg.jp/kotsu/webguide/en/ticket/regular_1day_card_bus.html 7 Yuki’s note for MIG19 participants, ver3 Practicalities (Can you find something below?) Kyoto guide book https://kyoto.travel/en http://www.kyototourism.org/en/index.html https://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/pdf/areaguide/KyotoWalkingGuide.pdf https://www.jrpass.com/maps/map_kyoto_metro.pdf https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/timetable/pdf/ubn_en.pdf Visiting Imperial Palace (Needs Application) https://sankan.kunaicho.go.jp/english/index.html https://sankan.kunaicho.go.jp/english/order/order_simple_flow.html Visiting Gion area (Highclass dinner, Needs Reservation) https://www.japan‐guide.com/e/e3902.html https://thecitylane.com/kyoto‐geisha‐district‐gion Visiting Fushimi area (Excellent Japanese Sake, Reasonable price) http://www.torisei.com/en/torisei‐main‐store/ Route Map Apps; KYOTO Trip+ Arukumachi KYOTO Route Planner Near JR Kyoto station; Shopping mall https://en.aeonmall.global/mall/kyoto‐aeonmall/ Restaurants and bars on the north side of the station, and at station building. Nara area (Different and older culture history from Kyoto) http://www.todaiji.or.jp/english/index.html Kyoto JR,Hankyu JR,Keihan Kintetsu Uji-campus Osaka Keihan JR JR,Kintetsu Nara 8 Yuki’s note for MIG19 participants, ver3 Practicalities Train timetables: Look forward to version upgrade!! 9 Yuki’s note for MIG19 participants, ver3.
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