Suggestions On How To Travel Economically In Osaka

If you use public transportation properly, you will save expensive taxi costs.
Suggestions for economical travel in Osaka
Kansai International Airport is built on an artificial island in the middle of Osaka Bay, off Honshu Island, about 40 km from the city center. Currently, this is the main international airport in the Kansai region for foreign tourists who want to visit prefectures like Osaka, Kyoto, and Nara ..

. After landing, you should immediately head to the information counter located on the 1st floor of your home. Terminal 1, full reference of moving information into the city as well as to fun spots.
Terminal 1 gate
Metro
From the airport, you can easily access Osaka, Tennoji, Shin Osaka and Nankai Namba stations This is the fastest and most convenient way.



However, there are many types of trains and train lines that you need to learn carefully to avoid getting on the wrong side.
To Osaka Station, the largest station in the city, you take the Kansai Airport Line for 1,200 yen / way (about 256,000 VND). Taking a fast train with selected seats is a few hundred yen more expensive, while a fast train ride with optional seats is cheaper. Travel time is about 65 - 70 minutes. Note, if traveling from the opposite direction, the city to Kansai airport by train, you must be careful, you should check with the staff at the station before boarding to be sure as there is a route from downtown Osaka to the airport combined many other routes. Just mistakenly, you can go to Wakayama, a prefecture adjacent to Osaka.
The Limited Express Haruka Line, which connects Kansai International Airport with Tennoji Station and Shin Osaka Station - a transfer point if you want to continue to Kyoto From Kansai Airport, Haruka will take you to Tennoji in 35 minutes for 1,710 yen (about 363,000 VND), and Shin Osaka in 50 minutes for 2,330 yen (about 495,000 VND).



Shin Osaka Station is also the terminus for two shinkansen (high speed trains): Tokaido shinkansen to Tokyo and Sanyo shinkansen to Fukuoka.
Back to Namba - the entertainment and shopping center of Osaka - you choose the Nankai line, travel time is about 34 - 37 minutes. Rapid trains have higher prices, because of the option of seats. Nankai Airport Express costs 930 yen and takes about 44 minutes to travel.
Ticket counter at the airport
Limousine bus
Traveling to Osaka, from the city center to the airport, there are many bus stops and you can buy tickets online. With the keyword "Osaka limousine bus", you find a series of websites selling tickets at similar prices. The main bus stop in the city is at Nankai Namba Station and Osaka Station. From here, you can easily access other cities like Kobe, Kyoto and Nara.



The bus to Kansai Airport will stop at Osaka, Shin Osaka, Shinsaibashi, Namba OCAT and Universal Studious Japan stations. There is also a night bus service from Kansai Airport to Osaka Station and Nankai Namba, operating from 0 am to 5 am with fares around 1,550 yen / adult (about 330,000 VND) and 780 yen / child (165,000 VND). ), travel time is about 1 hour.
You will be more comfortable if you choose to take the bus as there is a separate luggage storage space. However, if you want to buy tickets online, you must register first. Choose to pay at convenience stores, which will only take a few minutes. Buses stop at both terminals 1 and 2 of the airport, with vending machines that integrate multiple languages right at the station, similar to subway ticket machines.
Night taxis in Kyoto
Car rental
If you have an international driver's license, you can rent a car at Kansai Airport, located in the Aeroplaza area, about a 3-minute walk from Terminal 1 or a transfer ride from Terminal 2 to the rental car.



Some of the recommended car rental companies: Nippon Rent A Car, Nissan Rent A Car and Toyota Rent A Car. The car rental price depends on the company and the type of car you choose, the lowest is about 8,000 yen / day (about 1.7 million VND), excluding gas. This option is popular with locals or Osaka tourists, quite suitable if you want to explore new routes without train or bus routes by yourself.
Taxi
This should be your last choice, as the price of taxis in Japan is really expensive, many times more expensive than using public transport with equal travel times. You must spend at least 20,000 yen (about 4.2 million VND) if you take a taxi from the airport to Osaka station. The cost is high in part because the tolls on highways and bridges are not cheap.



Night taxis are much more expensive due to the surcharge. Therefore, this is not an ideal choice when traveling to Osaka.
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