The second largest and the first 24-hour-operation airport in Japan, Kansai International Airport, opened on September 4, 1994. It is located southeast Osaka Bay, 5 km. off the coast and about 60 km. from JR Shin-Osaka Station for Shinkansen super express train connections. For your travel information, the Kansai Tourist Information Center is located in the arrival lobby (1st Fl.) and is open daily from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. For handling currency exchange, there are 10 banks at the airport, with one or more open from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. Your Japan Rail Pass can be exchanged either at the JR West Information Counter in the International Arrivals Lobby (1st Fl., open daily, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.), at the TiS-Travel Service Center (open daily, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.), or at the Green-colored Midori-no-madoguchi Reservations Ticket Office (open daily, 5:30 a.m. to 12 midnight) of JR Kansai Airport Station. Airport transfer information is given below.
Other local airports in Japan are conveniently located, and provide bus transport to city centers.
Area Destinations By Time Required Fare
Osaka JR Shin-Osaka Station JR L. Exp. "Haruka" 45min. 2,930yen (via Tennjoji Sta.) (to Tennoji 30min. 2,230yen) JR Rapid Train 70min. 1,300yen (to Tennoji 60min. 1,010yen) Taxi 60min. 15,600yen JR Osaka Sta. JR Rapid Train 65min. 1,140yen Airport Bus 60min. 1,300yen Taxi 60min. 15,060yen Nankai Namba Sta. Nankai Rwy L. Exp. "Rapi:t" 29min. 1,250yen Express 43min. 800yen Kyoto JR Kyoto Sta. JR Exp. "Haruka" 75min. 3,430yen (via JR Tennoji & JR Rapid Train 95min. 1,800yen Shin-Osaka Sta.) Kobe JR Sannomiya Sta. JR Rapid Train 80min. 1,630yen Airport Bus 70min. 1,800yen Taxi 70min. 19,800yen K-CAT on Port Is. Jet Foil 33min. 2,650yen Osaka Osaka Airport Airport Bus 85min. 1,700yen Airport (Itami) Taxi 80min. 18,570yen
Airport Downtown Time Fare
Required
Akita Akita 50min. 850
Asahikawa Asahikawa 35min. 550
Fukuoka Fukuoka 5min. * 220
Fukushima Fukushima 80min. 2,000
Hakodate Hakodate 20min. 290
Hiroshima Hiroshima 30min. 220
Kagoshima Kagoshima 60min. 1,100
Kochi Kochi 40min. 670
Komatsu Kanazawa 55min. 1,000
Kumamoto Kumamoto 50min. 670
Kushiro Kushiro 45min. 800
Matsuyama Matsuyama 17min. 290
Misawa Misawa 15min. 260
Miyazaki Miyazaki 24min. 360
Nagasaki Nagasaki 60min. 1,150
Nagoya Nagoya 45min. 660
Niigata Niigata 30min. 290
Obihiro Obihiro 40min. 950
Oita Oita 55min. 1,700
Okayama Okayama 42min. 670
Okinawa(Naha) Naha 20min. 170
Osaka(Itami) Osaka 30min. 510
Kyoto 55min. 1,040
Kobe 40min. 830
Sapporo Sapporo 65min. 750
(Chitose)
Sendai Sendai 50min. 780
Takamatsu Takamatsu 35min. 660
Tokushima Tokushima 28min. 430
Tokyo(Haneda) Tokyo 23min.** 460
(Hamamatsucho)
Tokyo Sta.40min. 900
Yokohama 40min. 540
Toyama Toyama 20min. 340
Yamagata Yamagata 40min. 640
* By subway
**By monorail