Approx. 1 hour 30 minutes from Kansai Airport to JR Nara Station by bus.
From Tokyo
From Kyoto Station on the Kintetsu Line
Approx 3 hours travel. Take the shinkansen (bullet train) from JR Tokyo Station to JR Kyoto Station. Walk to Kintetsu Kyoto Station. Ride the train to Kintetsu Nara Station.
From Kyoto Station on the JR Line
Approx. 3 hours and 30 minutes travel time. Take the shinkansen (bullet train) from JR Tokyo Station to JR Kyoto Station. Take the train from JR Kyoto Station to JR Nara Station.
From Nagoya
By JR
Approx. 3 hours and 30 minutes travel time. Take the shinkansen (bullet train) from JR Tokyo Station to JR Kyoto Station. Take the train from JR Kyoto Station to JR Nara Station.
By Kintetsu
Approx. 2 hours and 20 minutes travel time. Take the Kintetsu train from Kintetsu Nagoya Station to Kintetsu Yamato-yagi Station. Take the train from Kintetsu Yamato-Yagi to Kintetsu Yamato-Saidaiji Station. Take the train from Kintetsu Yamato-Saidaiji Station to Kintetsu Nara Station.
From Kyoto
By JR
Approx. 45 minutes from JR Kyoto Station to JR Nara Station.
By Kintetsu
Approx. 40 minutes from Kintetsu Kyoto Station to Kintetsu Nara Station.
From Osaka
By JR
Approx. 55 minutes from JR Shin-Osaka Station to JR Osaka Station, and then to JR Nara Station.
By Kintetsu
Approx. 30 minutes from Kintetsu Namba Station to Kintetsu Nara Station.
From Kobe
Approx. 1 hour and 30 minutes from Hanshin Kobe-Sannomiya Station to Kintetsu Nara station. (The Hanshin line turns into the Kintetsu line)
From Fukuoka
Approx. 3 hours. Take the shinkansen (bullet train) from JR Hakata Station to JR Shin-Osaka Station. Take the train from JR Shin-Osaka Station to JR Osaka Station. Take the train from JR Osaka Station to JR Nara Station.
