Detailed instruction for transportation and additional information in Kyoto

Kyoto Station is wide and complicated. Detailed map of Kyoto Station and instructions with snapshots for transfer from (A) Kansai-airport Ltd. Express HARUKA and (B) Shinkansen to Subway are posted on the following web site. Please do not use the English map of Kyoto Station in the website of JR Central in which the sign of gates is different from what you will see at the station. You will also find the instruction to walk from Subway Kokusai-kaikan station to the Kyoto International Conference Center (ICC Kyoto).
http://ams.me.kyoto-u.ac.jp/iccm.htm

Access to Kyoto from Kansai International Airport

Access from Osaka-Kansai International Airport (KIX) to Kyoto Station is explained in the web site below. The most convenient way is to take the JR West Limited Express “Haruka,” which directly connects Kansai Airport to Kyoto Station in 73 minutes.
http://www.kansai-airport.or.jp/en/index.asp

Kyoto: Connected to the World	Kansai Int’l Airport (KIX)
	Limited Express “Haruka”

A map for the access to the hotels from Kyoto Station will be uploaded in the future.

Another way is to book a door-to-door Airport Shuttle door-to-door service which takes you to your hotel in about 150 minutes. MK Skygateshuttle http://www.mk-group.co.jp/english/shuttle/index.html Yasaka http://www.yasaka.jp/taxi/shuttle-e/index.html

Door-to-door Shuttle Service

Access to Conference Venue

Access information to Kyoto International Conference Center (ICC Kyoto) is available below. You can also use this site as an introductory guidebook to Kyoto, due to its wel-informed contents.
http://www.icckyoto.or.jp/en/access/index.html

The above site is also very informative for people who wish to access Kyoto from Toyko-Narita International Airport.

Kyoto Subway Karasuma Line

Additional Information

Kansai International Airport Access Information
http://www.kansai-airport.or.jp/en/access/index.html

JR West (Kansai Area local service and Shinkansen to the west of Osaka)
http://www.westjr.co.jp/english/global_top.html

Tokyo-Narita International Airport Access Information
http://www.narita-airport.jp/en/

JR Central (Shinkansen to Nagoya and Tokyo)
http://jr-central.co.jp/eng.nsf

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