There are 9 ways to get from Niki to Kyoto by train, plane, bus, car ferry, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to New Chitose Airport, fly to Osaka International Airport, bus
best- Take the train from Otaru to New Chitose Airport
- Fly from New Chitose Airport (CTS) to Osaka International Airport (ITM)CTS - ITM
- Take the bus from Osaka Airport to Kyoto Station Hachijou gate
6h 27m¥19,379–69,456Car ferry, drive
cheapest- Take the car ferry from Otaru to Maizuru
- Drive from Maizuru to Kyoto
22h 49m¥10,954–27,956Train
- Take the train from Niki to Oshamambe
- Take the train from Oshamambe to Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto
- Take the train from Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto to Tōkyō Station
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Kyōto
12h 22m¥34,421–48,364Train to New Chitose Airport, fly to Kobe, train
- Take the train from Otaru to New Chitose Airport
- Fly from New Chitose Airport (CTS) to Kobe (UKB)CTS - UKB
- Take the train from Shin-Kōbe Station to Kyōto
6h 25m¥17,679–56,316Train to Okadama Airport, fly to Osaka International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Niki to Sapporo
- Fly from Okadama Airport (OKD) to Osaka International Airport (ITM)OKD - ITM
- Take the bus from Osaka Airport to Kyoto Station Hachijou gate
8h 9m¥77,772–88,549Train to New Chitose Airport, fly to Chūbu Centrair International Airport, train
- Take the train from Otaru to New Chitose Airport
- Fly from New Chitose Airport (CTS) to Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO)CTS - NGO
- Take the train from Nagoya Station to Kyōto
6h 42m¥15,829–39,356Train, train to Hakodate Airport, fly to Osaka International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Niki to Oshamambe
- Take the train from Oshamambe to Hakodate
- Fly from Hakodate Airport (HKD) to Osaka International Airport (ITM)HKD - ITM
- Take the bus from Osaka Airport to Kyoto Station Hachijou gate
9h 33m¥26,131–74,724Train to New Chitose Airport, fly to Komatsu Airport, train
- Take the train from Otaru to New Chitose Airport
- Fly from New Chitose Airport (CTS) to Komatsu Airport (KMQ)CTS - KMQ
- Take the train from Komatsu to Tsuruga
- Take the train from Tsuruga to Kyōto
8h 9m¥28,479–78,556Bus, car ferry, train
- Take the bus from 仁木役場前 to 札幌駅前
- Take the bus from 札幌駅前 to 苫小牧フェリーターミナル
- Take the car ferry from Tomakomai West Port Ferry Terminal to Tsuruga
- Take the train from Tsuruga to Kyōto
28h 59m¥14,784–31,616
New Chitose Airport (CTS) to Osaka International Airport (ITM) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Niki to Kyoto is to car ferry and drive which costs ¥11000 - ¥28000 and takes 22h 49m.
The fastest way to get from Niki to Kyoto is to train and fly which takes 6h 25m and costs ¥17000 - ¥60000.
No, there is no direct train from Niki to Kyoto. However, there are services departing from Niki and arriving at Kyōto via Oshamambe, Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto and Tōkyō Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 22m.
The distance between Niki and Kyoto is 1186 km.
The best way to get from Niki to Kyoto without a car is to train which takes 12h 22m and costs ¥34000 - ¥49000.
It takes approximately 6h 27m to get from Niki to Kyoto, including transfers.
Niki to Kyoto train services, operated by JR HOKKAIDO (Hokkaido Railway Company), depart from Niki station.
Niki to Kyoto train services, operated by JR HOKKAIDO (Hokkaido Railway Company), arrive at Oshamambe station.
There are 3126+ hotels available in Kyoto.
What companies run services between Niki, Japan and Kyoto, Japan?
You can take a train from Niki to Kyōto via Oshamambe, Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto, and Tōkyō Station in around 12h 22m.
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- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Osaka International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥15,000–65,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Osaka International Airport via Akita
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥15,000–40,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Osaka International Airport via Sendai
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥15,000–40,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Osaka International Airport via Aomori
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥15,000–40,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Kobe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–60,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Kobe via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–60,000
Flights from Okadama Airport to Osaka International Airport via Hakodate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥21,000–110,000
Flights from Okadama Airport to Osaka International Airport via Niigata
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–120,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–70,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Sendai
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–75,000
Flights from Hakodate Airport to Osaka International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–70,000
Flights from Hakodate Airport to Osaka International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–70,000
Flights from Hakodate Airport to Osaka International Airport via New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–70,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Komatsu Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥16,000–60,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Komatsu Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥16,000–60,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Osaka International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥15,000–65,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Osaka International Airport via Morioka
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥27,000–65,000
Flights from Okadama Airport to Osaka International Airport via Hakodate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–85,000
Flights from Okadama Airport to Osaka International Airport via Akita
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–85,000
Flights from Okadama Airport to Osaka International Airport via Misawa
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–85,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥28,000–80,000
Flights from Hakodate Airport to Osaka International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥48,000–65,000
Flights from Hakodate Airport to Osaka International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥48,000–65,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Komatsu Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥26,000–85,000
- Website
- skymark.co.jp
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Kobe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–37,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Kobe via Ibaraki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–37,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Kobe via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–37,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–23,000
- Website
- airdo.jp
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Kobe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–60,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥17,000–55,000
- Website
- flypeach.com
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥7,500–26,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Sendai
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥7,500–26,000
- Website
- ibexair.co.jp
Flights from Okadama Airport to Osaka International Airport via Niigata
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–120,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Sendai
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥23,000–55,000
- Phone
- 011-222-7111
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Otaru to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–2,300
- Schedules at
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Niki to Oshamambe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–3,200
- Schedules at
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Niki to Sapporo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–1,700
- Schedules at
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Oshamambe to Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥3,000–4,200
- Schedules at
- https://japantravel.navitime.com/en/area/jp/route/
- Website
- https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Website
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
- Unreserved Seat
- ¥3,600–4,100
- Reserved Seat
- ¥3,000–4,200
- Green Seat
- ¥4,200–5,500
Train from Oshamambe to Hakodate
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥3,400–4,700
- Schedules at
- https://japantravel.navitime.com/en/area/jp/route/
- Website
- https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Website
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
- Unreserved Seat
- ¥4,000–4,500
- Reserved Seat
- ¥3,400–4,700
- Green Seat
- ¥4,800–6,500
Train from Tsuruga to Kyōto
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥3,000–4,200
- Schedules at
- https://japantravel.navitime.com/en/area/jp/route/
- Website
- https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Website
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
- Unreserved Seat
- ¥3,600–4,100
- Reserved Seat
- ¥3,000–4,200
- Green Seat
- ¥4,200–5,500
- Phone
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto to Tōkyō Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥18,000–25,000
- Schedules at
- https://japantravel.navitime.com/en/area/jp/route/
- Website
- https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Website
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
- Unreserved seat
- ¥18,000–25,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥20,000–25,000
- Green seat
- ¥26,000–35,000
Train from Tōkyō Station to Kyōto
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥11,000–16,000
- Schedules at
- https://japantravel.navitime.com/en/area/jp/route/
- Website
- https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Website
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
- Unreserved seat
- ¥11,000–15,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥12,000–16,000
- Green seat
- ¥16,000–22,000
Train from Shin-Kōbe Station to Kyōto
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥3,000–4,800
- Schedules at
- https://japantravel.navitime.com/en/area/jp/route/
- Website
- https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Website
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
- Unreserved seat
- ¥3,000–4,100
- Reserved seat
- ¥3,900–4,800
- Green seat
- ¥4,600–6,500
Train from Nagoya Station to Kyōto
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥4,400–6,500
- Schedules at
- https://japantravel.navitime.com/en/area/jp/route/
- Website
- https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Website
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
- Unreserved seat
- ¥4,400–6,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥5,000–6,500
- Green seat
- ¥6,500–9,000
Train from Komatsu to Tsuruga
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥3,900–6,000
- Schedules at
- https://japantravel.navitime.com/en/area/jp/route/
- Website
- https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Website
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
- Unreserved seat
- ¥3,900–5,500
- Reserved seat
- ¥4,900–6,000
- Green seat
- ¥5,500–8,000
- Phone
- 06-6844-1124
- Website
- hankyu-kankobus.co.jp
Bus from Osaka Airport to Kyoto Station Hachijou gate
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–1,400
- Website
- https://www-hankyu-kankobus-co-jp-e.athp.transer.com/limousine/
- Phone
- 0570-200-600
- Website
- chuo-bus.co.jp
Bus from 仁木役場前 to 札幌駅前
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–1,400
- Schedules at
- chuo-bus.co.jp
Bus from 札幌駅前 to 苫小牧フェリーターミナル
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,300–1,700
- Schedules at
- chuo-bus.co.jp
- Website
- snf.jp
Car ferry from Otaru to Maizuru
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥9,000–25,000
- Schedules at
- snf.jp
- State Room
- ¥19,000–25,000
- Tourist
- ¥9,000–21,000
- Suite Room
- ¥45,000–55,000
- Deluxe Room
- ¥28,000–37,000
- Tourist A
- ¥11,000–19,000
- Tourist S
- ¥18,000–25,000
- State room B
- ¥21,000–31,000
- Deluxe room A
- ¥33,000–43,000
- Suite room
- ¥58,000–63,000
Car ferry from Tomakomai West Port Ferry Terminal to Tsuruga
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥9,000–24,000
- Schedules at
- snf.jp
- State Room
- ¥18,000–24,000
- Tourist
- ¥9,000–20,000
- Suite Room
- ¥44,000–55,000
- Deluxe Room
- ¥27,000–35,000
- Tourist A
- ¥10,000–19,000
- Tourist S
- ¥17,000–24,000
- State room A
- ¥22,000–31,000
- Deluxe room A
- ¥32,000–42,000
- Junior Suite
- ¥46,000–51,000
- Suite
- ¥56,000–60,000
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