There are 10 ways to get from Saga to Kyoto by train, bus, night bus, car, or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from Saga to HakataMidori / ...
- Take the train from Hakata to KyōtoNozomi
3h 50m¥15,109–22,120Night bus, train
cheapest- Take the night bus from Saga Station Bus Center to WTB Osaka UmedaYj1654
- Take the train from Ōsaka to KyōtoA: JR Kyōto Line Rapid / ...
11h 58m¥6,200–14,400Bus, train via Osaka
- Take the bus from Saga Station Bus Terminal Gate6 to Willerバスターミナル大阪梅田大阪線(乗合高速バス)
- Take the train from Ōsaka to KyōtoA: JR Kyōto Line Rapid / ...
11h 26m¥20,038–28,096Drive 667.2 km
- Drive from Saga to Kyoto667.2 km
8h 38m¥11,461–16,555Bus, train
- Take the bus from Saga Station Bus Center to Fukuoka Airport Domestic TerminalSaga
- Take the train from Hakata to KyōtoNozomi
4h 22m¥14,520–23,408Train to Fukuoka Airport, fly to Osaka International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Saga to Hakata
- Fly from Fukuoka Airport (FUK) to Osaka International Airport (ITM)FUK - ITM
- Take the bus from Osaka Airport to Kyoto Station Hachijou gate
4h 9m¥13,429–36,770Train to Fukuoka Airport, fly to Chūbu Centrair International Airport, train
- Take the train from Saga to Hakata
- Fly from Fukuoka Airport (FUK) to Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO)FUK - NGO
- Take the train from Nagoya Station to Kyōto
4h 49m¥15,879–31,670Train to Nagasaki Airport, fly to Osaka International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Takeo-Onsen to Isahaya
- Fly from Nagasaki Airport (NGS) to Osaka International Airport (ITM)NGS - ITM
- Take the bus from Osaka Airport to Kyoto Station Hachijou gate
5h 37m¥16,434–45,299Train to Aso Kumamoto Airport, fly to Osaka International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Shin-Tosu to Kumamoto
- Fly from Aso Kumamoto Airport (KMJ) to Osaka International Airport (ITM)KMJ - ITM
- Take the bus from Osaka Airport to Kyoto Station Hachijou gate
5h 51m¥17,987–38,065Train, train to Nagasaki Airport, fly to Kobe
- Take the train from Saga to Takeo-Onsen
- Take the train from Takeo-Onsen to Isahaya
- Take the train from Isahaya to Omura(Nagasaki)
- Fly from Nagasaki Airport (NGS) to Kobe (UKB)NGS - UKB
- Take the train from Shin-Kōbe Station to Kyōto
5h 35m
Fukuoka Airport (FUK) to Osaka International Airport (ITM) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Saga to Kyoto is to drive which costs ¥11000 - ¥17000 and takes 8h 38m.
The fastest way to get from Saga to Kyoto is to train which takes 3h 50m and costs ¥15000 - ¥23000.
No, there is no direct train from Saga to Kyoto. However, there are services departing from Saga and arriving at Kyōto via Hakata. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3h 50m.
The distance between Saga and Kyoto is 641 km. The road distance is 667.2 km.
The best way to get from Saga to Kyoto without a car is to train which takes 3h 50m and costs ¥15000 - ¥23000.
It takes approximately 3h 50m to get from Saga to Kyoto, including transfers.
Saga to Kyoto train services, operated by Japan Railways Limited Express, depart from Saga station.
Saga to Kyoto train services, operated by Japan Railways Limited Express, arrive at Hakata station.
Yes, the driving distance between Saga to Kyoto is 667 km. It takes approximately 8h 38m to drive from Saga to Kyoto.
There are 3129+ hotels available in Kyoto.
What companies run services between Saga, Japan and Kyoto, Japan?
You can take a train from Saga to Kyōto via Hakata in around 3h 50m.
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Osaka International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥9,500–39,000
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Osaka International Airport via Miyazaki
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥9,500–39,000
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥8,500–39,000
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Miyazaki
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥10,000–47,000
Flights from Nagasaki Airport to Osaka International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥11,000–43,000
Flights from Aso Kumamoto Airport to Osaka International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥10,000–23,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Osaka International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥16,000–32,000
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Osaka International Airport via Miyazaki
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥16,000–32,000
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Osaka International Airport via Izumo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥16,000–32,000
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥8,000–21,000
Flights from Nagasaki Airport to Osaka International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–37,000
Flights from Aso Kumamoto Airport to Osaka International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥11,000–34,000
- Website
- ibexair.co.jp
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Osaka International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥9,500–39,000
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥8,500–17,000
- Website
- orc-air.co.jp
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥10,000–39,000
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Miyazaki
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥10,000–47,000
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥8,000–21,000
- Website
- starflyer.jp
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥15,000–30,000
- Website
- skymark.co.jp
Flights from Nagasaki Airport to Kobe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥11,000–25,000
- Website
- amx.co.jp
Flights from Aso Kumamoto Airport to Osaka International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥15,000–27,000
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Saga to Hakata
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–3,200
- 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
- ¥2,800–3,200
- Reserved Seat
- ¥2,100–2,900
- Green Seat
- ¥2,700–3,600
Train from Ōsaka to Kyōto
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–2,900
- 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
- ¥2,500–2,900
- Reserved Seat
- ¥1,800–2,600
- Green Seat
- ¥2,300–3,100
Train from Saga to Takeo-Onsen
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–2,600
- 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
- ¥2,200–2,600
- Reserved Seat
- ¥1,500–2,100
- Green Seat
- ¥1,700–2,400
- Phone
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Hakata to Kyōto
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–19,000
- 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
- ¥13,000–18,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥15,000–19,000
- Green seat
- ¥19,000–26,000
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 Takeo-Onsen to Isahaya
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–4,100
- 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
- ¥2,600–3,500
- Reserved seat
- ¥3,400–4,100
- Green seat
- ¥4,000–5,500
Train from Shin-Tosu to Kumamoto
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥3,100–4,900
- 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
- ¥3,100–4,200
- Reserved seat
- ¥4,000–4,900
- Green seat
- ¥4,700–6,500
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
- Phone
- 0570-00-2486
- Website
- jr-odekake.net
Train from Ōsaka to Kyōto
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
- Phone
- 0570-04-1717
- Website
- jrkyushu.co.jp
Train from Saga to Takeo-Onsen
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
Train from Isahaya to Omura(Nagasaki)
- Ave. Duration
- 12 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
- Phone
- 0954-63-3111
- Website
- yutoku.jp
Bus from Saga Station Bus Terminal Gate6 to Willerバスターミナル大阪梅田
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥18,000–26,000
- Website
- https://www.yutoku.jp/
- Phone
- (050) 5805-0383
- en-info@willer.co.jp
- Website
- travel.willer.co.jp
Night bus from Saga Station Bus Center to WTB Osaka Umeda
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥4,400–12,000
- Schedules at
- willer-travel.com
- Phone
- 050-3616-2150
- Website
- nishitetsu.jp
Bus from Saga Station Bus Center to Fukuoka Airport Domestic Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥1,300–4,200
- Schedules at
- nishitetsu.jp
- 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/
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