Getting to Nara
By plane
Nara does not have its own airport, so most visitors arrive via
Kansai
International Airport (change trains in Osaka)
or Osaka's Itami Airport.
By train
From Kyoto station, both the JR Nara Line and the private Kintetsu
Kyoto line will get you to Nara quickly. Kintetsu is slightly cheaper
and Kintetsu Nara station is better located that JR Nara, but
travellers may have to change at Yamato Saidaiji for the last hop into
town.
The fastest route from Osaka is to take the
private Kintetsu Nara Line from Namba station. If using the Japan Rail
Pass, you can also travel on JR from Tennoji via Oji, but this adds a
bit of a detour and takes longer.
JR Nara Station Nara, Japan. Picture by
Fg2
Getting Around Nara
Nara's public transportation system is limited to buses. The ¥100
shuttle bus provides a cheap and cheerful service from the Kintetsu
train station to many points of interest in central Nara. Once within
Nara Park, you can simply walk to almost all the sites.
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(Article
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Wikitravel article
by Wikitravel users Jpatokal. Based on work by Namgay Dorji and Jose
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