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PublictransportinKyoto

CityBus
EasyAccesstoMajorTouristSpots
TheKyotoCityBusisusefulforgettingaroundvariousplaces
withinKyoto.

Subway
CanquicklymovethroughtheKyotoCity
TheKyotoSubwayLineconsistsoftheinnercitysouth
north"Karasuma"Lineandtheeastwest"Tozai"Line.
Thetwolinesintersectat"KarasumaOike"Station
whereitispossibletotransferlines.

ConvenientandReasonableCard
KyotoCityBus&KyotoBusOneDayPass
KyotoSightseeingOneandTwodayPass
KyotoSightseeingOnedayPass(YamashinaDaigoArea
added)
KyotoCitySubwayOnedayPass

SupportforForeignVisitors
InquiryoftheCityBusandSubwaypleasefeelfreetocontactus
totheinformationofficebelow:
Citybus&SubwayInformationDesks
KyotoTouristInformationCenter"KyoNavi"

RoutePlanner
ItisconvenienttosearchforbusandrailroutesinKyoto
city,includingthecitybusandsubway.
ArukumachiKYOTORoutePlanner"BusandTrain
Veteran"

FreeWiFi
KYOTOWiFiisWiFiserviceprovidedbyKyotoCity
anditspartners.Everyonecanuseitforfree.Pleaseuse
KYOTOWiFitoenjoyyourstayinKyoto.
Youcanuseatthebusstopsandsubwaystationsand
variousfacilities.
moreinformation...

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CityBus
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HowtoRide
Pleaseboardfromtherear
Pleaseenterthebusfromthereardoor,andexitatthe
front.Thebusfareispaidasyougetoffthebus.

PayWhenyougetoff
Paywhenyouaredisembarking.Thefarefornonflat
FareRoutesandFlatFareroutesisdifferent.
inadditiontofarepaymentincashand<KyotoCityBus&KyotoBus
OneDayPass>,ICcardsTrafficaKyotoCard,SuruttoKansaiMiyako
Card,coupontickets,andvariousotherkindsofticketsareavailable

Searchforthebusnumber

LookingattheRouteMap,searchforthebusnumber
whichgoesfromtheplaceyouarenow,totheplaceyou
wanttogo.Determinethenameofthebusstopfrom
whereyouwillride,andyourdestination.

RouteMapCityBusSightseeingMap
"BusNavi"
Aconvenientmapofbusroutestousewhen
sightseeinginKyotoCity:
(1.4MB)

(6.3MB)

Pleasewaitatthebusstop
forthebus
2

Informationabouttheroutethebuswilltakeisindicated
bythebusnumberandmaindestinationdisplayedonthe
front,back,andsideofthebusnearthedoor.(please
refertothefigureontheleft.)

Getonthebus

Onarrivalofthebusyouwanttoride,
boardingthebus.
( Exception: forNonflatFareRoutebuses,
pleasetakeanumberedticketfromthe
ticketmachine(1))
Thefarewilldependonthenumberprinted
ontheticket.Whenusingacardtoride
thebus,pleaseinsertitintothecard
readingmachine(2)ortouchtheICcards
overthecardreader(4).

(1):ticket
machine
(2):card
reading
machine
(3):display
(4):iccard
reader

Whenapproachingthedestination
Youcanseethenextbusstoponthedisplayin
frontofthebus,oryoucanhearannouncement.

<display>
Whenyouhearorseethatyourstopisnextpushthebutton.

<getoffbutton>

Getoffthebus

Paywhenyouaredisembarking.ThefarefornonflatFareRoutesandFlatFareroutesisdifferent.

Payment:cash
Pleaseputtheexactfare.Thepaymentboxdoesnotgivechange.
Pleaseexchangebillsandcoinsbeforehandwiththechangemachineinthe
paymentbox.
Smallchangeisonlyavailablefromcoinsand1,000yennotes.

FlatFareRoutes

Adult230yen
Chileren(aged6to12years)120yen

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Pleaseputtheexactfareintothepaymentbox.(1)
(Note:Thepaymentboxdoesnotgivechange.)
Cashupto1,000yennotescanbebrokendownintosmallchangeusingthecash
changemachine.(2)
NonFlatFareRoutes
Fareisbasedonintervalsoftravel.
Todeterminefarepleasecheckyourticketnumberand
lookatthedisplayscreenatthefrontofthebus(children
arehalfprice,butallfaresareroundedupthenearest10th).
Putexactchangeintotheslot,oncemoneyisdeposited
intotopslotnochangecanbemade.Ifchangeisdesired
thefaremachinewillchangeupto1,000yenbills.

Payment:KyotoCityBus&KyotoBusOneDayPass
FlatFareRoutes
OneDayPassarevalidforFlatFareRoutes.

Thefirsttime yougetoffsimplyputthecardintothecardslot(4).
Onthebackofthecardthedatewillbeprinted.
Afterthefirsttime simplyshowyourcardwiththedatetothe
driver.
NonFlatFareRoutes
Whengettingoffpleaseinsertthecardonceagainintothepaymentbox.(4)
Extrafarewillsometimesberequiredwiththistypeofbus.

Ifyourstopisoutsidetheshortdistanceroutesthenanextrafarewillbe
charged.

Payment:ICcards
Pleaseplaceyourcardoverthecardreadernearthechangereceptacle.
ICcardsthatareaccepted

<PaymentBox>
(1):Farechargingport(2):billslot(change1,000yen)
(3):coinslot(change500yen,100yen,50yen)(4):Cardticket
slot(5):coinoutlet(forchange)(6):ICcardreader
(7):display

Timetable

TimetableofCityBus,pleaserefertothefollowingwebsite:
ArukumachiKYOTORoutePlanner"BusandTrainVeteran"BusTimetable/BusStopInformation
pagetop

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Subway
A

HowtoRide
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SearchfortheentrancetotheSubwayStation

TheentrancetotheSubwayStationisindicatedbyasubwaysign.
SubwayRouteMap

GuidemapofSubwayStationsurroundings
AconvenientmapforvisitorsandtouristsavailableinaPDFfiletodownload.
Kokusaikaikan,Matsugasaki(1.6MB)
Kitayama,Kitaoji(1.6MB)
Kuramaguchi,Imadegawa(2.3MB)
Marutamachi,KarasumaOike(2.3MB)
Shijo,Gojo(2.3MB)
Kyoto,Kujo(2.3MB)
Jujo,Kuinabashi,Takeda(2.0MB)

<subwaysign>

Ishida,Rokujizo(1.8MB)
Ono,Daigo(1.4MB)
Higashino,Nagitsuji(1.8MB)
Misasagi,Yamashina(1.4MB)
Higashiyama,Keage(2.1MB)
KyotoShiyakushomae(KyotoCityHall),SanjoKeihan(2.1MB)
Nijo,Nijojomae(NijojoCastle)(1.8MB)
UzumamsaTenjingawa,NishiojiOike(1.9MB)

Buyingyourticket

Purchaseatickettoyourdestinationfromtheautomaticticketmachines.(englishsupported)
Thefarechartislocatedneartheticketmachines.(Thesubwaystationisallocatedastation
numbersopleasecheckthedepartureanddestinationstationsonthefarechartorSubway
RouteMap.Thestationnumbercanalsobefoundinsidethetrain.)
Thefareforadultsisfrom210yento350yen,andforchildren110yento180yen(dependingon
thedestination).
ICcardsthatareaccepted

Enteringtheautomaticticketgate

Thereareautomaticticketgatesatthestation,andyoucanenterbypassingyourticket(or
card)throughthegate.Afterpassingthrough,theticket(orcard)isreturned,sopleasedonot
forgettotakeit.
ICCards: TouchyourICcardagainstthecardreaderareaoftheticketgatetopassthrough.

BoardingtheSubway

Whentraincomingpleasewaitbehindthewhiteline.

GetofftheSubway&Gettingoutfromthestation

Toleavethestationwhereyougetoffthetrain,passyourticket(orcard)throughthe
automaticticketgatestoexit.(Theticketwillbecollected,butthecardwillbereturnedso
pleasedonotforgettotakeit)
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Timetable

TimetableofSubway,pleaserefertothefollowingwebsite:
ArukumachiKYOTORoutePlanner"BusandTrainVeteran"TrainTimetable/StationMap

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ConvenientandReasonableCard
A KyotoCityBus&KyotoBusOneDayPass
ForunlimitedtravelwithintheFlatFareZoneofKyotoCityBus&Kyoto
Bus:500yen(Children250yen)
WithintheCityBus&KyotoBusFlatFareZone,youcantravelanynumberoftimes
throughoutoneday.IfyourdestinationisoutsidetheFlatFareZone,aseparatefare
appliesfromthebusstoponthezoneborder.

Adult

Children

B KyotoSightseeingOneandTwodayPass
Onedaypass:1,200yen(Children600yen)
Twodaypass:2,000yen(Children1,000yen)
AllKyotoCitybuses,allKyotoCitySubwaytrainsandmostbusesrunbytheKyoto
Buscompanywillacceptthesecardsforrepeatedfares.Whenaoneortwodaycardis
purchased,afreeguidemapwillbeprovided.Thisguidemaphascertainstoresand
vendorscoupons.
Onedaypass

Twodaypass

C KyotoSightseeingOnedayPass(YamashinaDaigoAreaadded)
1,300yen(Adultsonly)
Inadditiontovalidareaofcard B ,youcanusetheroutesofKeihanBus(Yamashina
Daigoareaonly).

Onedaypass(YamashinaDaigoAreaadded)

D KyotoCitySubwayOnedayPass
600yen(Children300yen)
AllKyotoCitySubwaytrains(KarasumaLine&TozaiLine),youcantravelanynumber
oftimesthroughoutoneday.

Adult
Children
(designaresubjecttochange.)
Youcanbuytheseticketsatanycitybusandsubwayinformationofficeorticketoffice.

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SupportforForeignVisitors
InquiryoftheCityBusandSubwaypleasefeelfreetocontactustotheinformationofficebelow:
CityBusandSubwayinformation
InformationSites
TransportationBureau
KyotoStation
KotochikaKyoto
Kitaoji
KarasumaOike

Location

OperationHours(JST)

UzumasaTenjingawaSubwayStation(SANSAUkyo)
JRKyotoStationCentralEntranceBusInformationCenter
SubwayKyotoStationCentralEntrance

Telephone
0758635200
0753714474

From7:30to19:30

0753719866

IntheKitaojiBusTerminal

0754930410

IntheKarasumaOikeSubwayStation

0752131650

KyotoTouristInformationCenter"KyoNavi"
InformationSites

Location

KyotoTouristInformationCenter KyotoStationBldg.2F

OperationHours(JST)

Telephone

From8:30to19:30

0753430548

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KyotoCityWeb(C)CityofKyoto2015

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