Itami Airport to Osaka: how to get out of the airport

Getting from Itami Airport into Osaka

What the airport itself publishes for each way in.

Osaka Monorail

The monorail station is connected to the terminal. Change at Hotarugaike for the Hankyu line into Umeda.

Airport limousine bus

No reservation; first come, first served. IC cards and contactless cards accepted.

Airport limousine bus

50 to 55 minutes. The same fare to Shijo Omiya, Nijo Station, Shijo Kawaramachi, Kyoto City Hall and Demachiyanagi.

Sending your bags on, or leaving them here

Japan's courier network reaches this airport, so a case can go to your hotel without you.

Who runs it

Yamato Transport

Where the counter is

1F

How long it takes

Next day, or the day after for some areas.

Coin lockers

What it costs to put a bag down for the day.

Coin lockers are on the second floor of the north, central and south terminal sections.

Getting online

This is a smaller airport, so arrange an eSIM before you fly rather than counting on a counter in the arrivals hall.

eSIM

Bought before you leave home and installed over Wi-Fi, so you land connected. Needs a phone that takes an eSIM and is not carrier-locked.

Prepaid SIM

Sold at the arrivals counters and vending machines at the larger airports. You swap your physical SIM — keep the old one safe.

Pocket Wi-Fi

A rented router for several devices at once. Picked up and dropped back at the airport counter, or posted back.

Free Wi-Fi

Available in the terminal. It stops when you leave the building.

Inside Itami Airport

Opening hours, lounges, places to sleep, cash and SIM rental at Itami Airport, as the airport lists them on its own pages.

Opening hours

05:30–22:00 for the North and South Terminals, 05:30–22:30 for the Central Terminal.

Lounge

Card Lounge (Lounge Osaka), Central Terminal 3F, before security (06:30–20:00, last entry 19:45) — 1,253 yen at the door, or free with some gold credit cards.

Lounge

ANA Suite Lounge, North Terminal 3F — Airline lounge: the airline decides who can enter.

Lounge

JAL Sakura Lounge, North Terminal 3F — Airline lounge: the airline decides who can enter.

Hotel

Osaka Airport Hotel, Central Terminal 3F, connected to the terminal.

Currency exchange

Travelex Osaka Airport store, South Terminal 1F, check-in counter area (06:30–20:00).

ATMs

Resona Bank, MUFG Bank, SMBC, Seven Bank and AEON Bank, on 1F of the North and South Terminals.

SIM and pocket Wi-Fi

GLOBAL WiFi Itami counter, South Terminal 1F (10:00–19:00); GLOBAL WiFi pick-up lockers, South Terminal 1F (05:30–19:00 for reserved pick-up); GLOBAL WiFi SIM card vending machines, North and South Terminal 1F; WiFiBox (unmanned machines), North and South Terminal 1F.

Free Wi-Fi

Networks #AirportFreeWiFi-OsakaItami and #AirportFreeWiFi-OsakaItami2.4G, in every part of the terminal.

Leaving a bag

Baggage Storage (Yamato Transport), Central Terminal 1F (07:00–21:00).

Sending a bag on

Yamato Transport (Takkyubin) delivery counter, Central Terminal 1F (07:00–21:00); Post Office counter (Yu-Pack), Central Terminal 1F (09:00–17:00); Lawson (Yu-Pack), Central Terminal 1F (06:00–23:00).

How you get to Japan if you are flying here

Itami Airport has no scheduled international flights.

Kansai is the international airport for Osaka. Itami is the domestic one on the other side of the city, so an international arrival lands at Kansai and comes here by bus or train to fly on.

• Kansai AirportThe international airport for this region
• What you can bring to Japan147 items, checked twice
• Baggage rules by airline17 airlines

Immigration and customs happen at the first airport you land in, not here.

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