Western Japan's international gateway, built on an artificial island in Osaka Bay. Terminal 1 takes most airlines; Terminal 2 is for Peach and Jetstar and sits a shuttle ride away.
Getting from Kansai Airport into Osaka
What the airport itself publishes for each way in.
| Route | Transport | To | Time | Fare |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansai Airport Transportation | Bus | Osaka Station (Umeda) | 60min | 1800yen |
| Kansai Airport Transportation | Bus | Kyoto Station | 85min | 2800yen |
| Kansai Airport Transportation | Bus | Kobe Sannomiya and Rokko Island | 65min | 2200yen |
| Nankai Limited Express Rapi:tAll seats reserved. The 1,670 yen is the fare 970 yen plus limited express ticket 700 yen, regular seat. | Train | Namba | 34min | 1670yen |
| Nankai Airport Express | Train | Namba | 43min | 970yen |
| JR Kansai-Airport Express Haruka1,300 yen is the HARUKA One-way Ticket, sold only to holders of a foreign passport. | Train | Tennoji | 30min | 1300yen |
| JR Kansai-Airport Express Haruka2,200 yen is the HARUKA One-way Ticket, sold only to holders of a foreign passport. | Train | Kyoto Station | 75min | 2200yen |
| JR Kansai Airport Rapid ServiceNo limited express ticket needed. | Train | Tennoji | 45min | — |
- Bus to Osaka Station (Umeda)60 min
- Bus to Kyoto Station85 min
- Bus to Kobe Sannomiya and Rokko Island65 min
- Train to Namba34 min
- Train to Namba43 min
- Train to Tennoji30 min
- Train to Kyoto Station75 min
- Train to Tennoji45 min
- Nankai Limited Express Rapi:t
- All seats reserved. The 1,670 yen is the fare 970 yen plus limited express ticket 700 yen, regular seat.
- JR Kansai-Airport Express Haruka
- 1,300 yen is the HARUKA One-way Ticket, sold only to holders of a foreign passport.
- JR Kansai-Airport Express Haruka
- 2,200 yen is the HARUKA One-way Ticket, sold only to holders of a foreign passport.
- JR Kansai Airport Rapid Service
- No limited express ticket needed.
Step by step from Kansai Airport
- Nambafrom 970 yen · 34 min at the quickest
- Osaka Station (Umeda)from 1,800 yen · 65 min at the quickest
- Kyotofrom 2,200 yen · 75 min at the quickest
- Shin-Osakafrom 1,800 yen · 50 min at the quickest
- Tennojifrom 1,300 yen · 30 min at the quickest
- Kobe (Sannomiya)from 1,880 yen · 30 min at the quickest
- Narafrom 1,800 yen · 100 min at the quickest
- Universal Studios Japanfrom 1,800 yen · 50 min at the quickest
- Itami Airportfrom 2,200 yen · 75 min at the quickest
- Kobe Airportfrom 1,880 yen · 30 min at the quickest
- Wakayamafrom 1,400 yen · 35 min at the quickest
- Uehommachi and Shinsaibashifrom 1,800 yen · 61 min at the quickest
Every route we cover, with first and last departures and where to board: airport transfers.
Inside Kansai Airport, terminal by terminal
Which airlines use which terminal, where the station is, and the lounges, showers, beds, SIM counters, ATMs and baggage counters in each building.
All three airports side by side, and which terminal each airline uses: airport terminals.
From 1 November 2026, tax-free purchases need a customs check at departure: see how it works at Kansai.
Frequently asked questions
What is the quickest way from Kansai Airport into Osaka?
The JR Kansai-Airport Express Haruka to Tennoji, which the airport puts at about 30 minutes. The fare is 1,300 yen.
What is the cheapest way from Kansai Airport into Osaka?
The Nankai Airport Express to Namba, at 970 yen. It takes about 43 minutes.
Can I send my suitcase from Kansai Airport to my hotel?
Yes. Yamato Transport has counters at the airport (Terminal 1 North 4F, and 1F), and the bag arrives the next day, or the day after for some areas.
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
- Terminal 1 North 4F, and 1F
- Counter fee
- 660 yen on top of the delivery charge.
- How long it takes
- Next day, or the day after for some areas.
Getting online
Rental counters are in the arrivals hall here, so you can sort a connection after you clear customs.
- 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.
What happens between the plane and the exit
The same order at every international airport in Japan.
- Quarantine — a health check as you come off the aircraft.
- Immigration — fingerprints and a facial photograph, for everyone aged 16 and over, then the landing permission seal in your passport.
- Baggage claim.
- Animal and plant quarantine — before customs. Meat, fruit, vegetables, seeds and plants go to this counter first.
- Customs — green channel with nothing to declare, red channel otherwise.
Register on Visit Japan Web before you fly and you get one 2D code that covers both immigration and customs. You need a phone or tablet to show it.
What you can and cannot carry is in our what you can bring to Japan table, and the baggage allowance for your airline is in the airline baggage rules.
Connecting onto a domestic flight
You clear immigration and customs here, at the first airport you land in.
- How it works here
- Terminal 2 is not walkable from Terminal 1. A free shuttle bus runs between them, so allow for it when you connect.
- Your bags
- On one ticket with one airline they are normally checked through. On separate tickets, or across a low-cost carrier, you collect them and check in again.
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- Access from the airportKansai Airport
- Coin lockers and baggageKansai Airport
- Limousine bus faresKansai Airport
- Limousine bus to Osaka Station (Japanese)Kansai Airport
- Kansai Airport limousine bus timetable and fares (Osaka Station (Umeda))Kansai Airport
- Kansai Airport limousine bus timetable and fares (Kyoto Station)Kansai Airport
- Kansai Airport limousine bus timetable and fares (Kobe Sannomiya and Rokko Island)Kansai Airport
- Limited Express Rapi:t — price and facilitiesKansai Airport
- Airport access timetable, Kansai Airport – NambaKansai Airport
- Fare search (in Japanese)Kansai Airport
- Rapi:t Digital TicketKansai Airport
- Train — travel time from Kansai AirportKansai Airport
- HARUKA One-way TicketKansai Airport
- Access from Kansai AirportKansai Airport