Hi, I am currently in Asia for 2 1/2 months and at the end of my trip I'm have an airbnb res in Kyoto. I am looking for help/comments with getting to Kyoto from Narita airport. I arrive at 15:00 on Friday March 18th. Any help on how to take the trains would be appreciated.

If you are looking to arrive at Kyoto on the same day then the Shinkansen (bullet train) is the only way to go. I am quite certain that if you take a regular train you won't make it same day from Tokyo/Narita. Otherwise you can look into buying a one way domestic flight from Narita to the Osaka area. I hear that there's a special deal if you buy it in advance before you enter Japan. I think it's about $100?

Thank you. I want to take / try the bullet train. But doesn't that leave from Tokyo or does it now go from narita? I'm flying in from the Philippines - how long will customs be at narita?
Thank you very much!!

You will have to take a train from Narita into Tokyo first (Shinagawa Station to be exact). If you have luggage I recommend taking the Narita express, it's faster and there's a luggage rack at the ends of the cars. From Narita to Shinagawa it's about an hour on the Narita express. Then from Shinagawa to Kyoto it's just over 2 hours. Customs in Narita usually is quite efficient but it does depend on whether there are other big flights flying in at the same time. Hope this helps!

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I agree. You can by a shinkansan pass right at narita and a train goes straight to Kyoto

You can't buy the Shinkansen at Narita, you have to buy it before and exchange the voucher at Narita.

I don't recommend taking the train personally. I did Narita to osaka and it was not so easy.... After a 4 hr flight it was tough to carry luggage and change trains 5 times. I would recommend flight. I think it's cheaper too.

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