Local buses in Kyoto : Kyoto Bus
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2. Attractions with Kyoto Bus routes
2-1 Main Attractions you can visit by Kyoto Bus
2-2 From Kyoto Station to Attractions3. Fares & Passes
3-1 Fares a ride & Flat Fare Zone
3-2 Type of Passes you can use
1. Operation Area / Route / Hours
The map below is the service area operated by Kyoto Bus and others.
Kyoto Bus covers a part of Kyoto city compared with Kyoto City Bus.
Please note that…
Kyoto Bus is completely different form Kyoto City Bus.
With the color, it is easy to tell those two buses.
Kyoto Bus is brown, and Kyoto City Bus is green.
Recently Kyoto Bus has been co-operating Kyoto City Bus No.86 , and expanding the range of flat fare sections and free passes that can be used. But, Kurama and Kifune area and Ohara area are not within flat fare zone, so One-day bus pass cannot be used. Please note, only with One-day subway & bus pass, you can go as far as Ohara area.
Where in Kyoto dose the Kyoto Bus operate specifically ?
The map below is main bus routes for visitors.
By using Kyoto Bus…
you can go to Arashiyama, Ohara (in the northeast of Kyoto), Kibune and Kurama (in the north of Kyoto).
The folowings are the main routes for visitors.
♦ Kyoto Station,
♦ Shijo-Kawaramachi (downtown area)
♦ Demachiyanagi Station (Keihan Railway)
♦ Kokusai-Kaikan Station (City Subway Karasuma line)
⇔ Ohara
♦ Kyoto Station,
♦ Shijo-Kawaramachi
⇔ Arashiyama
♦ Kokusai-Kaikan Station
⇔ Kibune, Kurama
♦ Kibuneguchi Station (Eizan railway)
⇔ Kifune shrine
The operating hours is depend on routes.
But mostly from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. for Kyoto Bus.
The number of bus services is basically every 20 – 30 minutes.
So you should check the timetable beforehand.
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