Kyoto to Shizuoka bus

Buses from Kyoto to Shizuoka start at €16.13 and take 4h 24m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Kyoto to Shizuoka starts at €16.13 and takes 4h 24m door to door, run by 4 operators over 275 km, with around 11 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 21 days before departure.

Checked 15 September 2026Priced for 6 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 4h 24mDoor to door
  • 3h 40mMoving
  • €16.13 to €30.98From
  • 06:09 to 14:40First and last departure
  • 11Per day
  • 7.4 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 6 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€16.13 to €30.98 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €26.58Wed16
  2. about €30.98Thu17
  3. about €23.83Fri18
  4. about €24.38Sat19
  5. about €22.73Sun20
  6. about €20.53Mon21
  7. about €18.33Tue22
  8. about €18.88Wed23
  9. about €21.63Thu24
  10. about €20.53Fri25
  11. about €21.63Sat26
  12. about €18.88Sun27
  13. about €17.23Mon28
  14. about €16.13Tue29

Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 6 October 2026

Cheapest€13.38
  1. 千葉中央バス 千葉営業所 S-338414:223h 40m18:02Kyoto Station東名静岡

Door to door 4h 24mCO2 7.4 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastest
神姫観光€15.584h 23m
千葉中央バス 千葉営業所€13.384h 24m
株式会社高知駅前観光€13.384h 23m
日本中央バス株式会社€15.034h 22m

The coach gets you into Shizuoka. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Shizuoka for the night the coach gets in

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Booking window

When to book Kyoto to Shizuoka

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €13.9390 days
  2. €13.9360 days
  3. €15.5845 days
  4. €15.0330 days
  5. €13.3821 days
  6. €16.1314 days
  7. €18.337 days
  8. €23.833 days
  9. €26.581 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €13.38.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 99 percent. The dearest point is €26.58, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €18.88Sun
  2. €17.23Mon
  3. €16.13Tue
  4. €18.88Wed
  5. €21.63Thu
  6. €20.53Fri
  7. €21.63Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Kyoto

Coach
  • Kyoto Station
  • Kyoto Sightseeing Bus

Shizuoka

Coach
  • 東名静岡
  • 清水駅前
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting
75% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 25% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 275 km against 240 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Ichinomiya, Okazaki, Toyota, Nagoya. The gap between arriving and leaving is 52 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Kyoto at 06:09 and the last at 14:40, across 11 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Buses against the other ways to make this journey

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Train2h 40m1h 56m44m€30.049.1 kg5
Coach4h 24m3h 40m44m€16.137.4 kg11

Questions about Kyoto to Shizuoka

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Coach from Kyoto to Shizuoka take?

The Coach from Kyoto to Shizuoka takes 4h 24m door to door, of which 3h 40m is spent moving. The route runs 275 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Coach from Kyoto to Shizuoka cost?

The Coach from Kyoto to Shizuoka starts at €16.13 for one passenger, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare is €16.68. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Coach from Kyoto to Shizuoka?

4 operators run the Coach from Kyoto to Shizuoka: 神姫観光, 千葉中央バス 千葉営業所, 株式会社高知駅前観光, 日本中央バス株式会社. Between them they file around 11 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Coach from Kyoto to Shizuoka use?

The Coach from Kyoto to Shizuoka leaves from Kyoto Station and arrives at 東名静岡. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

Is the Coach the best way from Kyoto to Shizuoka?

Travelling from Kyoto to Shizuoka by Train costs €30.04 and takes 2h 40m door to door, against 4h 24m by Coach. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.

When should I book the Coach from Kyoto to Shizuoka?

Fares for the Coach from Kyoto to Shizuoka bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €13.38. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 99 percent, measured on 15 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Kyoto to Shizuoka produce?

The Coach from Kyoto to Shizuoka produces about 7.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 275 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Coach from Kyoto to Shizuoka?

Operators on the Coach from Kyoto to Shizuoka publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 4 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 24m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Kyoto to Shizuoka on 15 September 2026: 275 km of route against 240 km in a straight line, 11 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €16.13, and 4h 24m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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