Hikone to Kyoto runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:43 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €11.88 and €11.89, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 1h 15m over 60 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€11.88 to €11.89
- 65%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Hikone
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:43First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
West Japan Railway runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Hikone to Kyoto on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €19.59Mon14
- about €13.54Tue15
- about €15.74Wed16
- about €19.04Thu17
- about €14.09Fri18
- about €16.84Sat19
- about €17.94Sun20
- about €12.44Mon21
- about €11.89Tue22
- about €12.99Wed23
- about €14.64Thu24
- about €12.99Fri25
- about €15.74Sat26
- about €14.09Sun27
- about €11.88Mon28
- about €11.88Tue29
- about €11.88Wed30
- about €12.99Thu1
- about €11.88Fri2
- about €12.44Sat3
- about €11.88Sun4
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.
The train gets you into Kyoto. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Kyoto for the night the train gets in
Sort by distance from Kyōto Station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Hikone to Kyoto
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €11.8990 days
- €11.8860 days
- €11.8845 days
- €11.8830 days
- €11.8821 days
- €14.0914 days
- €17.947 days
- €15.743 days
- €19.591 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 65 percent. The dearest point is €19.59, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 21 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Hikone to Kyoto and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
60 km
52 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south-west.
Who lives at each end
113,647 → 1,463,723
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 60 km against 52 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 Tsuruga, Ichinomiya, Gifu, Nagoya. The gap between arriving and leaving is 65 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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.
Who runs this route
The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Kyōto Station
Most of the points near Kyōto Station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Hikone to Kyoto
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 it take to get from Hikone to Kyoto?
The fastest journey from Hikone to Kyoto takes 1h 15m door to door, of which 31m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 1h 16m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Hikone to Kyoto?
The cheapest fare from Hikone to Kyoto is €11.88, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €12.99. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Hikone to Kyoto?
The cheapest way from Hikone to Kyoto is by train, at €11.89 for one passenger on 28 September 2026. That journey takes 1h 15m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Hikone to Kyoto?
Fares from Hikone to Kyoto bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €11.88. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 65 percent, measured on 13 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Hikone to Kyoto?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Hikone to Kyoto, at €11.89. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 13 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Hikone to Kyoto?
October is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Hikone to Kyoto, at €11.88 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from Hikone to Kyoto?
1 operators sell services from Hikone to Kyoto across 1 mode: West Japan Railway. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Hikone to Kyoto?
20 percent of the services we sell from Hikone to Kyoto are direct. The rest connect at Tsuruga, Ichinomiya, Gifu, Nagoya, with about 65 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Hikone to Kyoto use?
Services from Hikone to Kyoto by train leave from Hikone Station and arrive at Kyōto Station. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Hikone to Kyoto?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Hikone to Kyoto allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
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, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Hikone to Kyoto on 13 September 2026: 60 km of route against 52 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 1h 15m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Kyoto a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Kyoto and across Japan
Day trips that leave Kyoto in the morning and cover a good part of Japan by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Hikone reaches 20 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 40 to 154 km. Kyoto reaches 74 places in 1 countries, from 42 to 515 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Hikone
- 20Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 2Operators
Arriving in Kyoto
Leaving Kyoto
- 74Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 12Operators