Saitama to Kyoto runs about 6 times a day, with the first departure around 06:05 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €19.98 and €24.38, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 6h 16m over 422 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and the dearest fare our model puts on this corridor, across 2 operators and 1 way of making the journey. Nothing here is held for you, and the operator sets the price on the day.
Indicative fares
€19.98 to €24.38
- 145%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Saitama
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below come from our own model of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:05First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 6Services per day
- 33%Run direct
日本中央バス株式会社 runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Saitama to Kyoto on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey costs by departure date, from our own model. Read it as a guide to which days are dearer, not as a quote.
Indicative fares
- about €40.88Mon14
- about €39.78Tue15
- about €37.03Wed16
- about €44.18Thu17
- about €36.48Fri18
- about €38.68Sat19
- about €36.48Sun20
- about €24.38Mon21
- about €27.13Tue22
- about €29.33Wed23
- about €35.93Thu24
- about €28.78Fri25
- about €30.43Sat26
- about €27.68Sun27
- about €23.83Mon28
- about €19.98Tue29
- about €23.83Wed30
- about €30.43Thu1
- about €23.28Fri2
- about €24.93Sat3
- about €26.03Sun4
Modelled from what this route has cost, not from live availability. Nothing here is held for you, and the operator sets the price on the day.
The coach gets you into Kyoto. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Kyoto for the night the coach 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 Saitama to Kyoto
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €28.7890 days
- €22.1860 days
- €21.6345 days
- €16.6830 days
- €26.0321 days
- €27.6814 days
- €36.487 days
- €37.033 days
- €40.881 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €16.68.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 145 percent. The dearest point is €40.88, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Saitama 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
422 km
367 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs west.
Who lives at each end
1,324,854 → 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
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 422 km against 367 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 Nagoya, Toyota, Ichinomiya, Gifu. The gap between arriving and leaving is 55 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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 coach 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 Saitama 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 Saitama to Kyoto?
The fastest journey from Saitama to Kyoto takes 6h 16m door to door, of which 5h 53m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 6h 42m, 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 Saitama to Kyoto?
The cheapest fare from Saitama to Kyoto is €19.98, checked on 13 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €32.63. 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 Saitama to Kyoto?
The cheapest way from Saitama to Kyoto is by coach, at €24.38 for one passenger on 29 September 2026. That journey takes 6h 37m 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 Saitama to Kyoto?
Fares from Saitama to Kyoto bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €16.68. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 145 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 Saitama to Kyoto?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Saitama to Kyoto, at €24.38. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on 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 Saitama to Kyoto?
January is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Saitama to Kyoto, at €18.33 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 Saitama to Kyoto?
2 operators sell services from Saitama to Kyoto across 1 mode: 日本中央バス株式会社, 神姫観光. 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 Saitama to Kyoto?
33 percent of the services we sell from Saitama to Kyoto are direct. The rest connect at Nagoya, Toyota, Ichinomiya, Gifu, with about 55 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 Saitama to Kyoto use?
Services from Saitama to Kyoto by coach leave from Saitama-Shintoshin Bus Terminal and arrive at Kyoto 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 Saitama to Kyoto?
2 of the 2 operators we sell from Saitama 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 Saitama to Kyoto on 13 September 2026: 422 km of route against 367 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €19.98, and 6h 16m 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
Saitama reaches 31 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 41 to 401 km. Kyoto reaches 74 places in 1 countries, from 42 to 515 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Saitama
- 31Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 4Operators
Arriving in Kyoto
Leaving Kyoto
- 74Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 12Operators