Kyoto Station — Attraction in Kyoto

Unclear guidance on where to collect tickets At Kyoto Station, when we tried to collect our HARUKA tickets, we discovered that not every machine supports ticket pickup. There were no clear signs—or staff who could explain—where to find the “green ticket machines” that do.

Mislabeled input on the green machine interface for HARUKA tickets On the green machine we finally located, one screen said: “Please enter a 4-digit PIN.” In reality, it required the local phone number provided at booking. No wonder the pickup kept failing. We only succeeded after we happened to see a station staff member assist another foreign traveler and learned the correct input from that interaction.

If we hadn’t witnessed that by chance, we might have...

Once you get the hang of getting around, it's not too challenging to get from one place to another. There are various lines that either require a Japan Rail card or a suica card for local trains.

In the station itself, there are numerous food establishmenta, McDonald's, Starbucks, etc.

Be prepared for some train lines,mostly local to be quite packed at certain times of the day.

Be respectful of the Japanese culture, after all, we're in...

Huge station with plenty of shopping options. A quick tip: From the tower, looking towards the station, you can walk directly through the station on the first floor...