Car rental for Osaka: pick up at Kansai International Airport
The nearest pick-up point for Osaka is the Kansai International Airport branch at Rinku Town. There is no branch in central Osaka. The branch is about 40 minutes from central Osaka. Nara is about one hour 10 minutes away, Kobe about one hour, Kyoto about one hour 20 minutes, and Koyasan about 1.5 hours. Cars collected at Kansai can be returned at Narita, Haneda, Shin-Yokohama, Fukuoka Domestic, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Kagoshima or Fukuoka International. New Chitose is not listed as a return destination.
Drive times from Kansai Airport (KIX):
Downtown Osaka (Osaka Castle, Dotonbori, Namba, USJ) — approx. 40 minutes
Kyoto (Kiyomizudera, Arashiyama, Gion, Kinkakuji, Nishiki Market) — approx. 1 hr 20 min
Nara (Todaiji Temple, Nara Park with free-roaming deer) — approx. 1 hr 10 min
Kobe — approx. 1 hour
Wakayama / Koyasan (Mt. Koya — sacred Buddhist mountain) — approx. 1.5 hours
Cultural highlights: Kyoto alone has 17 UNESCO World Heritage Sites; Nara has 8. Kansai hosts two of Japan's three major cultural festivals — the Tenjin Festival (Osaka, July) and the Gion Festival (Kyoto, July). Osaka's local cuisine — takoyaki, okonomiyaki, Kuromon Market seafood — is a major draw for food-loving travelers.
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How to get there?
Take the train from Kansai International Airport to Rinku Town Station. Leave through Exit 5 and walk for less than five minutes to 1-834 Rinkuoraikita, Izumisano-shi, Osaka 598-0048. Kansai International Airport has no rental counter and no shuttle for this branch.
What is included?
CDW is included in the base rate. Multilingual GPS in English, Chinese, Korean and Japanese is included at no charge, except in the smallest T1 and T2 classes. 24/7 multilingual support is available at +81-92-687-4556, with a three-way interpreter. Kansai International Airport has no shuttle. Customers take the train to Rinku Town Station and walk less than five minutes from Exit 5.
Pick-up steps?
1. Arrive and collect your bags.
2. When you arrive, call +81-92-687-4556 and tell the team you have landed. A three-way interpreter joins the call.
3. Take the train to Rinku Town Station. Leave through Exit 5 and walk less than five minutes to the branch. Complete the paperwork and leave.