"David" <dnk@cs.mu.oz.au> wrote in message news:<41284bd7$1@news.unimelb.edu.au>...
> In <7IDVc.8718$sw3.1170@newssvr29.news.prodigy.com> "necoandjeff" <spam@schrepfer.com> writes:
> 
> >"IIJIMA Hiromitsu" <delmonta@ht.sakura.ne.jp> wrote in message
> >news:41270290.282CA292@ht.sakura.ne.jp...
> >> > >  Yes, Narita really IS that inconvenient
> >> > > if Kyoto is your destination; KIX is greatly preferable.
> >> >
> >> > Actually, I think you'll find that you can get from Narita to Kyoto via
> >> > the Shinkansen faster than you can get from KIX via either the bus or
> >> > the combination of trains, depending on the time of day, even though the
> >> > distance is double. Getting to and from KIX is a real pain!
> >>
> >> Not always so.
> >> When you get to KIX, then you'll just ride JR's express "Haruka" going to
> >> Shin-Osaka and Kyoto directly. The express just takes 75 minutes to Kyoto.
>  
> >Plus it's about one hour from Narita before you can even get on the
> >Shinkansen.
> 
> 75 minutes, most of the time.
> 
Plus transfer time, and depending on the time your flight arrives it
could be a major pain and will contribute to your jet lag considerably
if you take a three hour nap on the shinkansen (or more, if you sleep
through your stop!).

John W.
"Jet Lag Master"