Osaka City Transport

Guide to Osaka City transport system - information on how to get around Osaka. Part of the guide to Osaka City Japan. The convenient Kansai Thru Card can be used on just about anything that moves in Osaka (as well as the rest of the Kansai region), with the notable exception of JR trains. Osaka Subway Osaka has Japan’s second-most extensive subway network after Tokyo, which makes the underground the natural way to get around. The Midosuji Line is Osaka’s main artery, linking up the massive train stations and shopping complexes of Shin-Osaka, Umeda, Shinsaibashi, Namba and Tennoji. By train True to its name, the JR Osaka Loop Line (Jp. Kanjo-sen) runs in a loop around Osaka. It’s not quite as convenient or heavily-used as Tokyo’s Yamanote line though. Osaka Hotels Looking for Osaka Accommodation? Please support our site by using our Osaka Hotels reservation system. (Article based on Wikitravel article by Wikitravel users Based on work by  Jpatokal. Based on work by Sakurai Midori, Jose Ramos, Mark Jaroski, Craig Fryer, Ted O’Neill, Yann Forget and Paul N. Richter, Wikitravel user(s) Nikita Borisov and Nils and Anonymous user(s) of Wikitravel.  Article used under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 1.0.) |