Outline of the Kyoto Railway Museum Hours: 10:00 to 17:30 (last admission 17:00) Closed: Wednesdays. Admission. Adults: 1,200 yen University and high school students: 1,000 yen ...

The Kyoto Railway Museum is located in Shimogyo-ku, one of the 11 wards of Japan's former ancient capital. It was originally the Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum, which opened in 1972.

The Kyoto Railway Museum's opening hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and it will be closed on Wednesdays and the period between Dec. 30, 2020, and Jan. 1.

The new Kyoto Railway Museum showcases nearly 150 years of train travel in Japan, from early steam locomotives to the ultramodern Shinkansen bullet trains. Here's a full tour.

Legends along the Kyoto Tango Railway. We start our journey at Fukuchiyama, a transport hub in central Kyoto Prefecture, and head north through valleys to the Sea of Japan and Toyooka, across the ...

Our next two-day train trip takes place along Kyoto Tango Railway’s Miyamai and Miyatoyo lines. We will travel from Maizuru in Kyoto Prefecture to Toyooka in Hyogo Prefecture, covering a ...

According to Google Maps, the distance between Tokyo Station (where the Shinkansen train departs) and Kyoto Station is 282 miles. The trip took a bit over two hours, with a handful of intermediate ...

I discovered Kyoto’s uptown ramen district as part of finding my way around Japan’s most historic large city. There it was on a map provided by a bike-rental shop, just a short walk from the ...