[Experience] Report on a budget travel! Highway bus between Kyoto/Osaka and Nagareyama Otakanomori is the 1st recommended cheap trip! Guide on how to buy tickets from 3,500 yen.

Money Saving Trip Report! The #1 recommended cheap travel guide from Otakanomori Station to Kyoto and Osaka

5 Advantages of Using the Night Bus Milky Express

1:Depart from Otakanomori Station.
2:No transfer
3:Arrive while you sleep.
4:You can start your activities there from the first thing in the morning.
5:Very inexpensive. The cheapest day costs 3,500 yen! (as of April 2023).

Amazing! Isn’t that five birds with one stone! So I got on the hot topic and would like to share my experience with you.

The boarding location at Otakanomori Station is from platform 6 at the west exit roundabout.

All seats on this bus are reserved and the boarding method is to purchase in advance via the web. You can purchase from the banner below, and our concierge “Kotaka” will explain in detail how to operate the system later in this article.

On the day of boarding, the bus will arrive at “Bus Stop No. 6 at the west exit roundabout” 10 minutes before departure time.

Departure and arrival times and rest stops

I told the driver the name of the person who made the reservation, sat in the seat assigned to me, and we departed at the scheduled time of 10:35 p.m.I thought it would be crowded on Friday, but there were 7 passengers on the train from Otakanomori. The train is equipped with pillows on the backrests.Each seat also has a USB port so that you can charge your smartphone. After taking the expressway from the Nagareyama Interchange, many passengers boarded at around 23:20 at Sunshine City in Ikebukuro, and the seats were almost full.Eighty percent of the clientele were young college age, but everyone was quiet and well mannered.

After departure, the lights in the car will be turned off. Rest breaks are approximately once every two hours, with a total of three service area breaks.

1. 22:35 Departure from Otakanomori
2. 23:30 Departure from Ikebukuro Sunshine City
3. 01:00 Ashigara service area rest
4. 03:00 Hamamatsu service area rest
5. 05:00 Kusatsu parking area rest
6. 06:00 Arrival at Kyoto
7. 07:30 Arrival at Osaka

My honest opinion after using the service

Oh no. We’re finally here. To tell you the truth, I am tired to a certain extent.
I had used night buses several times when I was a student, so I had expected it, but “Kotaka” was not a good place to sleep well, but that is different for everyone, and there were people who were sleeping soundly and comfortably.

Even if we were to subtract the “3: Arrive while you sleep” point, the benefit of four birds with one stone is still amazing!

You can use the money you save to eat local delicacies or upgrade your hotel accommodations. It is nice to have a variety of choices, isn’t it? Again, the cost of a reserved seat on the Shinkansen is about 15,000 yen plus 800 yen for the fare to Tokyo Station, but on the Milky Express’s cheapest day, it is only 3,500 yen! (as of April 2011).Is there any cheaper way to get to Osaka? If you are young and confident in your physical strength, why not try a round trip? But with this amount of money, you can easily go to Osaka for okonomiyaki this weekend or Kyoto for a cup of green powdered tea!

Also, if you live in Osaka or Kyoto area, please come and visit Nagareyama by this bus. Please check the hotels in the banner below for accommodation in Otakanomori on that occasion.

I will then explain how to purchase tickets.

How to make reservations for Milky Express

Clicking on the advertising banner below will take you to the reservation page, but I think reserving a ride from Otakanomori may be a little confusing, so I will explain it clearly on the actual screen with concierge “Kotaka”.

Clicking on the ad banner will take you to the Milky Way Express top page, where you can navigate from 1 to 4 in the advanced search on the left.

• The first step is a bit confusing, but for some reason there is no Chiba in the departure location selection field, so please select Tokyo as your transit point.
• For 2, please select “Osaka” or “Kyoto” or “Nagoya” for your arrival location.
• For 3, please enter the date of the ride.
• 4, please press the search button after entering the above.

The calendar will then display the fare for the day of the ride and the course name below it. Among the several “Departures from Omiya,” there is one from Kashiwa to Nagareyama, so you can make a reservation from there. This is the introduction of express overnight buses from Otakanomori to Kyoto and Osaka.

If you think that the Shinkansen is a better choice, we recommend the following special package plan.