From Itami Airport into Osaka
Osaka International Airport, called Itami, is north of the city. Both ways in by train start on the Osaka Monorail at the airport's station, Osaka Airport (大阪空港). Pick the one that meets the line you need.
Via Hotarugaike: Monorail and Hankyu
- Osaka Monorail from 大阪空港 to 蛍池, the next stop.
- Change to the Hankyu Takarazuka Line (阪急宝塚線) towards 大阪梅田, the end of the line.
Stations on the way
蛍池 · 豊中 · 岡町 · 曽根 · 服部天神 · 庄内 · 三国 · 十三 · 中津 · 大阪梅田
Not every train stops at every station: check the train before you board.
In Osaka
Via Senri-chuo: Monorail and the Midosuji Line
- Osaka Monorail from 大阪空港 to 千里中央, the fourth stop.
- Change to the Kita-Osaka Kyuko (北大阪急行) towards 江坂.
- At Esaka the line meets the Osaka Metro Midosuji Line, whose trains run through onto it: on one of those you can stay aboard into the city, to Shin-Osaka, Umeda, Namba and Tennoji.
Stations on the way
千里中央 · 桃山台 · 緑地公園 · 江坂
On the Midosuji Line
Esaka · Higashi-Mikuni · Shin-Osaka · Nishinakajima-Minamigata · Nakatsu · Umeda · Yodoyabashi · Hommachi · Shinsaibashi · Namba · Daikokucho · Dobutsuen-mae · Tennoji · Showacho · Nishitanabe · Nagai · Abiko · Kitahanada · Shinkanaoka · Nakamozu
Both ways are covered by the Osaka Amazing Pass's Itami Airport edition, which adds the monorail from the airport, the Kita-Osaka Kyuko from Esaka to Senri-Chuo and Hankyu from Hotarugaike to Mikuni to the city pass. Fares and passes · Taxi fares
By bus
Airport limousine buses also run from the airport into the city. The airport lists where they go and where to board on its own site; it asks that its content not be copied, so it is not repeated here.