Make sightseeing in Kyoto a breeze for international visitors! Affordable luggage delivery services with English support to avoid luggage-related hassles on buses🔤🌸

Kyoto, where you can experience Japan’s beautiful history, is a hugely popular tourist destination for international visitors from all over the world. However, if you try to start sightseeing immediately after arriving at Kyoto Station by Shinkansen whilst carrying large luggage, you may find yourself caught up in unexpected trouble.

In particular, bringing luggage onto local buses—the main mode of transport within Kyoto—has become a significant social issue, with an increasing number of cases where passengers are refused entry.

In this article, we explain the luggage-related problems foreign visitors face when sightseeing in Kyoto, as well as affordable and convenient delivery services that offer English support.

📌 Luggage storage challenges faced by foreign tourists at Kyoto Station

The system at Kyoto Station is extremely complex, and there are several barriers for travellers visiting from overseas.

✔️ Difficulties communicating in English

Although there are several luggage storage facilities within the station, not all staff speak fluent English.

The language barrier can cause significant problems when trying to provide the address of your hotel or to accurately understand the delivery system and fees.

✔️ Lack of Available Coin Lockers

Many tourists try to use coin lockers, but those large enough for a suitcase are almost always full 😿.

Spending hours walking around looking for a free locker significantly cuts into your limited sightseeing time in Kyoto.

📌 Choose a service that allows online booking

To solve these problems, it is important to use a service that allows you to communicate in English in advance, so you don’t have to wander around Japan’s complex stations.

✔️ The benefits of booking in advance online

Services that allow you to book in advance via the web are more convenient than speaking directly at the counter.

You can use translation tools and send the exact hotel address, helping to prevent mistakes and problems.

📌 Peace of mind with English support! Same-day delivery to your hotel with ‘DAISHO Hands-Free Kyoto’

For international visitors who wish to avoid language barriers and start their sightseeing in Kyoto smoothly, ‘DAISHO Hands-Free Kyoto’ is the ideal solution.

We have a fully multilingual website to ensure our international guests can use our service with confidence 🌐

You can easily complete the online booking form or submit enquiries using the translation function.

What’s more, our standard option of direct collection at the central ticket gate on the 1st floor of JR Kyoto Station is currently available free of charge ✨

Our staff will collect your luggage at an easily identifiable location, so you won’t get lost in Japan’s complex station layout.

Your luggage will be safely delivered to your hotel on the same day 🏨🚚

If you’d like to enjoy sightseeing hands-free straight away, without the worry of language barriers and at a lower price than major operators, please go ahead and make a booking ✨