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

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, presenting several hurdles for travellers from overseas.

✔️ Difficulties in 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 the hotel to which luggage is to be delivered, or when attempting to accurately understand the delivery system and fees.

✔️ Lack of available coin lockers
Many tourists try to use coin lockers, but those large enough to accommodate a full-size 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 resolve these issues, it is important to use a service that allows you to communicate in English in advance, so you don’t have to navigate Japan’s complex station networks.

✔️ The benefits of booking in advance via text message ✉️ 
Services that allow you to book in advance via text message are more convenient than speaking directly at the counter.

As you can use translation tools and send the exact hotel address via text, this helps prevent mistakes and complications.

📌 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 Kyoto sightseeing smoothly, ‘DAISHO Hands-Free Kyoto’ is the ideal solution.

We have a fully English-language website to ensure our international customers can use our service with confidence 🌐👍 

You can easily make bookings or ask questions via our online form in English, using the translation function.

What’s more, our standard option for 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 stations.

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

If you’d like to enjoy sightseeing hands-free without the hassle of heavy luggage, at a lower price than major operators and without any language barriers, please do get in touch via our booking form.