This all depends on where one is living - someone living in south Osaka will hate commuting to Kyoto, for example. However, Nagaokakyo is one station from Osaka prefecture and easily reachable from Umeda (or from stops along the JR or Hankyu line). It would very likely be much easier for someone to go there from Osaka than to take the Kyoto subway and transfer to Hankyu or JR.