Originally Posted by
gengar
It's not even cheaper than the bus, since fares are due to both Keihan and JR.
Well, yes, but, likely the reason someone chooses to go to Kyoto Station is to ride JR, in which case the cost of the JR portion could be zero. The cost to go from Tofukuji to Osaka on JR is the same as the cost to go from Kyoto Station to Osaka on JR.