Originally Posted by
groenroos
My concern is that (according to Google Maps at least), the public transport route from NRT to ANA CP Kyoto is 3 to 4 different trains/buses, and takes at best 4h - 4h30m. Doing that with heavy bags, fresh off an 11-hour flight without a fully flat seat doesn't sound like a great time, even if it's ultimately an earlier arrival time.
Flying to ITM and taking a limousine bus to Kyoto seems more comfortable, but the cost of that is the waiting time at Narita, and being in Kyoto a few hours later.
I think in either case we'll be too tired to properly do anything in Kyoto that night, so the first day'll be a wash. Unlikely to matter much what time we arrive.
Assuming you just miss the NEX, 30 minutes wait for the next, 70 minutes to Shinagawa, 15 minutes to make it to Shinkansen, 130 minutes to Kyoto Station
5 hour wait for the flight 50 minutes flight, 30 minutes to get off the plsbr get luggage and get to the bus counter, max 20 minutes wait for the next nu, 50 minutes to Kyoto station.
Both need a taxi from Kyoto Station.
Even with luggage I'd prefer not to wait for the flight. 3 hourss early arrival at a comfortable hotel would be my choice.