Originally Posted by
MarkP24
Thanks! The IC looks solid/ good enough to me. I'm planing on using Osaka as my base to visit Kyoto and Hiroshima. In your experience, is it conveniently located enough?
No, You'll waste an hour a day on the round trip to Kyoto. And it's two hours to and from Nara. And that just gets you to the main station, not the sites you are likely to want to visit.