Originally Posted by
RichardInSF
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.
Originally Posted by
Aventine
This.
Staying in Kyoto is a lot better than commuting each day.
I want to see 3 cities (at least I think unless everyone feels Osaka's not worth a visit): Osaka, Kyoto, and Nara. As Osaka hotels seem to be much cheaper, and I believe I've read that at night Osaka is more lively than Kyoto, wouldn't this be simply 6 of one half a dozen of the other? And if Osaka is cheaper, I would lean in that direction.