Where a car takes you from Osaka
These are the day trips from Osaka on our own pages where a car earns its keep. Trains reach some of them; a car reaches all of them, on your own clock.
- Kobe Beef in Kobe Kobe is 30 minutes from Osaka by JR Special Rapid
- Kyoto Kaiseki and Nishiki Market Kyoto is 15 minutes from Shin-Osaka by Shinkansen; Nishiki Market's 580 metres of tofu stalls and sake vendors leads to Gion for kaiseki lunch booking
- Nada Sake Breweries Nada in Kobe holds the highest concentration of sake breweries in Japan, producing over 30 percent of the country's nihonshu
- Nara Kakinoha-Zushi Nara is 45 minutes from Osaka Namba by Kintetsu limited express
- Kishiwada and Local Osaka Prefecture Markets Kishiwada is 25 minutes from Osaka Namba by Nankai Express
Booking a car in Osaka
We compare through one partner rather than listing every broker. Desks sit at the airport and in town, and the headline rate below is theirs, not ours.
- From
- USD 35.53 a day
- Desks on site
- Alamo, Avis, Dollar, Enterprise, Europcar, National
- Pick up at
- Osaka Kansai Airport · Osaka International Airport · Osaka Downtown, Osaka International Airport · Osaka Train Station · Osaka Itami Airport · Osaka Namba Railway Station
Rates are the partner's headline price at our last check (2026-10-02) and move with dates, car class and insurance. We earn a commission if you book, at no cost to you.