Wakayama is served by a superb infrastructure that includes expressways, high-speed rail links, an international container port and easy access to Kansai International Airport (KIX). The airport operates 24 hours a day (unlike Tokyo's Narita Airport), can be reached in 30 minutes, and is actually closer to Wakayama City than it is to Osaka City. Destinations from KIX include 72 major cities in 32 countries worldwide as well as 20 domestic airports. Flight times to major cities from Kansai: Hong Kong: 3 hours 10 minutes Beijing: 2 hours 35 minutes London: 12 hours 05 minutes Paris: 12 hours 00 minutes Los Angeles: 10 hours 25 minutes Detroit: 11 hours 45 minutes Sydney: 11 hours 20 minutes Tokyo: 1 hour 5minutes Sapporo: 1 hour 50 minutes Fukuoka: 1 hour In addition to KIX, Wakayama has it's own domestic airport at Nanki-Shirahama with a one hour flight time to Tokyo's Haneda Airport, which in turn provides much more convenient access to central Tokyo than does Narita. Airport to Wakayama City: Limousine Bus 35 minutes runs every 30 minutes Nankai Train 40 minutes change trains at Izumisano Station JR Train 40 minutes changing trains at Hineno Station Ports and Harbors: There are 15 ports and harbors in Wakayama Prefecture, which include the internationally trafficked Wakayama Shimotsu Port, where modern ocean freight transportation services are provided. Traveling time to major Japanese cities by road and rail: To Tokyo Train: 4 hours Road: 569km - 7 hours To Nagoya Train: 2 hours 15minutes Road: 243km - 3 hours 10minutes To Osaka Train: 40minutes Road: 89km - 1 hour 15minutes