how to go to Yoshino from Osaka (we are staying near Umeda Station) In the following article you can check the route by Kintetsu from Osaka-Abenobashi to Yoshino and also transportation in Yoshino (explained under "Orientation").
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e4151.html?aFROM=2157_4150The roundtrip railroad cost from Umeda to Yoshino by subway and Kintetsu is 2500 yen.
Traveling with a Kansai Thru Pass, you need to pay 860 yen (= 430 yen per way) additionally for the Kintetsu section not covered by the pass (between Tsubosakayama and Yoshino).
These fees do not include Kintetsu Ltd. Express charges.
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2357_005.htmlThe one-way fare of the ropeway connecting Senbonguchi and Yoshinoyama is 360 yen. (A roundtrip ticket is not available during the cherry blossom season.)
The one-way fare of the bus connecting Chikurin-in-mae and Oku-senbon-guchi is 400 yen.
[From Umeda Station to Yoshino Station by subway and Kintetsu]
Umeda Station of Osaka Municipal Subway is located
roughly to the south of Umeda Station of Hankyu / to the north of Umeda Station of Hanshin.
A one way requires about 2 hours.
Umeda (of subway)
{Midosuji Line: about 15 minutes, 280 yen}
Tennoji (of subway)
: Transfer: about 5 to 10 minutes (not including waiting time):
((B2F)) around the platformfs west end (closer to Umeda) {elevator/escalator upward}
Subway concourse ((B1F)) -- West Gate -- proceeding to the left a little {escalator upward}
Kintetsu concourse ((1F on the ground)) -- West Gate;
Osaka-Abenobashi (of Kintetsu)
{Kintetsu lines: about 90 minutes, 970 yen on an Express train}
Yoshino (of Kintetsu).