There are 6 ways to get from Athens to Kyoto by plane, train, or bus
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Fly to Kansai International Airport, train
best- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Kansai International Airport (KIX)plane ATH - KIX
- Take the train from Kansai Airport to Kyōtotrain
17h 16m¥72,816–119,228Fly to Osaka International Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Osaka International Airport (ITM)plane ATH - ITM
- Take the bus from Osaka Airport to Kyoto Station Hachijou gatebus
19h 45m¥52,216–138,628Fly to Chūbu Centrair International Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO)plane ATH - NGO
- Take the train from Nagoya to Kyototrain
18h 20mFly to Kobe, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Kobe (UKB)plane ATH - UKB
- Take the train from Ashiya to Kyōtotrain
18h 43m¥55,486–149,178Fly to Tokyo International Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane ATH - HND
- Take the train from Shin Yokohama to Kyototrain
19h 25mFly to Narita International Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Narita International Airport (NRT)plane ATH - NRT
- Take the train from 空港第2ビル Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 to Tōkyō Stationtrain
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Kyototrain
18h 26m
Athens International Airport (ATH) to Kansai International Airport (KIX) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Athens to Kyoto is to fly and bus which costs ¥50000 - ¥140000 and takes 19h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Athens to Kyoto is to fly and train which takes 17h 16m and costs ¥70000 - ¥120000.
The distance between Athens and Kyoto is 9425 km.
It takes approximately 17h 16m to get from Athens to Kyoto, including transfers.
Kyoto is 6h ahead of Athens. It is currently 2:28 PM in Athens and 8:28 PM in Kyoto.
There are 3715+ hotels available in Kyoto.
What companies run services between Athens, Greece and Kyoto, Japan?
There is no direct connection from Athens to Kyoto. However, you can take the taxi to Athens-Airport-ATH airport, fly to Kansai International Airport (KIX), walk to Kansai Airport, then take the train to Kyōto. Alternatively, you can take the taxi to Athens-Airport-ATH airport, fly to Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO), walk to Central Japan International Airport, take the train to Meitetsu Nagoya, walk to Nagoya, then take the train to Kyoto.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Kansai International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–160,000
Flights from Athens International Airport to Osaka International Airport via Istanbul, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–180,000
Flights from Athens International Airport to Osaka International Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–150,000
Flights from Athens International Airport to Osaka International Airport via Beijing Capital, Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥45,000–130,000
Flights from Athens International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–550,000
Flights from Athens International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Istanbul, Kansai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–210,000
Flights from Athens International Airport to Narita International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 1m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–170,000
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Athens International Airport to Osaka International Airport via Istanbul, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–480,000
Flights from Athens International Airport to Osaka International Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–150,000
Flights from Athens International Airport to Osaka International Airport via Beijing Capital, New Chitose
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥47,000–140,000
Flights from Athens International Airport to Osaka International Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–150,000
Flights from Athens International Airport to Osaka International Airport via Beijing Capital, Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥45,000–130,000
Flights from Athens International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–550,000
Flights from Athens International Airport to Narita International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–170,000
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Kansai International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥47,000–130,000
Flights from Athens International Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–140,000
Flights from Athens International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–120,000
Flights from Athens International Airport to Narita International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–140,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Kansai International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥47,000–130,000
Flights from Athens International Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 41m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–140,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Kansai International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥39,000–110,000
Flights from Athens International Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥42,000–120,000
Flights from Athens International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–140,000
Flights from Athens International Airport to Narita International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥40,000–120,000
- Website
- jejuair.net
Flights from Athens International Airport to Kobe via Beijing Capital, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥48,000–140,000
Flights from Athens International Airport to Kobe via Istanbul, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–200,000
Flights from Athens International Airport to Kobe via Vienna, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–200,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Kobe via Budapest, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–200,000
Flights from Athens International Airport to Kobe via Vienna, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–200,000
Flights from Athens International Airport to Kobe via Shanghai Pudong, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–160,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Osaka International Airport via Beijing Capital, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥45,000–130,000
Flights from Athens International Airport to Osaka International Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Fukuoka
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–140,000
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Kobe via Istanbul, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–160,000
- Website
- skymark.co.jp
Flights from Athens International Airport to Kobe via Shanghai Pudong, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–170,000
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Istanbul, Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–180,000
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Narita International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥40,000–120,000
- Phone
- 0570-00-2486
- Website
- jr-odekake.net
Train from Kansai Airport to Kyōto
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–2,000
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
Train from Ashiya to Kyōto
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥950–1,400
- Schedules at
- jr-odekake.net
- Phone
- 050-3772-3910
- Website
- jr-central.co.jp
Train from Nagoya to Kyoto
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Schedules at
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
Train from Shin Yokohama to Kyoto
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Schedules at
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
Train from Tōkyō Station to Kyoto
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Schedules at
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jreast.co.jp
Train from 空港第2ビル Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 to Tōkyō Station
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–1,600
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/
- Phone
- 06-6844-1124
- Website
- hankyu-kankobus.co.jp
Bus from Osaka Airport to Kyoto Station Hachijou gate
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–1,400
- Schedules at
- okkbus.co.jp
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