There are 4 ways to get from Basel to Hiroshima by train, plane, or bus
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Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Hiroshima Airport, bus
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Hiroshima Airport (HIJ)plane ZRH - HIJ
- Take the bus from Hiroshima Airport to Hiroshima Shinkansen-Guchibus
19h 51m¥87,761–129,495Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Kitakyushu Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Kitakyushu Airport (KKJ)plane ZRH - KKJ
- Take the train from Kokura to Hiroshimatrain
20h 41m¥78,231–308,795Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Fukuoka Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Fukuoka Airport (FUK)plane ZRH - FUK
- Take the train from Hakata to Hiroshimatrain
19h 5m¥98,031–247,795Fly Basel to Hiroshima Airport, bus
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Hiroshima Airport (HIJ)plane BSL - HIJ
- Take the bus from Hiroshima Airport to Hiroshima Shinkansen-Guchibus
20h 51m¥82,081–362,249
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Hiroshima Airport (HIJ) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Hiroshima is to train and fly and bus which costs ¥85000 - ¥130000 and takes 19h 51m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Hiroshima is to train and fly which takes 19h 5m and costs ¥95000 - ¥250000.
The distance between Basel and Hiroshima is 9503 km.
It takes approximately 19h 51m to get from Basel to Hiroshima, including transfers.
Hiroshima is 7h ahead of Basel. It is currently 9:27 AM in Basel and 4:27 PM in Hiroshima.
There are 699+ hotels available in Hiroshima.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Hiroshima, Japan?
There is no direct connection from Basel to Hiroshima. However, you can take the train to Zürich HB, take the train to Zürich Flughafen, walk to Zurich Airport (ZRH) airport, fly to Hiroshima Airport (HIJ), walk to Hiroshima Airport, then take the bus to Hiroshima Shinkansen-Guchi. Alternatively, you can take the train to Zürich HB, take the train to Zürich Flughafen, walk to Zurich Airport (ZRH) airport, fly to Fukuoka Airport (FUK), walk to Fukuoka Airport, take the subway to Hakata, walk to Hakata, then take the train to Hiroshima.
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hiroshima Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–290,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–260,000
- Website
- jejuair.net
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hiroshima Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–270,000
Flights from Basel to Hiroshima Airport via Munich, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–360,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hiroshima Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–230,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–200,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–250,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kitakyushu Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–280,000
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–200,000
- Website
- eastarjet.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–240,000
- Website
- flypeach.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–260,000
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥5,500–17,000
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Hakata to Hiroshima
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥6,500–9,500
- Schedules at
- https://japantravel.navitime.com/en/area/jp/route/
- Website
- https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Website
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
- Unreserved seat
- ¥6,500–9,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥7,500–9,500
- Green seat
- ¥9,500–13,000
Train from Kokura to Hiroshima
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥5,500–8,000
- Schedules at
- https://japantravel.navitime.com/en/area/jp/route/
- Website
- https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Website
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
- Unreserved seat
- ¥5,500–7,500
- Reserved seat
- ¥6,500–8,000
- Green seat
- ¥8,000–11,000
- Phone
- 0570-010-666
- Website
- chugoku-jrbus.co.jp
Bus from Hiroshima Airport to Hiroshima Shinkansen-Guchi
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,450
- Schedules at
- chugoku-jrbus.j-server.com
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