There are 8 ways to get from Beijing to Kobe by plane, bus, train, or car ferry
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Fly Beijing Capital International Airport to Kansai International Airport, bus
best- Fly from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Kansai International Airport (KIX)plane PEK - KIX
- Take the bus from Kansai Airport Terminal 1 to Kobe Sannomiyabus
6h 43m¥32,465–62,897Train to Beijing Daxing International Airport, fly to Osaka International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Beijing West to Beijing Daxing Airporttrain
- Fly from Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX) to Osaka International Airport (ITM)plane PKX - ITM
8h 57m¥22,389–66,852Train, car ferry
- Take the train from Beijing South to Shanghai stationtrain Beijing South
- Take the carferry from Shanghai to Kobe Port Terminalcarferry
2d 5h¥33,818–39,889Fly Beijing Capital International Airport to Kobe
- Fly from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Kobe (UKB)plane PEK - UKB
7h 38m¥50,775–100,947Train to Tianjin Binhai, fly to Kobe
- Take the train from Beijing South to Tianjin Stationtrain
- Fly from Tianjin Binhai (TSN) to Kobe (UKB)plane TSN - UKB
7h 52m¥24,299–86,926Fly Beijing Capital International Airport to Osaka International Airport
- Fly from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Osaka International Airport (ITM)plane PEK - ITM
8h 51m¥66,415–181,797Train, car ferry via Xinjing
- Take the train from Beijing South to Shanghai Hongqiaotrain Beijing South
- Take the carferry from Shanghai to Kobe Port Terminalcarferry
2d 6h¥33,785–39,851Train, car ferry via Shanghai
- Take the train from Beijing South to Shanghai Southtrain Beijing South
- Take the carferry from Shanghai to Kobe Port Terminalcarferry
2d 13h¥30,177–48,385
Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Kansai International Airport (KIX) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Beijing to Kobe is to train and car ferry via Xinjing which costs ¥33000 - ¥40000 and takes 2 days 6h.
The fastest way to get from Beijing to Kobe is to fly and bus which takes 6h 43m and costs ¥32000 - ¥65000.
The distance between Beijing and Kobe is 1857 km.
The best way to get from Beijing to Kobe without a car is to train and car ferry which takes 2 days 5h and costs ¥33000 - ¥40000.
It takes approximately 6h 43m to get from Beijing to Kobe, including transfers.
Kobe is 1h ahead of Beijing. It is currently 9:00 PM in Beijing and 10:00 PM in Kobe.
There are 282+ hotels available in Kobe.
What companies run services between Beijing, China and Kobe, Japan?
All Nippon Airways, Korean Air, and four other airlines fly from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Kobe (UKB) every 4 hours.
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Kansai International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥29,000–75,000
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Kansai International Airport via Seoul Gimpo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥29,000–75,000
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Kobe via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥26,000–100,000
Flights from Tianjin Binhai to Kobe via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥36,000–95,000
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Kansai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥20,000–75,000
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Kobe via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–140,000
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Osaka International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥22,000–110,000
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Osaka International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥26,000–47,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Osaka International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥21,000–80,000
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Osaka International Airport via Dalian, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥40,000–110,000
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Osaka International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥22,000–120,000
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Osaka International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥26,000–47,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Kansai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥20,000–75,000
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Kansai International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥28,000–75,000
Flights from Tianjin Binhai to Kobe via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥34,000–95,000
- Website
- jinair.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Kobe via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥26,000–70,000
Flights from Tianjin Binhai to Kobe via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥23,000–85,000
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Kansai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥18,000–50,000
- Website
- sda.cn
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Kansai International Airport via Qingdao
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥17,000–46,000
- Website
- evaair.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Kobe via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥34,000–95,000
- Website
- skymark.co.jp
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Kobe via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥30,000–80,000
Train from Beijing South to Shanghai station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–15,000
- Schedules at
- 12306.cn
- Book at
- 12306.cn
- 2nd Class Seat
- ¥13,000–15,000
- 1st Class Seat
- ¥22,000–25,000
- Business Class Seat
- ¥33,000–46,000
Train from Beijing South to Tianjin Station
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,300–1,500
- Schedules at
- 12306.cn
- Book at
- 12306.cn
- 2nd Class Seat
- ¥1,300–1,500
- 1st Class Seat
- ¥2,100–2,300
- Business Class Seat
- ¥2,900–4,100
Train from Beijing South to Shanghai Hongqiao
- 2nd Class Seat
- ¥13,000–15,000
- 1st Class Seat
- ¥22,000–25,000
- Business Class Seat
- ¥32,000–46,000
Train from Beijing South to Shanghai South
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥9,000–23,000
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ¥9,000–13,000
- Adult - 1st Class
- ¥16,000–23,000
- Phone
- 06-6844-1124
- Website
- hankyu-kankobus.co.jp
Bus from Kansai Airport Terminal 1 to Kobe Sannomiya
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–2,200
- Schedules at
- okkbus.co.jp
- Phone
- 06-6536-6541
- Website
- shinganjin.com
Car ferry from Shanghai to Kobe Port Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 47h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ¥20,000–25,000
- Schedules at
- shinganjin.com
- 2nd Class B
- ¥20,000
- 1st Class
- ¥25,000
- Special Class
- ¥40,000
- VIP
- ¥100,000
Car ferry from Shanghai to Kobe Port Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 47h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ¥20,000–25,000
- Schedules at
- shinganjin.com
- 2nd Class B
- ¥20,000
- 1st Class
- ¥25,000
- Special Class
- ¥40,000
- VIP
- ¥100,000
Car ferry from Shanghai to Kobe Port Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 47h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ¥20,000–25,000
- Schedules at
- shinganjin.com
- 2nd Class B
- ¥20,000
- 1st Class
- ¥25,000
- Special Class
- ¥40,000
- VIP
- ¥100,000
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