There are 9 ways to get from Busan to Awaji Island by plane, train, bus, ferry, car ferry, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Kansai International Airport, train, bus
best- Fly from Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS) to Kansai International Airport (KIX)PUS - KIX
- Take the train from Kansai Airport to Ōsaka
- Take the train from Ōsaka to Maiko
- Take the bus from Kosoku Maiko to Sumoto Kosoku Bus Center
6h 21mFerry, drive
cheapest- Take the ferry from Busan port Int'l Passenger Terminal to Osaka International Ferry TerminalPanstar Miracle Busan
- Drive from Osaka International Ferry Terminal to Minamiawaji
18h 37m¥20,907–55,775Ferry, car ferry, train, bus
- Take the ferry from Busan port Int'l Passenger Terminal to Hitakatsu
- Take the car ferry from Hitakatsu to Fukuoka, Hakata
- Take the train from Hakata to Shin-Kōbe Station
- Take the bus from Kosoku Maiko to Sumoto Kosoku Bus Center
12h 53m¥32,374–41,297Car ferry, bus, train
- Take the car ferry from Busan Int'l port to Shimonoseki
- Take the bus from Kokura Eki-mae to Imabari-eki
- Take the train from Imabari to Takamatsu(Kagawa)
- Take the bus from Takamatsu Station to Kosoku Awaji Shichi
25h 15m¥23,461–32,046Train to Daegu International Airport, fly to Kansai International Airport, train, bus
- Take the train from Busan Station to Dongdaegu Station
- Fly from Daegu International Airport (TAE) to Kansai International Airport (KIX)TAE - KIX
- Take the train from Kansai Airport to Ōsaka
- Take the train from Ōsaka to Maiko
- Take the bus from Kosoku Maiko to Sumoto Kosoku Bus Center
7h 27mFly Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Tokushima Airport
- Fly from Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS) to Tokushima Airport (TKS)PUS - TKS
5h 33m¥23,668–59,183Fly Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport, train, bus
- Fly from Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS) to Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO)PUS - NGO
- Take the train from Nagoya Station to Nishi-Akashi
- Take the bus from Kosoku Maiko to Sumoto Kosoku Bus Center
7h 47m¥21,708–50,873Ferry, train, bus
- Take the ferry from Busan port Int'l Passenger Terminal to Shimonoseki
- Take the train from Kokura to Shin-Kōbe Station
- Take the bus from Kosoku Maiko to Sumoto Kosoku Bus Center
16h 2m¥23,990–33,890Ferry, car ferry, train, bus via Hiroshima
- Take the ferry from Busan port Int'l Passenger Terminal to Hitakatsu
- Take the car ferry from Hitakatsu to Fukuoka, Hakata
- Take the train from Hakata to Hiroshima
- Take the bus from Hiroshima Shinkansenguchi to Takamatsuchuo IC BT
- Take the bus from Takamatsu Chuo Inter to Kosoku Awaji Shichi
16h 38m¥30,935–36,458
Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS) to Kansai International Airport (KIX) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Busan to Awaji Island is to ferry and drive which costs ¥20000 - ¥60000 and takes 18h 37m.
The fastest way to get from Busan to Awaji Island is to fly which takes 5h 33m and costs ¥23000 - ¥60000.
The distance between Busan and Awaji Island is 738 km.
The best way to get from Busan to Awaji Island without a car is to ferry and car ferry and train and bus which takes 12h 53m and costs ¥32000 - ¥42000.
It takes approximately 6h 21m to get from Busan to Awaji Island, including transfers.
There are 170+ hotels available in Awaji Island.
What companies run services between Busan, South Korea and Awaji Island, Hyōgo, Japan?
Air Busan, Japan Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS) to Tokushima Airport (TKS) twice daily.
Transport is disrupted due to the Russia-Ukraine war. Read more
- Website
- jinair.com
Flights from Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Kansai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥6,000–37,000
Flights from Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–32,000
- Website
- twayair.com
Flights from Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Kansai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–34,000
Flights from Daegu International Airport to Kansai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–34,000
- Website
- eastarjet.com
Flights from Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Kansai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥10,000–28,000
Flights from Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Tokushima Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥15,000–49,000
- Website
- jejuair.net
Flights from Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Kansai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥7,000–30,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Kansai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥6,000–37,000
Flights from Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–39,000
- Website
- en.airbusan.com
Flights from Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Kansai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–41,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Tokushima Airport via Fukuoka
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥37,000–140,000
Flights from Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–39,000
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Kansai Airport to Ōsaka
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–3,200
- 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
- ¥2,700–3,200
- Reserved Seat
- ¥2,100–2,900
- Green Seat
- ¥2,700–3,600
Train from Imabari to Takamatsu(Kagawa)
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥4,100–6,000
- 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
- ¥4,700–5,500
- Reserved Seat
- ¥4,100–6,000
- Green Seat
- ¥6,000–8,000
- Phone
- 0570-00-2486
- Website
- jr-odekake.net
Train from Kansai Airport to Ōsaka
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
Train from Ōsaka to Maiko
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
- Phone
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Hakata to Shin-Kōbe Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–17,000
- 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
- ¥12,000–17,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥13,000–17,000
- Green seat
- ¥17,000–24,000
Train from Nagoya Station to Nishi-Akashi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥6,000–9,000
- 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
- ¥6,000–8,500
- Reserved seat
- ¥7,000–9,000
- Green seat
- ¥9,000–12,000
Train from Kokura to Shin-Kōbe Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥11,000–16,000
- 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
- ¥11,000–15,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥12,000–16,000
- Green seat
- ¥16,000–21,000
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
- Phone
- 0570-00-4592
- Website
- jr-shikoku.co.jp
Train from Imabari to Takamatsu(Kagawa)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- jr-shikoku.co.jp
- Phone
- +82 1599 7777
- Website
- letskorail.com
Train from Busan Station to Dongdaegu Station
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,400–2,300
- Website
- https://www.letskorail.com/ebizbf/EbizbfForeign_pr16100.do?gubun=1
- Economy
- ¥1,700–2,300
- Non-reserved
- ¥1,400–2,000
- First Class
- ¥2,200–3,200
- Phone
- +82 1800 1472
- Website
- srail.or.kr
Train from Busan Station to Dongdaegu Station
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–4,200
- Website
- https://www.srail.or.kr/main.do?language=EN
- Standard Class
- ¥1,900–4,200
- First Class
- ¥2,900–4,000
- Phone
- +82 1599 7777
- Website
- korail.com
Train from Busan Station to Dongdaegu Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥760–1,890
- Website
- https://www.korail.com/global/eng/main
- Non-reserved
- ¥760–790
- Economy Class
- ¥915–921
- Economy class
- ¥1,890
- Non-reserved Seat
- ¥1,603
- bus@awaji-kotsu.co.jp
- Website
- awaji-kotsu.co.jp
Bus from Kosoku Maiko to Sumoto Kosoku Bus Center
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥1,890
- Schedules at
- awaji-kotsu.co.jp
- Phone
- 089-948-3100
- Website
- iyotetsu.co.jp
Bus from Kokura Eki-mae to Imabari-eki
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- ¥5,000–8,500
- Schedules at
- iyotetsu.co.jp
- Website
- footbus.co.jp
Bus from Takamatsu Station to Kosoku Awaji Shichi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥4,277
- Schedules at
- willerexpress.com
Bus from Takamatsu Chuo Inter to Kosoku Awaji Shichi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥3,951
- Schedules at
- willerexpress.com
- Phone
- 0570-666-012
- Website
- chugoku-jrbus.co.jp
Bus from Hiroshima Shinkansenguchi to Takamatsuchuo IC BT
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥4,100
- Schedules at
- chugoku-jrbus.j-server.com
- Website
- panstarcruise.com
Ferry from Busan port Int'l Passenger Terminal to Hitakatsu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥9,554–11,677
- Schedules at
- panstarcruise.com
- Weekend/Peak Season
- ¥11,677
- Weekday
- ¥9,554
Ferry from Busan port Int'l Passenger Terminal to Osaka International Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥19,108–53,076
- Schedules at
- panstarcruise.com
- Balcony Suite
- ¥53,076
- Ocean View for 4 people
- ¥26,538
- Inside Cabin for 4 people
- ¥21,231
- Family
- ¥19,108
- Phone
- +82 1599 0255
- Website
- thenina.co.kr
Ferry from Busan port Int'l Passenger Terminal to Hitakatsu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥9,554
- Schedules at
- thenina.co.kr
- Phone
- 092-281-0831
- Website
- kyu-you.co.jp
Car ferry from Hitakatsu to Fukuoka, Hakata
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥5,230
- Schedules at
- kyu-you.co.jp
- Second Class
- ¥5,230
- Vehicle
- ¥18,000–90,000
- Website
- pukwan.co.kr
Car ferry from Busan Int'l port to Shimonoseki
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥10,085–13,269
- Schedules at
- pukwan.co.kr
- Book at
- kampuferry.co.jp
- Suite
- ¥26,644
- Deluxe
- ¥18,577
- First class
- ¥13,269
- Second class
- ¥10,085
- Phone
- 083-224-3000
- Website
- kampuferry.co.jp
Ferry from Busan port Int'l Passenger Terminal to Shimonoseki
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥9,000–12,500
- Schedules at
- kampuferry.co.jp
- Second Class
- ¥9,000
- First Class
- ¥12,500
- Deluxe
- ¥18,000
- Suite
- ¥28,000
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