There are 8 ways to get from Cardiff to Kumamoto by plane or train
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Fly Cardiff Airport to Fukuoka Airport, train
best- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Fukuoka Airport (FUK)plane CWL - FUK
- Take the train from Hakata Fukuoka to Kumamototrain
23h 9m¥72,981–194,187Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Aso Kumamoto Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Aso Kumamoto Airport (KMJ)plane LHR - KMJ
20h 30m¥96,429–243,899Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Fukuoka Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Fukuoka Airport (FUK)plane LGW - FUK
- Take the train from Hakata Fukuoka to Kumamototrain
21h 45m¥107,344–202,622Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Fukuoka Airport, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Fukuoka Airport (FUK)plane LHR - FUK
- Take the train from Hakata Fukuoka to Kumamototrain
20h 40m¥98,049–236,249Fly Cardiff Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Aso Kumamoto Airport (KMJ)plane CWL - KMJ
36h 29m¥81,361–261,837Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Kagoshima Airport, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Kagoshima Airport (KOJ)plane LHR - KOJ
- Take the train from Kagoshima Chuo to Kumamototrain
22h 49m¥109,379–268,499Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Kitakyushu Airport, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Kitakyushu Airport (KKJ)plane LHR - KKJ
- Take the train from Kokura to Kumamototrain
23h 22m¥113,849–277,649Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Aso Kumamoto Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Aso Kumamoto Airport (KMJ)plane BRS - KMJ
23h 17m¥73,814–177,702
Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Fukuoka Airport (FUK) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Kumamoto is to fly and train which costs ¥70000 - ¥200000 and takes 23h 9m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Kumamoto is to train and fly which takes 20h 30m and costs ¥95000 - ¥250000.
The distance between Cardiff and Kumamoto is 9667 km.
It takes approximately 23h 9m to get from Cardiff to Kumamoto, including transfers.
Kumamoto is 8h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 10:22 AM in Cardiff and 6:22 PM in Kumamoto.
There are 487+ hotels available in Kumamoto.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Kumamoto, Japan?
KLM, T'way Air, and three other airlines fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Aso Kumamoto Airport (KMJ) 3 times a day.
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–380,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–340,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–320,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kagoshima Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–410,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kitakyushu Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥90,000–440,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–240,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–230,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kagoshima Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–280,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kitakyushu Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–300,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–210,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Prague, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–210,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Budapest, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 40m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–220,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Dublin, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–190,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–170,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–320,000
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥95,000–750,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–700,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kagoshima Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥100,000–800,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kitakyushu Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥110,000–900,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–280,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥49,000–140,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Beijing Capital, Dalian
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥47,000–140,000
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–170,000
- Website
- twayair.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–300,000
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Beijing Daxing, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–260,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–260,000
- Website
- flypeach.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–270,000
- Website
- starlux-airlines.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥110,000–300,000
- Website
- china-airlines.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 25m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥95,000–340,000
- Website
- eastarjet.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kagoshima Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥90,000–230,000
- Website
- jinair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kitakyushu Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥95,000–240,000
- Phone
- 0570-00-2486
- Website
- westjr.co.jp
Train from Hakata Fukuoka to Kumamoto
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥1,400–2,100
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
Train from Hakata Fukuoka to Kumamoto
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥1,400–2,100
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
Train from Hakata Fukuoka to Kumamoto
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥1,400–2,100
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
Train from Kagoshima Chuo to Kumamoto
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–3,300
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
Train from Kokura to Kumamoto
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–3,200
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
- Phone
- 0570-04-1717
- Website
- jrkyushu.co.jp
Train from Hakata Fukuoka to Kumamoto
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
Train from Hakata Fukuoka to Kumamoto
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
Train from Hakata Fukuoka to Kumamoto
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
Train from Kagoshima Chuo to Kumamoto
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–27,000
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥10,000–21,000
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥5,000–10,000
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–27,000
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–27,000
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–27,000
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥3,700–7,500
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥3,300–5,500
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- customer.relations@crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ¥4,500–6,500
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
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