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
22h 56m¥67,846–183,913Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Aso Kumamoto Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Aso Kumamoto Airport (KMJ)plane BRS - KMJ
27h 30m¥58,206–196,644Train 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 29m¥80,188–239,862Train, 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 43m¥90,943–288,090Train 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 39m¥96,818–232,222Fly Cardiff Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Aso Kumamoto Airport (KMJ)plane CWL - KMJ
29h 11m¥61,216–211,553Train 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 53m¥83,138–264,462Train 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 26m¥97,608–313,612
Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Fukuoka Airport (FUK) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Kumamoto is to fly and train which costs ¥65000 - ¥190000 and takes 22h 56m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Kumamoto is to train and fly which takes 20h 29m and costs ¥80000 - ¥240000.
The distance between Cardiff and Kumamoto is 9667 km.
It takes approximately 22h 56m to get from Cardiff to Kumamoto, including transfers.
Kumamoto is 8h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 5:56 PM in Cardiff and 1:56 AM in Kumamoto.
There are 527+ hotels available in Kumamoto.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Kumamoto, Japan?
KLM, T'way Air, and seven 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
- 16h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–250,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–240,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Frankfurt, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–220,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kagoshima Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–270,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kitakyushu Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥90,000–330,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–210,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–220,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Frankfurt, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–220,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Prague, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–190,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Budapest, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–190,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kitakyushu Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–300,000
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–210,000
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Dublin, Beijing Capital, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–220,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Frankfurt, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–220,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Prague, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–190,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Budapest, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–190,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kagoshima Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–230,000
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–490,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–470,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kagoshima Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–550,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kitakyushu Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥100,000–650,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Dublin, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–180,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥49,000–130,000
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–270,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥49,000–130,000
- Website
- twayair.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–270,000
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Beijing Daxing, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–210,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–200,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–250,000
- 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
- ¥70,000–270,000
- 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
- ¥95,000–280,000
- 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
- ¥80,000–300,000
- Website
- eastarjet.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kagoshima Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–230,000
- Website
- jejuair.net
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kagoshima Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–250,000
- Website
- jinair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kitakyushu Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–280,000
- Phone
- 0570-00-2486
- Website
- JR WEST (West Japan Railway Company)
Train from Hakata Fukuoka to Kumamoto
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥1,400–2,100
- Schedules at
- JR WEST (West Japan Railway Company)
Train from Hakata Fukuoka to Kumamoto
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥1,400–2,100
- Schedules at
- JR WEST (West Japan Railway Company)
Train from Hakata Fukuoka to Kumamoto
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥1,400–2,100
- Schedules at
- JR WEST (West Japan Railway Company)
Train from Kagoshima Chuo to Kumamoto
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–3,300
- Schedules at
- JR WEST (West Japan Railway Company)
Train from Kokura to Kumamoto
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–3,200
- Schedules at
- JR WEST (West Japan Railway Company)
- Phone
- 0570-04-1717
- Website
- JR KYUSHU
Train from Hakata Fukuoka to Kumamoto
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Website
- JR KYUSHU
Train from Hakata Fukuoka to Kumamoto
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Website
- JR KYUSHU
Train from Hakata Fukuoka to Kumamoto
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Website
- JR KYUSHU
Train from Kagoshima Chuo to Kumamoto
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Website
- JR KYUSHU
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–23,000
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥9,500–18,000
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥4,600–8,500
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–23,000
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥3,300–6,000
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–23,000
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–23,000
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–4,300
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ¥3,500–5,500
- Website
- Cross Country
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