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 to Kumamototrain
22h 14m¥80,148–308,052Train 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
21h 42m¥59,297–228,644Train 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
21h 49m¥76,076–273,837Train, 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 to Kumamototrain
21h 30m¥89,117–274,995Train 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 to Kumamototrain
20h 30m¥89,716–248,787Fly Cardiff Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Aso Kumamoto Airport (KMJ)plane CWL - KMJ
35h 8m¥61,508–343,102Train 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 37m¥82,116–282,287Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Saga Airport, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Saga Airport (HSG)plane LHR - HSG
- Take the train from Shin-Tosu to Kumamototrain
24h 41m¥80,636–290,327
Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Fukuoka Airport (FUK) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Kumamoto is to train and fly which costs ¥85000 - ¥280000 and takes 21h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Kumamoto is to train and fly which takes 20h 30m and costs ¥85000 - ¥250000.
The distance between Cardiff and Kumamoto is 9667 km.
It takes approximately 22h 14m to get from Cardiff to Kumamoto, including transfers.
Kumamoto is 9h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 10:30 PM in Cardiff and 7:30 AM in Kumamoto.
There are 412+ 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) twice daily.
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–240,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–240,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–230,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Vienna, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–250,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Budapest, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 5m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–250,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Prague, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–240,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kitakyushu Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–240,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–330,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–310,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–230,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kitakyushu Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–330,000
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–900,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–850,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kitakyushu Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–900,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Saga Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–850,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–310,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥43,000–200,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Beijing Capital, Dalian
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥42,000–190,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–240,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–230,000
- Website
- twayair.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–220,000
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–320,000
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Beijing Daxing, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–340,000
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥43,000–240,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–300,000
- Website
- flypeach.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–310,000
- Website
- starlux-airlines.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥100,000–420,000
- Phone
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Hakata to Kumamoto
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥3,600–6,000
- 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
- ¥3,600–4,900
- Reserved seat
- ¥4,500–6,000
- Green seat
- ¥5,500–7,500
Train from Kokura to Kumamoto
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥4,800–7,000
- 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
- ¥4,800–6,500
- Reserved seat
- ¥5,500–7,000
- Green seat
- ¥7,000–9,500
Train from Shin-Tosu to Kumamoto
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥3,100–4,900
- 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
- ¥3,100–4,200
- Reserved seat
- ¥4,000–4,900
- Green seat
- ¥4,700–6,500
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–26,000
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥10,000–20,000
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥4,900–9,500
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥3,600–7,000
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ¥4,100–6,000
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
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