There are 8 ways to get from Cardiff to Osaka by plane or train
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Fly Cardiff Airport to Kansai International Airport, train
best- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Kansai International Airport (KIX)plane CWL - KIX
- Take the train from Kansai Airport to Shin-Ōsaka Stationtrain
20h 15m¥83,404–294,970Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Kansai International Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Kansai International Airport (KIX)plane BRS - KIX
- Take the train from Kansai Airport to Shin-Ōsaka Stationtrain
21h 6m¥67,643–231,871Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Osaka International Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Osaka International Airport (ITM)plane LHR - ITM
21h 28m¥136,358–373,289Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Kobe
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Kobe (UKB)plane LHR - UKB
22h 31m¥127,718–435,689Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Chūbu Centrair International Airport, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO)plane LHR - NGO
- Take the train from Nagoya Station to Shin-Ōsaka Stationtrain
22h 19m¥101,558–291,039Fly Cardiff Airport to Kobe
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Kobe (UKB)plane CWL - UKB
37h 34m¥113,114–394,720Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Kobe
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Kobe (UKB)plane BRS - UKB
22h 11m¥87,353–301,621Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Tokyo International Airport, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane LHR - HND
- Take the train from Shin-Yokohama to Shin-Ōsaka Stationtrain
21h 30m¥102,658–380,739
Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Kansai International Airport (KIX) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Osaka is to train and fly which costs ¥100000 - ¥390000 and takes 21h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Osaka is to fly and train which takes 20h 15m and costs ¥80000 - ¥300000.
The distance between Cardiff and Osaka is 9730 km.
It takes approximately 20h 15m to get from Cardiff to Osaka, including transfers.
Osaka is 8h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 9:27 PM in Cardiff and 5:27 AM in Osaka.
There are 2570+ hotels available in Osaka.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Osaka, Japan?
KLM, Korean Air, and two other airlines fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Kobe (UKB) twice daily.
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Osaka International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–320,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–320,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–300,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–350,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kobe via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–300,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–260,000
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Kobe via Amsterdam Schiphol, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥110,000–390,000
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Kobe via Amsterdam Schiphol, Beijing Daxing, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–490,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Kobe via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–290,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Kobe via Prague, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–330,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Kobe via Vienna, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–330,000
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Osaka International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–320,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–320,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–300,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–350,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Kansai International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–290,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Kansai International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 17m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–220,000
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Osaka International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–1,000,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kobe via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥100,000–1,300,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–950,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–1,100,000
- Website
- skymark.co.jp
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kobe via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–410,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–260,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–230,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–350,000
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–230,000
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–300,000
- Website
- evaair.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Kobe via Amsterdam Schiphol, Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥120,000–450,000
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Kansai Airport to Shin-Ōsaka Station
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–3,200
- Schedules at
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
- Book at
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
- Unreserved Seat
- ¥2,800–3,200
- Reserved Seat
- ¥2,100–3,000
- Green Seat
- ¥2,800–3,800
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥3,600–7,000
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–26,000
- 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/
- Phone
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Nagoya Station to Shin-Ōsaka Station
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥5,000–7,500
- Book at
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
- Unreserved seat
- ¥5,000–7,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥6,000–7,500
- Green seat
- ¥7,500–11,000
Train from Shin-Yokohama to Shin-Ōsaka Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥11,000–16,000
- Book at
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
- Unreserved seat
- ¥11,000–16,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥13,000–16,000
- Green seat
- ¥16,000–22,000
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