There are 8 ways to get from Cardiff to Osaka by train or plane
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Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Kansai International Airport, train
best- 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
20h 14m¥56,192–210,457Fly Cardiff Airport to Kansai International Airport, train
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Kansai International Airport (KIX)plane CWL - KIX
- Take the train from Kansai Airport to Shin-Ōsaka Stationtrain
19h 49m¥73,412–284,972Train 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
20h 22m¥126,253–322,755Train 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
21h 25m¥87,613–325,155Train 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
21h 13m¥101,453–300,505Train 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
23h 8m¥70,902–280,207Fly Cardiff Airport to Kobe
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Kobe (UKB)plane CWL - UKB
36h 9m¥78,122–414,722Train 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
20h 59m¥92,553–320,205
Bristol Airport (BRS) to Kansai International Airport (KIX) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Osaka is to train and fly which costs ¥55000 - ¥210000 and takes 20h 14m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Osaka is to fly and train which takes 19h 49m and costs ¥70000 - ¥290000.
The distance between Cardiff and Osaka is 9759 km.
It takes approximately 20h 14m to get from Cardiff to Osaka, including transfers.
Osaka is 9h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 4:31 AM in Cardiff and 1:31 PM in Osaka.
There are 8412+ 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) once daily.
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kobe via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–290,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–250,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Kobe via Prague, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–290,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Kobe via Vienna, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–300,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Kobe via Budapest, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–300,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Kobe via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–270,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Kobe via Amsterdam Schiphol, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–290,000
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Kobe via Amsterdam Schiphol, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥100,000–410,000
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Kobe via Amsterdam Schiphol, Beijing Daxing, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–410,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Osaka International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–250,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–240,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–300,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–300,000
- Website
- britishairways.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
- ¥60,000–240,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–300,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–300,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Kansai International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 32m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–200,000
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Kansai International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–280,000
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Osaka International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–800,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kobe via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–1,000,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–800,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥130,000–380,000
- Website
- skymark.co.jp
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kobe via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–1,000,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–210,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–180,000
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–220,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–190,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–170,000
- 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
- ¥60,000–240,000
- 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
- ¥110,000–440,000
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥3,500–7,000
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- 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 Kansai Airport to Shin-Ōsaka Station
- Ave. Duration
- 42 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
- ¥2,800–3,200
- Reserved Seat
- ¥2,100–3,000
- Green Seat
- ¥2,800–3,800
- 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
- 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
- ¥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
- 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
- ¥11,000–16,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥13,000–16,000
- Green seat
- ¥16,000–22,000
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