There are 8 ways to get from Chicago to Kagoshima by plane or train
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Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Kagoshima Airport
best- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Kagoshima Airport (KOJ)plane ORD - KOJ
20h 7m¥100,995–152,089Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Miyazaki Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Miyazaki Airport (KMI)plane ORD - KMI
- Take the train from Minamimiyazaki to Kagoshima-Chuotrain
23h 10m¥65,045–238,289Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport, train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Aso Kumamoto Airport (KMJ)plane ORD - KMJ
- Take the train from Kumamoto to Kagoshima-Chūōtrain
22h 40m¥65,495–239,689Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Kitakyushu Airport, train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Kitakyushu Airport (KKJ)plane ORD - KKJ
- Take the train from Kokura to Kagoshima-Chūōtrain
22h 40m¥79,805–285,539Fly Chicago Midway International Airport to Kagoshima Airport
- Fly from Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Kagoshima Airport (KOJ)plane MDW - KOJ
22h 15m¥85,995–312,089Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Saga Airport, train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Saga Airport (HSG)plane ORD - HSG
- Take the train from Shin-Tosu to Kagoshima-Chūōtrain
24h 12m¥98,035–353,179Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Nagasaki Airport, train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Nagasaki Airport (NGS)plane ORD - NGS
- Take the train from Sasebo to Shin-Tosutrain
- Take the train from Shin-Tosu to Kagoshima-Chūōtrain
25h 21m¥75,895–265,889Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Oita Airport, train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Oita Airport (OIT)plane ORD - OIT
- Take the train from Beppu to Kokuratrain
- Take the train from Kokura to Kagoshima-Chūōtrain
24h 50m¥73,545–249,339
Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Kagoshima Airport (KOJ) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Chicago to Kagoshima is to fly which costs ¥100000 - ¥160000 and takes 20h 7m.
The fastest way to get from Chicago to Kagoshima is to fly which takes 20h 7m and costs ¥100000 - ¥160000.
The distance between Chicago and Kagoshima is 10977 km.
It takes approximately 20h 7m to get from Chicago to Kagoshima, including transfers.
Kagoshima is 15h ahead of Chicago. It is currently 10:03 AM in Chicago and 1:03 AM in Kagoshima.
There are 215+ hotels available in Kagoshima.
What companies run services between Chicago, IL, USA and Kagoshima, Japan?
United Airlines, All Nippon Airways, and four other airlines fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Kagoshima Airport (KOJ) 4 times a day.
Airlines
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Kagoshima Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–550,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Kagoshima Airport via Minneapolis, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–230,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Miyazaki Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–600,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Miyazaki Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Osaka Itami
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–600,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–550,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Minneapolis, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–230,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Kitakyushu Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–650,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Kitakyushu Airport via Minneapolis, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–270,000
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Kagoshima Airport via Detroit, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–320,000
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Kagoshima Airport via Minneapolis, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–310,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Saga Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥90,000–850,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Saga Airport via Minneapolis, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥95,000–340,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Nagasaki Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–650,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Nagasaki Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Osaka Itami
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–650,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Nagasaki Airport via Minneapolis, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–260,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Oita Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–550,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Oita Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Osaka Itami
- Ave. Duration
- 28h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–550,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Kagoshima Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–240,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Kagoshima Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–220,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Miyazaki Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–240,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Miyazaki Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Osaka Itami
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–240,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–550,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–230,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Kitakyushu Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥90,000–280,000
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Kagoshima Airport via San Francisco, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥110,000–340,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Nagasaki Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–260,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Nagasaki Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Osaka Itami
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–260,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Oita Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–240,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Oita Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Osaka Itami
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–240,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Oita Airport via Minneapolis, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–230,000
- Website
- china-airlines.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Kagoshima Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–220,000
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–550,000
- Website
- starlux-airlines.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–210,000
- Website
- starflyer.jp
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Kitakyushu Airport via Minneapolis, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–270,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Nagasaki Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–250,000
Train operators
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Minamimiyazaki to Kagoshima-Chuo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥3,700–5,500
- 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
- ¥4,200–4,800
- Reserved Seat
- ¥3,700–5,500
- Green Seat
- ¥5,000–7,000
Train from Sasebo to Shin-Tosu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–3,900
- 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
- ¥3,400–3,900
- Reserved Seat
- ¥2,800–3,900
- Green Seat
- ¥3,800–5,500
Train from Beppu to Kokura
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥3,600–5,000
- 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
- ¥4,200–4,700
- Reserved Seat
- ¥3,600–5,000
- Green Seat
- ¥5,000–7,000
- Phone
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Kumamoto to Kagoshima-Chūō
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥4,900–7,500
- 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
- ¥4,900–6,500
- Reserved seat
- ¥5,500–7,500
- Green seat
- ¥7,000–9,500
Train from Kokura to Kagoshima-Chūō
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥8,000–12,000
- 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
- ¥8,000–11,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥9,000–12,000
- Green seat
- ¥11,000–16,000
Train from Shin-Tosu to Kagoshima-Chūō
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥6,000–9,500
- 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
- ¥6,000–8,500
- Reserved seat
- ¥7,500–9,500
- Green seat
- ¥9,000–13,000
- Phone
- 0570-04-1717
- Website
- jrkyushu.co.jp
Train from Sasebo to Shin-Tosu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
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