There are 8 ways to get from Chicago to Kobe by plane, bus, or train
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Fly to Osaka International Airport
best- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Osaka International Airport (ITM)plane ORD - ITM
19h 53m¥121,246–491,893Fly to Kobe
cheapest- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Kobe (UKB)plane ORD - UKB
20h 25m¥65,606–251,043Fly to Tokushima Airport, bus
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Tokushima Airport (TKS)plane ORD - TKS
- Take the bus from Kousoku Naruto to Kousoku Maikobus
23h 16m¥83,496–280,393Fly to Okayama Airport, train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Okayama Airport (OKJ)plane ORD - OKJ
- Take the train from Okayama to Shin-Kōbe Stationtrain
22h 29m¥70,096–248,093Fly to Takamatsu Airport, train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Takamatsu Airport (TAK)plane ORD - TAK
- Take the train from Takamatsu(Kagawa) to Okayamatrain
- Take the train from Okayama to Shin-Kōbe Stationtrain
23h 20m¥66,496–241,643Fly to Tokyo International Airport, train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane ORD - HND
- Take the train from Shinagawa to Shin-Kōbe Stationtrain
19h 26m¥87,716–239,183Fly to Nanki Shirahama, train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Nanki Shirahama (SHM)plane ORD - SHM
- Take the train from Shirahama to Shin-Ōsaka Stationtrain
25h 36m¥77,936–282,143Fly to Narita International Airport, train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Narita International Airport (NRT)plane ORD - NRT
- Take the train from Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Station to Shinagawatrain
- Take the train from Shinagawa to Shin-Kōbe Stationtrain
20h 14m¥85,196–194,793
Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Osaka International Airport (ITM) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Chicago to Kobe is to fly and train which costs ¥85000 - ¥200000 and takes 20h 14m.
The fastest way to get from Chicago to Kobe is to fly and train which takes 19h 26m and costs ¥85000 - ¥240000.
The distance between Chicago and Kobe is 10463 km.
It takes approximately 19h 53m to get from Chicago to Kobe, including transfers.
Kobe is 15h ahead of Chicago. It is currently 1:44 AM in Chicago and 4:44 PM in Kobe.
There are 292+ hotels available in Kobe.
What companies run services between Chicago, IL, USA and Kobe, Japan?
United Airlines, All Nippon Airways, and Japan Airlines fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Osaka International Airport (ITM) every 4 hours.
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Osaka International Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–550,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Osaka International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–220,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Tokushima Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥95,000–280,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Tokushima Airport via Detroit, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–290,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Okayama Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–250,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Okayama Airport via Minneapolis, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–240,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Okayama Airport via Detroit, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–250,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Takamatsu Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–550,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Takamatsu Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–230,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Takamatsu Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–220,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–220,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Nanki Shirahama via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–650,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Nanki Shirahama via Minneapolis, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–270,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–200,000
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Osaka International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–550,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Osaka International Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–550,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Kobe via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–600,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Tokushima Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–650,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Tokushima Airport via Minneapolis, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–270,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Okayama Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–600,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Okayama Airport via Seattle, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 8m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–600,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Takamatsu Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–550,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Takamatsu Airport via Minneapolis, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–230,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–210,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–460,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Okayama Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–240,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–230,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Narita International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–220,000
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–210,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–460,000
- Website
- china-airlines.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Osaka International Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–550,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Takamatsu Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–220,000
- Website
- skymark.co.jp
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Kobe via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–250,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Kobe via Minneapolis, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–250,000
- Website
- evaair.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Kobe via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥90,000–250,000
- Website
- starlux-airlines.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Kobe via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥90,000–250,000
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Takamatsu Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–550,000
- Phone
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Okayama to Shin-Kōbe Station
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥4,200–6,500
- 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
- ¥4,200–6,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥5,000–6,500
- Green seat
- ¥6,000–8,500
Train from Shinagawa to Shin-Kōbe Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–18,000
- 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
- ¥12,000–17,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥14,000–18,000
- Green seat
- ¥18,000–24,000
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Takamatsu(Kagawa) to Okayama
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–1,700
- Website
- https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/index.html
- 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/
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Takamatsu(Kagawa) to Okayama
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–3,500
- 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
- ¥3,100–3,500
- Reserved Seat
- ¥2,400–3,400
- Green Seat
- ¥3,200–4,300
Train from Shirahama to Shin-Ōsaka Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥4,900–7,000
- 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
- ¥5,000–6,500
- Reserved Seat
- ¥4,900–7,000
- Green Seat
- ¥7,000–10,000
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jreast.co.jp
Train from Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Station to Shinagawa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–6,000
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/e/nex/
- Website
- https://www.eki-net.com/en/jreast-train-reservation/Top/Index
- Green Seat (First Class)
- ¥4,500–6,000
- Ordinary Car
- ¥2,800–3,600
- Phone
- 088-664-6030
- Website
- honshi-bus.co.jp
Bus from Kousoku Naruto to Kousoku Maiko
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥3,600
- Schedules at
- honshi-bus.co.jp
- Phone
- 087-823-3083
- Website
- jr-shikokubus.co.jp
Bus from Kousoku Naruto to Kousoku Maiko
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥3,164
- Schedules at
- jr-shikokubus.co.jp
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