There are 7 ways to get from Cologne to Osaka by plane or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Kansai International Airport, train
best- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Kansai International Airport (KIX)plane CGN - KIX
- Take the train from Kansai Airport to Shin-Ōsaka Stationtrain
18h 25m¥49,520–152,963Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Kansai International Airport, train
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Kansai International Airport (KIX)plane DUS - KIX
- Take the train from Kansai Airport to Shin-Ōsaka Stationtrain
22h 38m¥52,181–155,311Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Osaka International Airport
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Osaka International Airport (ITM)plane CGN - ITM
20h 54m¥65,870–232,213Train to Frankfurt, fly to Osaka International Airport
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Osaka International Airport (ITM)plane FRA - ITM
19h 9m¥83,679–221,273Train to Frankfurt, fly to Kobe
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Kobe (UKB)plane FRA - UKB
18h 17m¥59,099–211,883Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Kobe
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Kobe (UKB)plane CGN - UKB
20h 27m¥76,290–242,823Train to Frankfurt, fly to Tokyo International Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane FRA - HND
- Take the train from Shin Yokohama to Shin Osakatrain
20h 33m
Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Kansai International Airport (KIX) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Osaka is to fly and train which costs ¥49000 - ¥160000 and takes 18h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Osaka is to train and fly which takes 18h 17m and costs ¥55000 - ¥220000.
The distance between Cologne and Osaka is 9330 km.
It takes approximately 18h 25m to get from Cologne to Osaka, including transfers.
Osaka is 7h ahead of Cologne. It is currently 2:53 AM in Cologne and 9:53 AM in Osaka.
There are 9338+ hotels available in Osaka.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Osaka, Japan?
Eurowings, All Nippon Airways, and four other airlines fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Osaka International Airport (ITM) twice daily.
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Kansai International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–220,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Osaka International Airport via Munich, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–410,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Osaka International Airport via Vienna, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–420,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Osaka International Airport via Milan Malpensa, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–430,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Osaka International Airport via Istanbul, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–460,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Osaka International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–380,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Kobe via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–500,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–410,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Kansai International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–220,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Osaka International Airport via Munich, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–230,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Osaka International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–380,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–410,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Kansai International Airport via Munich, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥48,000–150,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kansai International Airport via Frankfurt, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥49,000–150,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Tokyo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–170,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kansai International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–160,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Osaka International Airport via Munich, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–230,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Osaka International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–210,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Tokyo International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–170,000
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Kobe via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–270,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Kobe via Shenyang, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–200,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Kobe via Zurich, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–260,000
- Website
- skymark.co.jp
Flights from Frankfurt to Kobe via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–500,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Kobe via Milan Malpensa, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥90,000–600,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Kobe via Budapest, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–260,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Kobe via Prague, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–240,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Kobe via Vienna, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–250,000
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kansai International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–160,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Tokyo International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–170,000
- Website
- jinair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Kobe via Munich, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–290,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Tokyo International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–140,000
- Phone
- 0570-00-2486
- Website
- jr-odekake.net
Train from Kansai Airport to Shin-Ōsaka Station
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–1,300
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
Train from Kansai Airport to Shin-Ōsaka Station
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–1,300
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–3,600
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥5,000–11,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥5,000–11,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥5,000–11,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 9126 301 90 70
- fahrgaeste@train-rental.com
- Website
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥3,200–6,500
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥3,200–6,500
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥3,200–6,500
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- 050-3772-3910
- Website
- JR CENTRAL
Train from Shin Yokohama to Shin Osaka
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Website
- JR CENTRAL
- Schedules at
- JR West Timetable & Route Finder
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