There are 5 ways to get from Daegu to Aso by taxi, ferry, car ferry, car, 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.
Taxi, ferry, car ferry, drive
best- Take the taxi from Daegu to Busan Int'l porttaxi
- Take the ferry from Busan port Int'l Passenger Terminal to Hitakatsuferry
- Take the car ferry from Hitakatsu to Fukuoka, Hakatacarferry
- Drive from Fukuoka, Hakata to Asocar
11h 7m¥21,079–36,023Train, ferry
cheapest- Take the train from Daegu Station to Busan Stationtrain
- Take the ferry from Busan port Int'l Passenger Terminal to Shimonosekiferry
- Take the train from Kokura to Bepputrain
- Take the train from Beppu to Aso(Kumamoto)train
18h 33m¥16,824–25,536Fly to Aso Kumamoto Airport
- Fly from Daegu International Airport (TAE) to Aso Kumamoto Airport (KMJ)plane TAE - KMJ
10h 4m¥27,701–89,037Train, ferry, car ferry, taxi
- Take the train from Dongdaegu Station to Busan Stationtrain
- Take the ferry from Busan port Int'l Passenger Terminal to Hitakatsuferry
- Take the car ferry from Hitakatsu to Fukuoka, Hakatacarferry
- Take the train from Yakuin to Shinsakaemachi(Fukuoka)train
- Take the taxi from Shinsakaemachi(Fukuoka) to Asotaxi
13h 23m¥27,958–48,318Fly to Fukuoka Airport, train
- Fly from Daegu International Airport (TAE) to Fukuoka Airport (FUK)plane TAE - FUK
- Take the train from Hakata to Kumamototrain
- Take the train from Higoozu to Aso(Kumamoto)train
4h 56m¥20,921–55,687
Daegu International Airport (TAE) to Aso Kumamoto Airport (KMJ) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Daegu to Aso is to train and ferry which costs ¥16000 - ¥26000 and takes 18h 33m.
The fastest way to get from Daegu to Aso is to fly and train which takes 4h 56m and costs ¥20000 - ¥60000.
The distance between Daegu and Aso is 583 km.
The best way to get from Daegu to Aso without a car is to train and ferry and car ferry and taxi which takes 13h 23m and costs ¥28000 - ¥49000.
It takes approximately 11h 7m to get from Daegu to Aso, including transfers.
There are 130+ hotels available in Aso.
What companies run services between Daegu, South Korea and Aso, Kumamoto, Japan?
Korean Air, T'way Air, and three other airlines fly from Daegu International Airport (TAE) to Aso Kumamoto Airport (KMJ) every 4 hours.
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Daegu International Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥28,000–90,000
Flights from Daegu International Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Osaka Kansai, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥26,000–90,000
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Daegu International Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Osaka Kansai, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥41,000–190,000
- Website
- twayair.com
Flights from Daegu International Airport to Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–29,000
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Daegu International Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥25,000–85,000
- Website
- starlux-airlines.com
Flights from Daegu International Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥30,000–110,000
- Phone
- +82 1599 7777
- Website
- letskorail.com
Train from Dongdaegu Station to Busan Station
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–4,489
- Website
- https://www.letskorail.com/ebizbf/EbizbfForeign_pr16100.do?gubun=1
- Economy
- ¥1,600–2,300
- First Class
- ¥2,200–3,200
- Economy Class
- ¥4,489
Train from Daegu Station to Busan Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–2,900
- Website
- https://www.letskorail.com/ebizbf/EbizbfForeign_pr16100.do?gubun=1
- Economy
- ¥1,500–2,100
- First Class
- ¥2,000–2,900
- Phone
- +82 1800 1472
- Website
- srail.or.kr
Train from Dongdaegu Station to Busan Station
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–4,100
- Website
- https://www.srail.or.kr/main.do?language=EN
- Standard Class
- ¥1,900–4,100
- First Class
- ¥2,800–4,000
- Phone
- +82 1599 7777
- Website
- korail.com
Train from Dongdaegu Station to Busan Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥909–913
- Website
- https://www.korail.com/global/eng/main
- Economy Class
- ¥909–913
Train from Daegu Station to Busan Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥820–835
- Website
- https://www.korail.com/global/eng/main
- Economy Class
- ¥820–835
- Website
- nishitetsu.jp
Train from Yakuin to Shinsakaemachi(Fukuoka)
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–1,200
- Website
- http://www.nishitetsu.jp/en/
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Kokura to Beppu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- 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
Train from Beppu to Aso(Kumamoto)
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ¥3,400–4,700
- 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
- ¥4,000–4,500
- Reserved Seat
- ¥3,400–4,700
- Green Seat
- ¥4,700–6,500
Train from Higoozu to Aso(Kumamoto)
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,400–2,500
- 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
- ¥2,100–2,500
- Reserved Seat
- ¥1,400–2,000
- Green Seat
- ¥1,600–2,200
- Phone
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Hakata to Kumamoto
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥3,600–6,000
- 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
- ¥3,600–4,900
- Reserved seat
- ¥4,500–6,000
- Green seat
- ¥5,500–7,500
- Phone
- 0570-04-1717
- Website
- jrkyushu.co.jp
Train from Higoozu to Aso(Kumamoto)
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
- Website
- panstarcruise.com
Ferry from Busan port Int'l Passenger Terminal to Hitakatsu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥472–11,590
- Schedules at
- panstarcruise.com
- Weekend/Peak Season
- ¥11,590
- Weekday
- ¥9,483
- Phone
- +82 1599 0255
- Website
- thenina.co.kr
Ferry from Busan port Int'l Passenger Terminal to Hitakatsu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥10,536
- Schedules at
- thenina.co.kr
- Phone
- 092-281-0831
- Website
- kyu-you.co.jp
Car ferry from Hitakatsu to Fukuoka, Hakata
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥5,230
- Schedules at
- kyu-you.co.jp
- Second Class
- ¥5,230
- Vehicle
- ¥18,000–90,000
- Phone
- 083-224-3000
- Website
- kampuferry.co.jp
Ferry from Busan port Int'l Passenger Terminal to Shimonoseki
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥9,000–12,500
- Schedules at
- kampuferry.co.jp
- Second Class
- ¥9,000
- First Class
- ¥12,500
- Deluxe
- ¥18,000
- Suite
- ¥28,000
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–25,000
Kakao Taxi
- Website
- kakaocorp.com
Daegu Unbullyun Taxi
- Phone
- +82 53 766 7777
- Website
- unbullyun.co.kr
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