There are 8 ways to get from Edinburgh to Japan by plane or train
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Fly Edinburgh Airport to Narita International Airport, train
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Narita International Airport (NRT)EDI - NRT
- Take the train from Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Station to Tōkyō Station
19h 53m¥79,700–147,500Fly Edinburgh Airport to New Chitose Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to New Chitose Airport (CTS)EDI - CTS
- Take the train from New Chitose Airport to Sapporo
20h 10m¥45,000–163,400Fly Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)EDI - HND
19h 58m¥82,590–202,820Fly Edinburgh Airport to Fukuoka Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Fukuoka Airport (FUK)EDI - FUK
19h 58m¥48,230–142,260Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Tokyo International Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)GLA - HND
19h 52m¥89,284–186,632Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Tokyo International Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airport
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)MAN - HND
22h 2m¥86,395–323,917Fly Edinburgh Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO)EDI - NGO
20h 31m¥52,820–162,990Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Chūbu Centrair International Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airport
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO)MAN - NGO
23h 5m¥56,625–184,087
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Narita International Airport (NRT) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Japan is to fly which costs ¥48000 - ¥150000 and takes 19h 58m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Japan is to train and fly which takes 19h 52m and costs ¥85000 - ¥190000.
The distance between Edinburgh and Japan is 9340 km.
It takes approximately 19h 53m to get from Edinburgh to Japan, including transfers.
Japan is 9h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 2:26 AM in Edinburgh and 11:26 AM in Japan.
There are 10726+ hotels available in Japan.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Japan?
Finnair, Scandinavian Airlines, and five other airlines fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Tokyo International Airport (HND) twice daily.
Airlines
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Narita International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥45,000–170,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥49,000–190,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Stockholm, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥49,000–170,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Copenhagen, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–170,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Beijing Capital, Dalian
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥42,000–160,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–420,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Copenhagen, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ¥49,000–170,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥45,000–170,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–160,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥45,000–170,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to New Chitose Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥42,000–160,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to New Chitose Airport via Frankfurt, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥46,000–160,000
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Narita International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–160,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–170,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Tokyo International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–260,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–170,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–160,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 37m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–160,000
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Narita International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥45,000–170,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥49,000–190,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Beijing Capital, Dalian
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥42,000–160,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–420,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥45,000–170,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–160,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥45,000–170,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to New Chitose Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥42,000–160,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to New Chitose Airport via Frankfurt, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥46,000–160,000
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Narita International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–160,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–170,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–170,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–160,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 37m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–160,000
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Narita International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–190,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥42,000–150,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 47m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥41,000–150,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Narita International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–190,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 2m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–190,000
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–170,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–160,000
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Narita International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥45,000–170,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–420,000
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Beijing Capital, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥42,000–160,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Beijing Capital, Gimhae
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥42,000–160,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–550,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–190,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Copenhagen, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥46,000–140,000
Train operators
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jreast.co.jp
Train from Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Station to Tōkyō Station
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–5,500
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/e/nex/
- Website
- https://www.eki-net.com/en/jreast-train-reservation/Top/Index
- Green Seat (First Class)
- ¥4,300–5,500
- Ordinary Car
- ¥2,700–3,400
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥3,690–3,730
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- Passengerassistance@lumo.co.uk.
- Website
- lumo.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ¥3,690–3,720
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–16,000
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- ¥44,000–48,000
- Sleeper Seat
- ¥12,000–16,000
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- ¥48,000–55,000
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥5,500–24,000
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- 011-222-7111
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from New Chitose Airport to Sapporo
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–1,400
- Schedules at
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
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