There are 7 ways to get from Edinburgh to Japan by plane or train
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Fly Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane EDI - HND
19h 58m¥82,620–202,850Fly Edinburgh Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO)plane EDI - NGO
20h 31m¥49,850–163,020Fly Edinburgh Airport to Narita International Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Narita International Airport (NRT)plane EDI - NRT
- Take the train from Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Station to Tōkyō Stationtrain
19h 33m¥84,730–157,530Fly Edinburgh Airport to Fukuoka Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Fukuoka Airport (FUK)plane EDI - FUK
20h 48m¥50,260–142,290Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Tokyo International Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane MAN - HND
22h 32m¥81,327–334,232Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Narita International Airport, train
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Narita International Airport (NRT)plane GLA - NRT
- Take the train from Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Station to Tōkyō Stationtrain
20h 27m¥101,430–171,549Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Fukuoka Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Fukuoka Airport (FUK)plane MAN - FUK
21h 32m¥95,967–183,672
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Tokyo International Airport (HND) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Japan is to fly which costs ¥50000 - ¥150000 and takes 20h 48m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Japan is to fly and train which takes 19h 33m and costs ¥80000 - ¥160000.
The distance between Edinburgh and Japan is 9293 km.
It takes approximately 19h 58m to get from Edinburgh to Japan, including transfers.
Japan is 9h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 8:50 AM in Edinburgh and 5:50 PM in Japan.
There are 10842+ 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
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Narita International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–210,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–200,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Narita International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–200,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–180,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Stockholm, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–170,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Copenhagen, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–170,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Narita International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥49,000–170,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–380,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Copenhagen, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–170,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥47,000–160,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Beijing Capital, Dalian
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥46,000–160,000
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥44,000–150,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Narita International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–210,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥43,000–150,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Narita International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–200,000
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–190,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Narita International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–180,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–220,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–170,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–190,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Narita International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–180,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–220,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–380,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–170,000
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–180,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Narita International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥49,000–170,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–380,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥47,000–160,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Beijing Capital, Dalian
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥46,000–160,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Copenhagen, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥48,000–140,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–380,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Copenhagen, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥48,000–140,000
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Narita International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥49,000–170,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–380,000
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Beijing Capital, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥45,000–160,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Beijing Capital, Gimhae
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥45,000–160,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–200,000
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–180,000
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–210,000
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–150,000
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
- +44 345 600 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
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥3,700–3,800
- 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
- ¥3,700–3,800
- 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
- ¥49,000–60,000
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