There are 7 ways to get from Edinburgh to Kobe by plane or train
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Fly Edinburgh Airport to Kansai International Airport, train
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Kansai International Airport (KIX)plane EDI - KIX
- Take the train from Kansai Airport to Shin-Ōsaka Stationtrain
20h 18m¥116,295–368,895Fly Edinburgh Airport to Kobe
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Kobe (UKB)plane EDI - UKB
23h 44m¥57,205–222,245Fly Edinburgh Airport to Osaka International Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Osaka International Airport (ITM)plane EDI - ITM
22h 17m¥132,845–193,095Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Kansai International Airport, train
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Kansai International Airport (KIX)plane GLA - KIX
- Take the train from Kansai Airport to Shin-Ōsaka Stationtrain
20h 22m¥59,403–225,627Fly Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane EDI - HND
- Take the train from Shinagawa to Shin-Kōbe Stationtrain
21h 55m¥94,315–260,385Fly Edinburgh Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO)plane EDI - NGO
- Take the train from Nagoya Station to Shin-Kōbe Stationtrain
21h 41m¥63,145–231,295Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Kobe
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Kobe (UKB)plane GLA - UKB
22h 27m¥75,313–288,977
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Kansai International Airport (KIX) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Kobe is to fly which costs ¥55000 - ¥230000 and takes 23h 44m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Kobe is to fly and train which takes 20h 18m and costs ¥110000 - ¥370000.
The distance between Edinburgh and Kobe is 9326 km.
It takes approximately 20h 18m to get from Edinburgh to Kobe, including transfers.
Kobe is 8h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 7:32 AM in Edinburgh and 3:32 PM in Kobe.
There are 309+ hotels available in Kobe.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Kobe, Japan?
British Airways, Japan Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Osaka International Airport (ITM) 4 times a day.
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kobe via Prague, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–330,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kobe via Vienna, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–330,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kobe via Copenhagen, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–220,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kobe via Amsterdam Schiphol, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–290,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kobe via Beijing Capital, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–300,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kobe via London Heathrow, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 17m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–290,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kobe via Frankfurt, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–370,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kobe via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–300,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kobe via Prague, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–290,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kansai International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–210,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Osaka International Airport via London Heathrow, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 2m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–300,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–240,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–220,000
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kansai International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥43,000–220,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Osaka International Airport via Beijing Capital, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥49,000–250,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Osaka International Airport via Munich, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–850,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Osaka International Airport via Frankfurt, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–800,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kobe via Beijing Capital, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–320,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥45,000–230,000
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kansai International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–210,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Osaka International Airport via London Heathrow, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–230,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–240,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–220,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kansai International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥43,000–220,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–250,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Copenhagen, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥47,000–230,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Stockholm, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥46,000–230,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥45,000–230,000
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kansai International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–210,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–240,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–220,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kansai International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–210,000
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥47,000–180,000
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kansai International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥43,000–220,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Osaka International Airport via Frankfurt, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–800,000
- Website
- skymark.co.jp
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kobe via Beijing Capital, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–320,000
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Kansai Airport to Shin-Ōsaka Station
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–3,200
- 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
- ¥2,800–3,200
- Reserved Seat
- ¥2,100–3,000
- Green Seat
- ¥2,800–3,800
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥4,300–8,000
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
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
Train from Nagoya Station to Shin-Kōbe Station
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥5,500–8,500
- 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
- ¥5,500–8,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥6,500–8,500
- Green seat
- ¥8,500–12,000
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