There are 7 ways to get from Edinburgh to Kyoto by plane, train, or bus
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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 Kyōtotrain
20h 36m¥54,285–225,585Fly Edinburgh Airport to Osaka International Airport, bus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Osaka International Airport (ITM)plane EDI - ITM
- Take the bus from Osaka Airport to Kyoto Station Hachijou gatebus
22h 15m¥132,385–192,685Train 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 Kyōtotrain
20h 40mFly Edinburgh Airport to Kobe, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Kobe (UKB)plane EDI - UKB
- Take the train from Shin-Kōbe Station to Kyōtotrain
24h 28m¥59,685–216,545Fly 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 Kyōtotrain
21h 15m¥61,335–238,585Fly Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane EDI - HND
- Take the train from Shin-Yokohama to Kyōtotrain
21h 42m¥92,035–258,285Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Chūbu Centrair International Airport, train
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO)plane MAN - NGO
- Take the train from Nagoya Station to Kyōtotrain
23h 39m
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Kansai International Airport (KIX) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Kyoto is to fly and train which costs ¥50000 - ¥230000 and takes 20h 36m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Kyoto is to fly and train which takes 20h 36m and costs ¥50000 - ¥230000.
The distance between Edinburgh and Kyoto is 9336 km.
It takes approximately 20h 36m to get from Edinburgh to Kyoto, including transfers.
Kyoto is 8h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 1:42 PM in Edinburgh and 9:42 PM in Kyoto.
There are 3687+ hotels available in Kyoto.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Kyoto, Japan?
There is no direct connection from Edinburgh to Kyoto. However, you can take the vehicle to Edinburgh Airport, walk to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) airport, fly to Kansai International Airport (KIX), walk to Kansai Airport, then take the train to Kyōto. Alternatively, you can take the vehicle to Edinburgh Airport, walk to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) airport, fly to Osaka International Airport (ITM), walk to Osaka Airport, then take the bus to Kyoto Station Hachijou gate.
- 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
- ¥50,000–220,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Osaka International Airport via London Heathrow, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–270,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–230,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–250,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 37m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–240,000
- 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
- ¥48,000–250,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Osaka International Airport via Munich, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–800,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Osaka International Airport via Frankfurt, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–800,000
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
- ¥44,000–230,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–250,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥47,000–240,000
- 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
- ¥50,000–220,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Osaka International Airport via London Heathrow, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–310,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–230,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–250,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 37m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–240,000
- 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 Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥44,000–230,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–260,000
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
- ¥48,000–260,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Stockholm, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥47,000–260,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–250,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥47,000–240,000
- 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
- ¥50,000–220,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–230,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–250,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 37m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–240,000
- 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
- ¥80,000–340,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kobe via Copenhagen, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–210,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kobe via Amsterdam Schiphol, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–320,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kobe via Beijing Capital, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–300,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kansai International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 43m
- 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, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥48,000–170,000
- 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
- ¥60,000–800,000
- 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
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Copenhagen, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–320,000
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–250,000
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Kansai Airport to Kyōto
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥3,000–4,300
- 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
- ¥3,700–4,200
- Reserved Seat
- ¥3,000–4,300
- Green Seat
- ¥4,200–6,000
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- scotrail.co.uk
- Phone
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Shin-Kōbe Station to Kyōto
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥3,000–4,800
- 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
- ¥3,000–4,100
- Reserved seat
- ¥3,900–4,800
- Green seat
- ¥4,600–6,500
Train from Nagoya Station to Kyōto
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥4,400–6,500
- 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
- ¥4,400–6,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥5,000–6,500
- Green seat
- ¥6,500–9,000
Train from Shin-Yokohama to Kyōto
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥10,000–15,000
- 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
- ¥10,000–15,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥12,000–15,000
- Green seat
- ¥15,000–21,000
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- tpexpress.co.uk
- Phone
- 06-6844-1124
- Website
- hankyu-kankobus.co.jp
Bus from Osaka Airport to Kyoto Station Hachijou gate
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–1,400
- Website
- https://www-hankyu-kankobus-co-jp-e.athp.transer.com/limousine/
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