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 41m¥55,013–186,313Fly 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
21h 50m¥133,113–193,413Train 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 11m¥55,922–201,077Fly 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 43m¥55,413–167,273Fly 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 10m¥57,063–209,313Fly 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 32m¥92,763–229,013Train 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 44m¥98,720–227,662
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 ¥55000 - ¥190000 and takes 20h 41m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Kyoto is to train and fly which takes 20h 11m and costs ¥55000 - ¥210000.
The distance between Edinburgh and Kyoto is 9336 km.
It takes approximately 20h 41m to get from Edinburgh to Kyoto, including transfers.
Kyoto is 9h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 11:43 PM in Edinburgh and 8:43 AM in Kyoto.
There are 3154+ 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
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kansai International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥42,000–170,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Osaka International Airport via Beijing Capital, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥49,000–190,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Osaka International Airport via Frankfurt, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–750,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Osaka International Airport via Beijing Capital, New Chitose
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–200,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Osaka International Airport via Beijing Capital, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–200,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kobe via Beijing Capital, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–230,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥45,000–180,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥48,000–190,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–180,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥46,000–180,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kansai International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥42,000–170,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥45,000–180,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥48,000–190,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Stockholm, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥45,000–180,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Copenhagen, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥45,000–180,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–180,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥46,000–180,000
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kansai International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–180,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–200,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–210,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 37m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–200,000
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Osaka International Airport via Copenhagen, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥45,000–140,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Osaka International Airport via Frankfurt, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–750,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kansai International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–190,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥44,000–140,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kobe via Beijing Capital, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–220,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kobe via Prague, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–290,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kobe via Vienna, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–300,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kobe via Copenhagen, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–160,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kansai International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 8m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–190,000
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kansai International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥42,000–170,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Osaka International Airport via Frankfurt, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–750,000
- Website
- skymark.co.jp
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kobe via Beijing Capital, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–230,000
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–180,000
- 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
- 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
- ¥2,900–7,000
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Standard
- ¥2,900–3,800
- 1st Class
- ¥4,900–7,000
- 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
- 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
- ¥8,500–21,000
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Standard
- ¥8,500–13,000
- 1st Class
- ¥17,000–21,000
- 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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