There are 8 ways to get from Edinburgh to Osaka by plane or train
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Fly Edinburgh Airport to Osaka International Airport
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Osaka International Airport (ITM)plane EDI - ITM
21h 32m¥52,510–182,660Train 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 12m¥53,475–198,498Fly Edinburgh Airport to Kobe
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Kobe (UKB)plane EDI - UKB
22h 5m¥67,880–213,170Fly Edinburgh Airport to Kansai International Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Kansai International Airport (KIX)plane EDI - KIX
- Take the train from Kansai Airport to Shin-Ōsaka Stationtrain
20h 38m¥103,110–173,310Train 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 to Shin Osakatrain
25h 17mFly 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 to Shin Osakatrain
21h 48mFly 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 Shin Osakatrain
24h 16mTrain 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 19m¥73,245–238,358
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Osaka International Airport (ITM) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Osaka is to fly which costs ¥50000 - ¥190000 and takes 21h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Osaka is to train and fly which takes 20h 12m and costs ¥50000 - ¥200000.
The distance between Edinburgh and Osaka is 9221 km.
It takes approximately 21h 32m to get from Edinburgh to Osaka, including transfers.
Osaka is 9h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 8:47 AM in Edinburgh and 5:47 PM in Osaka.
There are 9439+ hotels available in Osaka.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Osaka, Japan?
British Airways, Japan Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Osaka International Airport (ITM) 5 times a day.
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Osaka International Airport via London Heathrow, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 7m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–220,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Osaka International Airport via Frankfurt, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–220,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kansai International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–140,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 37m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–140,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–170,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 12m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–150,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–150,000
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Osaka International Airport via London Heathrow, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–190,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Osaka International Airport via Frankfurt, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–220,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kansai International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–140,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 37m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–140,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 12m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–150,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–150,000
- Website
- jinair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kobe via Beijing Capital, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–210,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kobe via Munich, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–280,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kobe via Munich, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–270,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kobe via London Heathrow, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–230,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kobe via Wroclaw, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–250,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kobe via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–240,000
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kansai International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–140,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 37m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–140,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 12m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–150,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–150,000
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Osaka International Airport via Beijing Capital, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–180,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Osaka International Airport via Frankfurt, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–480,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kobe via Beijing Capital, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–230,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kansai International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–170,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–190,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kobe via Prague, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–250,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kobe via Beijing Capital, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–210,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kobe via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–250,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kobe via London Heathrow, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–230,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kobe via Prague, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–230,000
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Osaka International Airport via Frankfurt, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–480,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kansai International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–190,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥47,000–120,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kansai International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 58m
- When
- Saturday, Tuesday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–190,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kansai International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–170,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–190,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Stockholm, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–140,000
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–240,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Osaka International Airport via Frankfurt, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–480,000
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kobe via Frankfurt, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–280,000
- Website
- skymark.co.jp
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kobe via Beijing Capital, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–230,000
- 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
- ¥55,000–170,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–170,000
- Website
- hkexpress.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–240,000
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥3,800–6,500
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥3,800–6,500
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- 0345 528 0409
- customerexperience@lumo.co.uk
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–2,800
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–2,800
- Website
- Lumo
- Phone
- 0570-00-2486
- Website
- jr-odekake.net
Train from Kansai Airport to Shin-Ōsaka Station
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–1,300
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
Train from Kansai Airport to Shin-Ōsaka Station
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–1,300
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–24,000
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- 050-3772-3910
- Website
- JR CENTRAL
Train from Nagoya to Shin Osaka
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Website
- JR CENTRAL
- Schedules at
- JR West Timetable & Route Finder
Train from Nagoya to Shin Osaka
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Website
- JR CENTRAL
- Schedules at
- JR West Timetable & Route Finder
Train from Shin Yokohama to Shin Osaka
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Website
- JR CENTRAL
- Schedules at
- JR West Timetable & Route Finder
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