There are 5 ways to get from Edinburgh to Osaka 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 5m¥46,101–135,201Fly Edinburgh Airport to Osaka International Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Osaka International Airport (ITM)plane EDI - ITM
21h 22m¥132,451–182,551Train 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
19h 37m¥55,005–189,937Fly Edinburgh Airport to Kobe
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Kobe (UKB)plane EDI - UKB
24h 35m¥58,811–174,951Fly 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-Ōsaka Stationtrain
21h 22m¥52,651–150,301
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Kansai International Airport (KIX) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Osaka is to fly and train which costs ¥46000 - ¥140000 and takes 20h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Osaka is to train and fly which takes 19h 37m and costs ¥55000 - ¥190000.
The distance between Edinburgh and Osaka is 9297 km.
It takes approximately 20h 5m to get from Edinburgh to Osaka, including transfers.
Osaka is 9h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 9:04 PM in Edinburgh and 6:04 AM in Osaka.
There are 8020+ hotels available in Osaka.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Osaka, Japan?
Lufthansa, All Nippon Airways, and four other airlines fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Osaka International Airport (ITM) 3 times a day.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kansai International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 47m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–180,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kansai International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 8m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–180,000
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kansai International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 47m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–180,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Osaka International Airport via Copenhagen, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥44,000–140,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Osaka International Airport via Frankfurt, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–490,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kansai International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–180,000
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kansai International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥42,000–130,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Osaka International Airport via Beijing Capital, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥49,000–150,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Osaka International Airport via Frankfurt, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–490,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Osaka International Airport via Beijing Capital, New Chitose
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–160,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Osaka International Airport via Beijing Capital, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥49,000–150,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kobe via Beijing Capital, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–190,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥45,000–140,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kobe via Beijing Capital, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–180,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kobe via Prague, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–270,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kobe via Vienna, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–280,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kobe via Copenhagen, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–170,000
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kansai International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥48,000–150,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–160,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kansai International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥42,000–130,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥45,000–140,000
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kansai International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥42,000–130,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Osaka International Airport via Frankfurt, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–490,000
- Website
- skymark.co.jp
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kobe via Beijing Capital, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–190,000
- 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
- ¥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 Nagoya Station to Shin-Ōsaka Station
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥5,000–7,500
- 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
- ¥5,000–7,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥6,000–7,500
- Green seat
- ¥7,500–11,000
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