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)EDI - KIX
- Take the train from Kansai Airport to Shin-Ōsaka Station
20h 5m¥44,106–155,206Fly Edinburgh Airport to Osaka International Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Osaka International Airport (ITM)EDI - ITM
21h 22m¥52,456–192,556Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Kobe
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airport
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Kobe (UKB)MAN - UKB
26h 54m¥62,543–226,119Fly Edinburgh Airport to Kobe
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Kobe (UKB)EDI - UKB
24h 35m¥63,816–194,956Fly Edinburgh Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO)EDI - NGO
- Take the train from Nagoya Station to Shin-Ōsaka Station
21h 22m¥57,656–170,306
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 ¥44000 - ¥160000 and takes 20h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Osaka is to fly and train which takes 20h 5m and costs ¥44000 - ¥160000.
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 7:44 PM in Edinburgh and 4:44 AM in Osaka.
There are 7676+ hotels available in Osaka.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Osaka, Japan?
Lufthansa, All Nippon Airways, and three other airlines fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Osaka International Airport (ITM) 4 times a day.
Airlines
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kansai International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥40,000–150,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Osaka International Airport via Beijing Capital, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–190,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Osaka International Airport via Frankfurt, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–600,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Osaka International Airport via Beijing Capital, New Chitose
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–190,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Osaka International Airport via Beijing Capital, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–190,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kobe via Beijing Capital, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–210,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥45,000–170,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Kobe via Prague, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–240,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Kobe via Beijing Capital, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–200,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kobe via Beijing Capital, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–200,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kobe via Prague, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–250,000
- 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
- ¥47,000–180,000
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kansai International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥47,000–140,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Osaka International Airport via Frankfurt, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–600,000
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
- jal.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kansai International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥47,000–140,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Osaka International Airport via Frankfurt, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–240,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Osaka International Airport via Frankfurt, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–600,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–160,000
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Kobe via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–190,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kobe via Beijing Capital, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–210,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kobe via Copenhagen, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–190,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kansai International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥40,000–150,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥45,000–170,000
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kansai International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥40,000–150,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Osaka International Airport via Frankfurt, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–600,000
- Website
- skymark.co.jp
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kobe via Beijing Capital, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–210,000
Train operators
- 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
- +44 345 600 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
- ¥5,500–24,000
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- 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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