There are 7 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¥114,118–365,218Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Kansai International Airport, train
cheapest- 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 4m¥57,251–222,035Fly Edinburgh Airport to Osaka International Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Osaka International Airport (ITM)plane EDI - ITM
21h 47m¥132,468–192,568Fly Edinburgh Airport to Kobe
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Kobe (UKB)plane EDI - UKB
24h 20m¥58,828–224,968Fly 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 27m¥62,668–230,318Fly 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-Ōsaka Stationtrain
21h 54m¥93,768–260,018Train 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 Shin-Ōsaka Stationtrain
23h 51m¥113,510–168,057
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Kansai International Airport (KIX) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Osaka is to fly which costs ¥55000 - ¥230000 and takes 24h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Osaka is to fly and train which takes 20h and costs ¥110000 - ¥370000.
The distance between Edinburgh and Osaka is 9297 km.
It takes approximately 20h to get from Edinburgh to Osaka, including transfers.
Osaka is 8h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 4:42 PM in Edinburgh and 12:42 AM in Osaka.
There are 2488+ hotels available in Osaka.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Osaka, Japan?
British Airways, Japan Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Osaka International Airport (ITM) 4 times a day.
- 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
- ¥49,000–250,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Osaka International Airport via Munich, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–850,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Osaka International Airport via Frankfurt, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–800,000
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
- ¥45,000–230,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–240,000
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
- britishairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kansai International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–210,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Osaka International Airport via London Heathrow, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–230,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–220,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–240,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 37m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–230,000
- 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
- ¥45,000–230,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–250,000
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
- ¥47,000–230,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Stockholm, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥46,000–230,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–240,000
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, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–210,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Osaka International Airport via London Heathrow, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–300,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–220,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–240,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 37m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–230,000
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kansai International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–210,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–220,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–240,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 37m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–230,000
- 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
- ¥80,000–330,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kobe via Copenhagen, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–220,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kobe via Amsterdam Schiphol, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–290,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kobe via Beijing Capital, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–300,000
- 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
- ¥47,000–180,000
- 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
- ¥55,000–800,000
- 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
- ¥55,000–240,000
- 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
- ¥4,400–8,000
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.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
Train from Shin-Yokohama to Shin-Ōsaka Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥11,000–16,000
- 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
- ¥11,000–16,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥13,000–16,000
- Green seat
- ¥16,000–22,000
- 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
- ¥17,000–30,000
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
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