There are 8 ways to get from Edinburgh to Sendai by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport, train
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane EDI - HND
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Sendaitrain
20h 52m¥90,592–254,822Fly Edinburgh Airport to Sendai Airport
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Sendai Airport (SDJ)plane EDI - SDJ
22h 32m¥57,502–282,702Fly Edinburgh Airport to Narita International Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Narita International Airport (NRT)plane EDI - NRT
- Take the train from Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 to Nipporitrain
- Take the train from Ōmiya to Sendaitrain
21h 16m¥105,802–176,252Fly Edinburgh Airport to Yamagata Airport, bus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Yamagata Airport (GAJ)plane EDI - GAJ
- Take the bus from Yamagata Kencho-mae to Hirose dori Ichiban-chobus
25h 1m¥58,832–284,082Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Sendai Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Sendai Airport (SDJ)plane GLA - SDJ
25h 55m¥70,635–269,460Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Sendai Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Sendai Airport (SDJ)plane MAN - SDJ
24h 16m¥73,197–320,445Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Narita International Airport, train
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Narita International Airport (NRT)plane MAN - NRT
- Take the train from Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 to Nipporitrain
- Take the train from Ōmiya to Sendaitrain
24h¥96,497–233,995Fly Edinburgh Airport to Shonai Airport, bus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Shonai Airport (SYO)plane EDI - SYO
- Take the bus from S-mall Bus terminal(2 platform) to Kenchou maebus
- Take the bus from Yamagata Kencho-mae to Hirose dori Ichiban-chobus
26h 33m¥69,682–355,802
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Tokyo International Airport (HND) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Sendai is to fly and train which costs ¥90000 - ¥260000 and takes 20h 52m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Sendai is to fly and train which takes 20h 52m and costs ¥90000 - ¥260000.
The distance between Edinburgh and Sendai is 9617 km.
It takes approximately 20h 52m to get from Edinburgh to Sendai, including transfers.
Sendai is 8h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 3:33 PM in Edinburgh and 11:33 PM in Sendai.
There are 188+ hotels available in Sendai.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Sendai, Japan?
Hainan, Air China, and two other airlines fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Sendai Airport (SDJ) once daily.
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Narita International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥44,000–220,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sendai Airport via Beijing Capital, New Chitose
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–280,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sendai Airport via Beijing Capital, Chūbu Centrair
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–280,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Sendai Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–290,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Narita International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥45,000–230,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Shonai Airport via London Heathrow, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 18m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–420,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Shonai Airport via Beijing Capital, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 47m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–350,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Shonai Airport via Frankfurt, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–1,200,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Shonai Airport via Munich, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–1,200,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Shonai Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–1,200,000
- Website
- jal.com
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 Edinburgh Airport to Narita International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–210,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Yamagata Airport via London Heathrow, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 42m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–330,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Yamagata Airport via Beijing Capital, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–280,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Yamagata Airport via Frankfurt, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–330,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Yamagata Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–950,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Yamagata Airport via Beijing Capital, New Chitose
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–280,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Narita International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–220,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Narita International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–100,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–260,000
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
- ¥47,000–230,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Narita International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥44,000–220,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Sendai Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–290,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Narita International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥45,000–230,000
- Website
- flypeach.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sendai Airport via Beijing Capital, Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–280,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Sendai Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–260,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Sendai Airport via Beijing Capital, Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–290,000
- 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
- ¥48,000–180,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Narita International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–210,000
- Website
- finnair.com
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 Edinburgh Airport to Narita International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–210,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Narita International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–220,000
- 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
Flights from Manchester Airport to Narita International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–100,000
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Narita International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥44,000–220,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Narita International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥45,000–230,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Narita International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–210,000
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Narita International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–100,000
- Website
- fujidream.co.jp
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Yamagata Airport via Beijing Capital, New Chitose
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–280,000
- Phone
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Tōkyō Station to Sendai
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥8,000–12,000
- 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
- ¥8,000–11,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥9,500–12,000
- Green seat
- ¥12,000–16,000
Train from Ōmiya to Sendai
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥7,500–11,000
- 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
- ¥7,500–11,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥8,500–11,000
- Green seat
- ¥11,000–15,000
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Tōkyō Station to Sendai
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥8,000–12,000
- 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
- ¥8,500–10,000
- Reserved Seat
- ¥8,000–12,000
- Green Seat
- ¥12,000–17,000
- Phone
- 0570-081-160
- Website
- keisei.co.jp
Train from Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 to Nippori
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–2,600
- Website
- https://www.keisei.co.jp/keisei/tetudou/skyliner/us/index.php
- Phone
- 0570-081-160
- Website
- keisei.co.jp
Train from Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 to Nippori
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥850–1,200
- Website
- https://www.keisei.co.jp/keisei/tetudou/skyliner/us/index.php
- 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
- ¥4,300–8,000
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- 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/
- Website
- yamakobus.co.jp
Bus from Yamagata Kencho-mae to Hirose dori Ichiban-cho
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥850–1,100
- Schedules at
- yamakobus.jp
Bus from S-mall Bus terminal(2 platform) to Kenchou mae
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–1,900
- Schedules at
- yamakobus.co.jp
- Website
- shonaikotsu.jp
Bus from S-mall Bus terminal(2 platform) to Kenchou mae
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥190–2,800
- Schedules at
- shonaikotsu.jp
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