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 42m¥90,615–224,845Fly Edinburgh Airport to Sendai Airport
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Sendai Airport (SDJ)plane EDI - SDJ
23h 22m¥57,525–222,725Fly 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 26m¥100,825–176,275Fly 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
24h 21m¥58,855–244,105Fly Edinburgh Airport to Akita Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Akita Airport (AXT)plane EDI - AXT
- Take the train from Akita to Sendaitrain
25h 58m¥65,475–263,975Train 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
24h 6m¥68,440–257,518Train 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 21m¥64,223–251,186Fly 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
27h 23m¥79,705–325,825
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 - ¥230000 and takes 20h 42m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Sendai is to fly and train which takes 20h 42m and costs ¥90000 - ¥230000.
The distance between Edinburgh and Sendai is 9617 km.
It takes approximately 20h 42m to get from Edinburgh to Sendai, including transfers.
Sendai is 9h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 11:57 PM in Edinburgh and 8:57 AM in Sendai.
There are 253+ hotels available in Sendai.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Sendai, Japan?
Hainan, Peach Aviation Limited, and five other airlines fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Sendai Airport (SDJ) once daily.
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥48,000–190,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sendai Airport via Beijing Capital, New Chitose
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–230,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sendai Airport via Beijing Capital, Chūbu Centrair
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–220,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Narita International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥43,000–170,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Akita Airport via Beijing Capital, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–210,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Akita Airport via Frankfurt, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–850,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Akita Airport via London Heathrow, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–250,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Sendai Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–230,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Shonai Airport via London Heathrow, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–370,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Shonai Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–320,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Shonai Airport via Frankfurt, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–1,100,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Shonai Airport via Beijing Capital, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–270,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–210,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Narita International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–190,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Yamagata Airport via London Heathrow, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–280,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Yamagata Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–800,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Yamagata Airport via Beijing Capital, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–210,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Yamagata Airport via Frankfurt, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–280,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Akita Airport via London Heathrow, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–290,000
- Website
- flypeach.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sendai Airport via Beijing Capital, Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–220,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sendai Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–250,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Sendai Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 7m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–250,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Sendai Airport via Beijing Capital, Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–230,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Sendai Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–250,000
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥44,000–140,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Narita International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–190,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥48,000–190,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Stockholm, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥45,000–180,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Copenhagen, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥46,000–180,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Narita International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥43,000–170,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Sendai Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–230,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Narita International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–190,000
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–210,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Narita International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–190,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Akita Airport via London Heathrow, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–290,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Akita Airport via Frankfurt, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–290,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Akita Airport via London Heathrow, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–250,000
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Narita International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥43,000–170,000
- 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
Train from Akita to Sendai
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- 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
- ¥9,000–11,000
- 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
- ¥2,520–2,570
- 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
- ¥2,900–7,000
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Standard
- ¥2,900–3,900
- 1st Class
- ¥4,900–7,000
- 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
- ¥8,500–21,000
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Standard
- ¥8,500–13,000
- 1st Class
- ¥17,000–21,000
- 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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