There are 8 ways to get from Edinburgh to Sendai by plane, train, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Edinburgh Airport to Sendai Airport
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Sendai Airport (SDJ)plane EDI - SDJ
23h 28m¥62,496–152,686Fly Edinburgh Airport to Yamagata Airport, bus
cheapest- 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 11m¥53,826–174,076Fly 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 Omiya Station to Sendaitrain
22h 44m¥102,846–170,746Fly Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane EDI - HND
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Sendaitrain
22h 53m¥92,246–229,366Fly Edinburgh Airport to Akita Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Akita Airport (AXT)plane EDI - AXT
- Take the train from Akita to Sendai(Miyagi/Jr)train
24h 37m¥67,246–218,946Train 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 14m¥77,919–277,866Fly 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 58m¥59,676–185,796Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Tokyo International Airport, train
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane MAN - HND
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Sendaitrain
24h 57m¥99,534–200,428
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Sendai Airport (SDJ) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Sendai is to fly which costs ¥60000 - ¥160000 and takes 23h 28m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Sendai is to fly and train which takes 22h 44m and costs ¥100000 - ¥180000.
The distance between Edinburgh and Sendai is 9051 km.
It takes approximately 23h 28m to get from Edinburgh to Sendai, including transfers.
Sendai is 9h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 7:12 PM in Edinburgh and 4:12 AM in Sendai.
There are 262+ 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 Sendai Airport via Copenhagen, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–150,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–180,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Akita Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 47m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–600,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Akita Airport via Beijing Capital, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–210,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Akita Airport via London Heathrow, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–200,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Akita Airport via Frankfurt, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–600,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Shonai Airport via London Heathrow, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–230,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Shonai Airport via Frankfurt, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–500,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Shonai Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 12m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–550,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Shonai Airport via Beijing Capital, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–180,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–180,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Narita International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥49,000–150,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Yamagata Airport via London Heathrow, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–220,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Yamagata Airport via Beijing Capital, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–170,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Yamagata Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–480,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Yamagata Airport via Frankfurt, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–230,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–160,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Beijing Capital, Dalian
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–180,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Akita Airport via London Heathrow, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥100,000–260,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–160,000
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Narita International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–190,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥46,000–120,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥45,000–120,000
- Website
- flypeach.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sendai Airport via Beijing Capital, Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Friday and Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–230,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sendai Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 52m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–280,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Sendai Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 7m
- When
- Saturday and Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–270,000
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Narita International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥49,000–150,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–160,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Akita Airport via London Heathrow, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥100,000–260,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–160,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Narita International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- 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
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–180,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Stockholm, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–140,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–180,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Akita Airport via Frankfurt, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–280,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Akita Airport via London Heathrow, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–200,000
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sendai Airport via Copenhagen, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–150,000
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Narita International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥49,000–160,000
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–170,000
- Phone
- 0570-081-160
- Website
- Keisei Electric Railway
Train from Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 to Nippori
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–2,600
- Website
- Keisei Electric Railway
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- JR EAST
Train from Omiya Station to Sendai
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥4,200–5,500
- Website
- JR EAST
Train from Tōkyō Station to Sendai
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥4,700–6,500
- Website
- JR EAST
Train from Akita to Sendai(Miyagi/Jr)
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥4,300–6,000
- Website
- JR EAST
Train from Tōkyō Station to Sendai
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥4,700–6,500
- Website
- JR EAST
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥3,800–6,500
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- 0345 528 0409
- customerexperience@lumo.co.uk
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–2,800
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–24,000
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- 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
- Yamako Bus
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
- Website
- Shonai Kotsu
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
- Shonai Kotsu
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