There are 8 ways to get from Greenock to Kobe by bus, plane, or train
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Bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Kansai International Airport, train
best- Take the bus from Glasgow Buchanan Bus Station to Edinburgh Airport Bus Stop D
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Kansai International Airport (KIX)EDI - KIX
- Take the train from Kansai Airport to Shin-Ōsaka Station
22h¥98,056–151,476Bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Chūbu Centrair International Airport, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Glasgow Buchanan Bus Station to Edinburgh Airport Bus Stop D
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO)EDI - NGO
- Take the train from Nagoya Station to Shin-Kōbe Station
23h 13m¥54,906–183,876Fly Glasgow Airport to Kansai International Airport, train
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Kansai International Airport (KIX)GLA - KIX
- Take the train from Kansai Airport to Shin-Ōsaka Station
19h 22m¥55,951–189,560Fly Glasgow Airport to Osaka International Airport
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Osaka International Airport (ITM)GLA - ITM
21h 55m¥58,501–273,760Train, train to Manchester Airport, fly to Kobe
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Preston
- Take the train from Preston to Manchester Airport
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Kobe (UKB)MAN - UKB
27h 41m¥62,966–234,126Bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Kobe
- Take the bus from Glasgow Buchanan Bus Station to Edinburgh Airport Bus Stop D
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Kobe (UKB)EDI - UKB
25h 35m¥63,966–184,826Fly Glasgow Airport to Kobe
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Kobe (UKB)GLA - UKB
22h 17m¥62,861–192,910Train, train to Manchester Airport, fly to Chūbu Centrair International Airport
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Preston
- Take the train from Preston to Manchester Airport
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO)MAN - NGO
- Take the train from Nagoya Station to Shin-Kōbe Station
25h 34m¥58,906–203,176
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Kansai International Airport (KIX) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Greenock to Kobe is to bus and fly and train which costs ¥95000 - ¥160000 and takes 22h.
The fastest way to get from Greenock to Kobe is to fly and train which takes 19h 22m and costs ¥55000 - ¥190000.
The distance between Greenock and Kobe is 9416 km.
It takes approximately 22h to get from Greenock to Kobe, including transfers.
Kobe is 9h ahead of Greenock. It is currently 7:11 PM in Greenock and 4:11 AM in Kobe.
There are 283+ hotels available in Kobe.
What companies run services between Greenock, Scotland and Kobe, Japan?
British Airways, Japan Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Osaka International Airport (ITM) 5 times a day.
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Kobe via Prague, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–230,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Kobe via Beijing Capital, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–210,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kobe via Beijing Capital, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–210,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kobe via Prague, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–230,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kobe via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–250,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kobe via Vienna, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–230,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kobe via Frankfurt, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–280,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kobe via Amsterdam Schiphol, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–240,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kobe via London Heathrow, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–240,000
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kansai International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥47,000–150,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Osaka International Airport via London Heathrow, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–270,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 37m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–160,000
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
- ¥47,000–150,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Osaka International Airport via London Heathrow, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–220,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Osaka International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–230,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Osaka International Airport via Frankfurt, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–230,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 37m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–160,000
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
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kansai International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 47m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–180,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kansai International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 32m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥49,000–180,000
- 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
- ¥42,000–160,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Osaka International Airport via Frankfurt, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–550,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kobe via Beijing Capital, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–220,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–160,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥45,000–170,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥45,000–170,000
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Kobe via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 55m
- When
- Every day
- 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
- ¥60,000–220,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kobe via Copenhagen, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–180,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kobe via London Gatwick, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–190,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–160,000
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kansai International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥47,000–150,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 37m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–160,000
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
- airchina.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kansai International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥42,000–160,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–160,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥45,000–170,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- 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
- ¥42,000–160,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Osaka International Airport via Frankfurt, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–550,000
- 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
- ¥60,000–220,000
- 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
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Central to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥4,000–16,000
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Central to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥5,000–13,000
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Preston to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–4,700
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Glasgow Central to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–17,000
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- ¥44,000–48,000
- Sleeper Seat
- ¥13,000–17,000
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- ¥55,000–65,000
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Preston to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–4,900
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Nagoya Station to Shin-Kōbe Station
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥5,500–8,500
- 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
- ¥5,500–8,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥6,500–8,500
- Green seat
- ¥8,500–12,000
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- enquiries@megabus.com
- Website
- uk.megabus.com
Bus from Glasgow Buchanan Bus Station to Edinburgh Airport Bus Stop D
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–2,600
- Website
- https://uk.megabus.com
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