There are 8 ways to get from Houston to Kobe by plane, bus, or train
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Fly to Kobe
best- Fly from George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) to Kobe (UKB)IAH - UKB
20h 55m¥70,664–260,883Fly to Narita International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) to Narita International Airport (NRT)IAH - NRT
- Take the train from Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Station to Shinagawa
- Take the train from Shinagawa to Shin-Kōbe Station
21h 15m¥65,254–214,633Fly to Osaka International Airport
- Fly from George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) to Osaka International Airport (ITM)IAH - ITM
20h 38m¥81,304–261,733Fly to Tokushima Airport, bus
- Fly from George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) to Tokushima Airport (TKS)IAH - TKS
- Take the bus from Kousoku Naruto to Kousoku Maiko
21h 57m¥88,554–290,233Fly to Okayama Airport, train
- Fly from George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) to Okayama Airport (OKJ)IAH - OKJ
- Take the train from Okayama to Shin-Kōbe Station
22h 49m¥75,154–267,933Fly to Takamatsu Airport, train
- Fly from George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) to Takamatsu Airport (TAK)IAH - TAK
- Take the train from Takamatsu(Kagawa) to Okayama
- Take the train from Okayama to Shin-Kōbe Station
23h 47m¥71,554–201,483Fly to Tokyo International Airport, train
- Fly from George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)IAH - HND
- Take the train from Shinagawa to Shin-Kōbe Station
20h 16m¥107,774–269,023Fly to Nanki Shirahama, train
- Fly from George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) to Nanki Shirahama (SHM)IAH - SHM
- Take the train from Shirahama to Shin-Ōsaka Station
24h 11m¥77,994–271,983
George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) to Kobe (UKB) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Houston to Kobe is to fly and train which costs ¥65000 - ¥220000 and takes 21h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Houston to Kobe is to fly and train which takes 20h 16m and costs ¥100000 - ¥270000.
The distance between Houston and Kobe is 11134 km.
It takes approximately 20h 55m to get from Houston to Kobe, including transfers.
Kobe is 15h ahead of Houston. It is currently 3:54 AM in Houston and 6:54 PM in Kobe.
There are 284+ hotels available in Kobe.
What companies run services between Houston, TX, USA and Kobe, Japan?
All Nippon Airways, Skymark Airlines, and two other airlines fly from George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) to Kobe (UKB) every 4 hours.
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Kobe via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–650,000
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Kobe via Los Angeles, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–650,000
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Osaka International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–600,000
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Osaka International Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–230,000
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Osaka International Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Kochi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–600,000
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Tokushima Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–700,000
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Tokushima Airport via Los Angeles, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–750,000
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Okayama Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–650,000
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Okayama Airport via Los Angeles, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–700,000
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Takamatsu Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–600,000
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–550,000
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–200,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Osaka International Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–230,000
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Osaka International Airport via Seattle, Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–230,000
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Tokushima Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥95,000–290,000
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Okayama Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥90,000–270,000
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Takamatsu Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–230,000
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Narita International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–210,000
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Nanki Shirahama via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–650,000
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Nanki Shirahama via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥90,000–260,000
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Nanki Shirahama via Los Angeles, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–260,000
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Nanki Shirahama via Minneapolis, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–270,000
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Nanki Shirahama via San Francisco, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–260,000
- Website
- united.com
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Osaka International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–600,000
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–550,000
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Tokyo International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–550,000
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–550,000
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–550,000
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–200,000
- Website
- hawaiianairlines.com
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Osaka International Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–230,000
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Narita International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–200,000
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Nanki Shirahama via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–650,000
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Nanki Shirahama via Los Angeles, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–260,000
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Nanki Shirahama via Minneapolis, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–270,000
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Nanki Shirahama via San Francisco, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–260,000
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Osaka International Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–230,000
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Osaka International Airport via Seattle, Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–230,000
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Narita International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–210,000
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Osaka International Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–230,000
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Okayama Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–260,000
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Takamatsu Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–230,000
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Takamatsu Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–230,000
- Website
- skymark.co.jp
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Kobe via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–650,000
- Website
- zipairtokyo.com
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–160,000
- Phone
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Okayama to Shin-Kōbe Station
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥4,200–6,500
- 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
- ¥4,200–6,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥5,000–6,500
- Green seat
- ¥6,000–8,500
Train from Shinagawa to Shin-Kōbe Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–18,000
- 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
- ¥12,000–17,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥14,000–18,000
- Green seat
- ¥18,000–24,000
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Takamatsu(Kagawa) to Okayama
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–1,700
- Website
- https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/index.html
- 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/
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Takamatsu(Kagawa) to Okayama
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–3,500
- 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
- ¥3,100–3,500
- Reserved Seat
- ¥2,400–3,400
- Green Seat
- ¥3,200–4,300
Train from Shirahama to Shin-Ōsaka Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥4,900–7,000
- 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
- ¥5,000–6,500
- Reserved Seat
- ¥4,900–7,000
- Green Seat
- ¥7,000–10,000
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jreast.co.jp
Train from Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Station to Shinagawa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–6,000
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/e/nex/
- Website
- https://www.eki-net.com/en/jreast-train-reservation/Top/Index
- Green Seat (First Class)
- ¥4,500–6,000
- Ordinary Car
- ¥2,800–3,600
- Phone
- 088-664-6030
- Website
- honshi-bus.co.jp
Bus from Kousoku Naruto to Kousoku Maiko
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥3,600
- Schedules at
- honshi-bus.co.jp
- Phone
- 087-823-3083
- Website
- jr-shikokubus.co.jp
Bus from Kousoku Naruto to Kousoku Maiko
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥3,164
- Schedules at
- jr-shikokubus.co.jp
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