There are 7 ways to get from Istanbul to Kobe by plane, train, or bus
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Fly to Kansai International Airport, train
best- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Kansai International Airport (KIX)plane IST - KIX
- Take the train from Kansai Airport to Shin-Ōsaka Stationtrain
14h 58m¥71,579–191,093Fly to Takamatsu Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Takamatsu Airport (TAK)plane IST - TAK
- Take the train from Takamatsu(Kagawa) to Okayamatrain
- Take the train from Okayama to Shin-Kōbe Stationtrain
20h 44m¥53,966–181,154Fly to Kobe
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Kobe (UKB)plane IST - UKB
17h 14m¥58,446–203,479Fly to Osaka International Airport
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Osaka International Airport (ITM)plane IST - ITM
17h 37m¥54,328–187,897Fly to Chūbu Centrair International Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO)plane IST - NGO
- Take the train from Nagoya Station to Shin-Kōbe Stationtrain
18h 11m¥68,105–105,256Fly to Tokushima Airport, bus
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Tokushima Airport (TKS)plane IST - TKS
- Take the bus from Kousoku Naruto to Kousoku Maikobus
17h 45m¥72,333–234,622Fly to Tokyo International Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane IST - HND
- Take the train from Shinagawa to Shin-Kōbe Stationtrain
17h 25m¥74,419–158,703
Istanbul (IST) to Kansai International Airport (KIX) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Istanbul to Kobe is to fly and train which costs ¥65000 - ¥110000 and takes 18h 11m.
The fastest way to get from Istanbul to Kobe is to fly and train which takes 14h 58m and costs ¥70000 - ¥200000.
The distance between Istanbul and Kobe is 8875 km.
It takes approximately 14h 58m to get from Istanbul to Kobe, including transfers.
Kobe is 6h ahead of Istanbul. It is currently 4:14 PM in Istanbul and 10:14 PM in Kobe.
There are 292+ hotels available in Kobe.
What companies run services between Istanbul, Turkey and Kobe, Japan?
Korean Air, All Nippon Airways, and Skymark Airlines fly from Istanbul (IST) to Kobe (UKB) once daily.
Airlines
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Istanbul to Kansai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥44,000–160,000
Flights from Istanbul to Kansai International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥46,000–390,000
Flights from Istanbul to Kobe via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–550,000
Flights from Istanbul to Osaka International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–450,000
Flights from Istanbul to Osaka International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–190,000
Flights from Istanbul to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–410,000
Flights from Istanbul to Tokushima Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–600,000
Flights from Istanbul to Takamatsu Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–470,000
Flights from Istanbul to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–430,000
Flights from Istanbul to Tokyo International Airport via Kansai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–190,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Istanbul to Kansai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥44,000–160,000
Flights from Istanbul to Kansai International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥49,000–390,000
Flights from Istanbul to Osaka International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–190,000
Flights from Istanbul to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥43,000–160,000
Flights from Istanbul to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–430,000
Flights from Istanbul to Tokyo International Airport via Kansai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–190,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Istanbul to Kansai International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥37,000–120,000
Flights from Istanbul to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥40,000–130,000
Flights from Istanbul to Tokyo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥44,000–190,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Istanbul to Kansai International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥43,000–160,000
Flights from Istanbul to Kobe via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–210,000
Flights from Istanbul to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 27m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥43,000–170,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Istanbul to Kansai International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥39,000–120,000
Flights from Istanbul to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥42,000–180,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Istanbul to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥43,000–160,000
Flights from Istanbul to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥49,000–180,000
Flights from Istanbul to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥49,000–180,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Istanbul to Kansai International Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥37,000–140,000
Flights from Istanbul to Tokyo International Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–120,000
- Website
- skymark.co.jp
Flights from Istanbul to Kobe via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–550,000
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Istanbul to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥43,000–160,000
- Website
- eastarjet.com
Flights from Istanbul to Tokushima Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–230,000
- Website
- hkexpress.com
Flights from Istanbul to Takamatsu Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–210,000
- Website
- jinair.com
Flights from Istanbul to Takamatsu Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥47,000–170,000
Train operators
- 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
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
- 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
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/
Bus operators
- 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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