There are 6 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 43m¥73,020–194,063Fly 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
19h 14m¥59,385–220,695Fly to Kobe
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Kobe (UKB)plane IST - UKB
16h 59m¥66,285–260,678Fly to Osaka International Airport
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Osaka International Airport (ITM)plane IST - ITM
17h 17m¥115,562–350,854Fly 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
17h 41m¥68,192–287,872Fly to Tokushima Airport, bus
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Tokushima Airport (TKS)plane IST - TKS
- Take the bus from Kousoku Naruto to Kousoku Maikobus
19h 40m¥69,560–240,255
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 ¥70000 - ¥200000 and takes 14h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Istanbul to Kobe is to fly and train which takes 14h 43m and costs ¥70000 - ¥200000.
The distance between Istanbul and Kobe is 8875 km.
It takes approximately 14h 43m to get from Istanbul to Kobe, including transfers.
Kobe is 6h ahead of Istanbul. It is currently 9:34 AM in Istanbul and 3:34 PM in Kobe.
There are 283+ hotels available in Kobe.
What companies run services between Istanbul, Turkey and Kobe, Japan?
Turkish Airlines, All Nippon Airways, and two other airlines fly from Istanbul (IST) to Kobe (UKB) 3 times a day.
Airlines
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Istanbul to Kansai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥48,000–190,000
Flights from Istanbul to Kansai International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥47,000–650,000
Flights from Istanbul to Kobe via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–850,000
Flights from Istanbul to Osaka International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 21m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–650,000
Flights from Istanbul to Osaka International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–210,000
Flights from Istanbul to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–200,000
Flights from Istanbul to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥48,000–650,000
Flights from Istanbul to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–210,000
Flights from Istanbul to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–200,000
Flights from Istanbul to Tokushima Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–850,000
Flights from Istanbul to Takamatsu Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–700,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Istanbul to Kansai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥48,000–190,000
Flights from Istanbul to Kansai International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥47,000–650,000
Flights from Istanbul to Osaka International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–210,000
Flights from Istanbul to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥47,000–180,000
Flights from Istanbul to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–200,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Istanbul to Kansai International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥35,000–190,000
Flights from Istanbul to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 37m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥37,000–200,000
Flights from Istanbul to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–210,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Istanbul to Kansai International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥48,000–200,000
Flights from Istanbul to Kobe via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–260,000
Flights from Istanbul to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥47,000–200,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Istanbul to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥47,000–200,000
Flights from Istanbul to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–210,000
Flights from Istanbul to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–200,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Istanbul to Kansai International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥41,000–160,000
Flights from Istanbul to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥43,000–210,000
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Istanbul to Kansai International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥48,000–190,000
Flights from Istanbul to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥47,000–180,000
- Website
- jejuair.net
Flights from Istanbul to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–200,000
- Website
- eastarjet.com
Flights from Istanbul to Tokushima Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–260,000
- Website
- skymark.co.jp
Flights from Istanbul to Kobe via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–850,000
- Website
- lionairthai.com
Flights from Istanbul to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–220,000
- Website
- jinair.com
Flights from Istanbul to Takamatsu Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–210,000
- Website
- hkexpress.com
Flights from Istanbul to Takamatsu Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–240,000
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
- 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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