There are 8 ways to get from Iya Valley to Kumamoto by train, bus, car, or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from Oboke to Okayama[187026] Ltd. Exp Nanpu 22 / ...
- Take the train from Okayama to KumamotoSakura
6h 37m¥14,610–21,780Drive 579.2 km
cheapest- Drive from Iya Valley to Kumamoto579.2 km
8h 9m¥9,824–14,191Bus, train
- Take the bus from Otoyo to Okayama
- Take the train from Okayama to Hakata
- Take the bus from Hakata Bus Terminal to Tōricho-suji
8h 45m¥16,810–23,880Train to Kochi Airport, fly to Aso Kumamoto Airport
- Take the train from Oboke to Kochi(Kochi)
- Fly from Kochi Airport (KCZ) to Aso Kumamoto Airport (KMJ)KCZ - KMJ
7h 48m¥17,230–66,120Train to Kochi Airport, fly to Fukuoka Airport, train
- Take the train from Oboke to Kochi(Kochi)
- Fly from Kochi Airport (KCZ) to Fukuoka Airport (FUK)KCZ - FUK
- Take the train from Hakata to Kumamoto
6h 29m¥32,870–44,070Train, train to Osaka International Airport, fly to Aso Kumamoto Airport
- Take the train from Oboke to Okayama
- Take the train from Okayama to Shin-Ōsaka Station
- Fly from Osaka International Airport (ITM) to Aso Kumamoto Airport (KMJ)ITM - KMJ
8h 8m¥19,020–41,130Train, train to Matsuyama Airport, fly to Fukuoka Airport
- Take the train from Oboke to Tadotsu
- Take the train from Tadotsu to Matsuyama(Ehime)
- Fly from Matsuyama Airport (MYJ) to Fukuoka Airport (FUK)MYJ - FUK
- Take the train from Hakata to Kumamoto
8h 22m¥27,530–47,230Train to Tokushima Airport, fly to Fukuoka Airport, train
- Take the train from Awa-Ikeda to Tokushima
- Fly from Tokushima Airport (TKS) to Fukuoka Airport (FUK)TKS - FUK
- Take the train from Hakata to Kumamoto
8h 20m¥26,530–52,630
Kochi Airport (KCZ) to Aso Kumamoto Airport (KMJ) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Iya Valley to Kumamoto is to drive which costs ¥9500 - ¥15000 and takes 8h 9m.
The fastest way to get from Iya Valley to Kumamoto is to train and fly which takes 6h 29m and costs ¥32000 - ¥45000.
The distance between Iya Valley and Kumamoto is 625 km. The road distance is 579.2 km.
The best way to get from Iya Valley to Kumamoto without a car is to train which takes 6h 37m and costs ¥14000 - ¥22000.
It takes approximately 6h 37m to get from Iya Valley to Kumamoto, including transfers.
Yes, the driving distance between Iya Valley to Kumamoto is 579 km. It takes approximately 8h 9m to drive from Iya Valley to Kumamoto.
There are 364+ hotels available in Kumamoto.
What companies run services between Iya Valley, Japan and Kumamoto, Japan?
You can take a vehicle from Iya Valley to Kumamoto via ひの字渓谷, 大歩危橋, Oboke, and Okayama in around 6h 37m.
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Kochi Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥24,000–110,000
Flights from Kochi Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–60,000
Flights from Kochi Airport to Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥21,000–60,000
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–33,000
Flights from Matsuyama Airport to Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–29,000
Flights from Tokushima Airport to Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥15,000–35,000
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Kochi Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Osaka International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥15,000–75,000
Flights from Kochi Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥19,000–120,000
Flights from Kochi Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Osaka International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–70,000
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥10,000–23,000
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Kochi Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–60,000
- Website
- amx.co.jp
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥15,000–26,000
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Oboke to Okayama
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥3,500–5,000
- 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
- ¥4,100–4,700
- Reserved Seat
- ¥3,500–5,000
- Green Seat
- ¥5,000–7,000
Train from Oboke to Kochi(Kochi)
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–3,300
- 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
- ¥2,900–3,300
- Reserved Seat
- ¥2,200–3,200
- Green Seat
- ¥2,900–3,900
Train from Oboke to Tadotsu
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–3,400
- 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
- ¥3,000–3,400
- Reserved Seat
- ¥2,300–3,300
- Green Seat
- ¥3,100–4,200
Train from Tadotsu to Matsuyama(Ehime)
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥4,500–6,500
- 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
- ¥5,000–6,000
- Reserved Seat
- ¥4,500–6,500
- Green Seat
- ¥6,500–9,000
Train from Awa-Ikeda to Tokushima
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–3,600
- 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
- ¥3,200–3,600
- Reserved Seat
- ¥2,500–3,600
- Green Seat
- ¥3,400–4,600
- Phone
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Okayama to Kumamoto
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥11,000–16,000
- 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
- ¥11,000–16,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥13,000–16,000
- Green seat
- ¥16,000–22,000
Train from Okayama to Hakata
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥9,500–14,000
- 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
- ¥9,500–13,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥11,000–14,000
- Green seat
- ¥14,000–19,000
Train from Hakata to Kumamoto
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥3,600–6,000
- 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
- ¥3,600–4,900
- Reserved seat
- ¥4,500–6,000
- Green seat
- ¥5,500–7,500
Train from Okayama to Shin-Ōsaka Station
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥4,800–7,500
- 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
- ¥4,800–6,500
- Reserved seat
- ¥5,500–7,500
- Green seat
- ¥7,000–9,500
- Phone
- 0570-00-4592
- Website
- jr-shikoku.co.jp
Train from Oboke to Kochi(Kochi)
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Schedules at
- jr-shikoku.co.jp
Train from Tadotsu to Matsuyama(Ehime)
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- jr-shikoku.co.jp
Train from Awa-Ikeda to Tokushima
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Schedules at
- jr-shikoku.co.jp
- Phone
- 087-823-3083
- Website
- jr-shikokubus.co.jp
Bus from Otoyo to Okayama
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ¥4,100
- Schedules at
- jr-shikokubus.co.jp
- Book at
- secure.j-bus.co.jp
- Phone
- 050-3616-2150
- Website
- nishitetsu.jp
Bus from Hakata Bus Terminal to Tōricho-suji
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 5 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–2,600
- Schedules at
- nishitetsu.jp
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