There are 8 ways to get from Japan to Edinburgh by plane or train
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Fly Tokyo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane HND - EDI
19h 48m£502–1,214Fly Fukuoka Airport to Edinburgh Airport
cheapest- Fly from Fukuoka Airport (FUK) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane FUK - EDI
21h 42m£241–761Train to Narita International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from 東京 Tōkyō to 空港第2ビル Narita Airport Terminal 2·3train
- Fly from Narita International Airport (NRT) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane NRT - EDI
20h£515–717Fly Tokyo International Airport to Glasgow Airport, train
- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane HND - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
20h 20m£513–949Train to Narita International Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Take the train from 東京 Tōkyō to 空港第2ビル Narita Airport Terminal 2·3train
- Fly from Narita International Airport (NRT) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane NRT - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
23h 6m£246–852Fly Tokyo International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport, train
- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Dundee Riverside Airport (DND)plane HND - DND
- Take the train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
23h 43m£349–1,357Train to Narita International Airport, fly to Newcastle, train
- Take the train from 東京 Tōkyō to 空港第2ビル Narita Airport Terminal 2·3train
- Fly from Narita International Airport (NRT) to Newcastle (NCL)plane NRT - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
23h 36m£297–1,001Fly Fukuoka Airport to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Fukuoka Airport (FUK) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane FUK - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
27h 17m£561–851
Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Japan to Edinburgh is to fly which costs £240 - £800 and takes 21h 42m.
The fastest way to get from Japan to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 19h 48m and costs £500 - £1,300.
The distance between Japan and Edinburgh is 5808 miles.
It takes approximately 19h 48m to get from Japan to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Edinburgh is 8h behind Japan. It is currently 11:54 PM in Japan and 3:54 PM in Edinburgh.
There are 2863+ hotels available in Edinburgh.
What companies run services between Japan and Edinburgh, Scotland?
British Airways, Japan Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) every 4 hours.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240–1,300
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–1,100
Flights from Narita International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–850
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240–2,800
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 31m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £340–3,900
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Helsinki, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £460–1,600
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Beijing Capital, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £330–1,300
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £400–1,400
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–1,100
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £240–1,300
Flights from Narita International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–850
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240–2,800
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–1,100
Flights from Narita International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–850
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £320–2,800
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £200–700
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dalian, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £230–750
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Gimhae, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £230–750
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 47m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £330–3,000
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Shanghai Pudong, London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–900
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £280–1,000
Flights from Narita International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230–800
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230–800
Flights from Narita International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230–800
Flights from Narita International Airport to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £260–900
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £450–3,900
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Beijing Capital, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £330–1,300
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £400–1,400
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £310–1,100
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Manchester Airport via Incheon, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £330–1,100
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Incheon, Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £290–1,000
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £290–950
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Manchester Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £290–950
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Manchester Airport via Incheon, Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £330–1,000
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jreast.co.jp
Train from 東京 Tōkyō to 空港第2ビル Narita Airport Terminal 2·3
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £5–8
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £25–50
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- Passengerassistance@lumo.co.uk.
- Website
- lumo.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £8–16
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £12–22
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £15–27
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £18–26
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–55
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £29–45
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–90
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £45–80
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £80–150
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
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