There are 8 ways to get from Japan to Edinburgh by plane or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Tokyo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane HND - EDI
19h 50m£422–1,114Fly Fukuoka Airport to Edinburgh Airport
cheapest- Fly from Fukuoka Airport (FUK) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane FUK - EDI
22h 19m£221–611Train to Narita International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station 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
21h 22m£466–767Fly 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 29m£472–939Fly Tokyo International Airport to Newcastle, train
- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Newcastle (NCL)plane HND - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
20h 55m£513–1,289Train to Narita International Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station 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
22h 15m£226–792Train to Narita International Airport, fly to Newcastle, train
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station 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
21h 42m£267–942Train to Narita International Airport, fly to Durham Tees Valley Airport, train
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to 空港第2ビル Narita Airport Terminal 2·3train
- Fly from Narita International Airport (NRT) to Durham Tees Valley Airport (MME)plane NRT - MME
- Take the train from Darlington to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
22h 11m£548–1,920
Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Japan to Edinburgh is to fly which costs £220 - £650 and takes 22h 19m.
The fastest way to get from Japan to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 19h 50m and costs £420 - £1,200.
The distance between Japan and Edinburgh is 5808 miles.
It takes approximately 19h 50m to get from Japan to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Edinburgh is 8h behind Japan. It is currently 1:20 AM in Japan and 5:20 PM in Edinburgh.
There are 2738+ hotels available in Edinburgh.
What companies run services between Japan and Edinburgh, Scotland?
British Airways, Japan Airlines, and five 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 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230–950
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 32m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £210–900
Flights from Narita International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–600
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 6m
- When
- Friday, Saturday, Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £240–1,800
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Friday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £260–2,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–750
Flights from Narita International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–750
Flights from Narita International Airport to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230–850
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Osaka Kansai, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260–950
Flights from Narita International Airport to Durham Tees Valley Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £490–1,800
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £370–950
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 32m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £210–900
Flights from Narita International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–600
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £240–1,800
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Friday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £260–2,000
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £260–900
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £290–2,000
Flights from Narita International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–750
Flights from Narita International Airport to Durham Tees Valley Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £490–1,800
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–550
Flights from Narita International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–750
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–600
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Osaka Kansai, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260–950
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £280–1,800
Flights from Narita International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £320–850
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £300–1,900
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £290–1,800
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 32m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £210–900
Flights from Narita International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–600
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £290–1,800
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £260–900
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Newcastle via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £210–600
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Shanghai Pudong, London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–650
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Incheon, Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £270–950
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–600
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £190–600
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- JR EAST
Train from Tōkyō Station 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
- JR EAST
Train from Tōkyō Station 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
- JR EAST
Train from Tōkyō Station 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
- JR EAST
Train from Tōkyō Station 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
- JR EAST
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £18–30
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £18–30
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- 0345 528 0409
- customerexperience@lumo.co.uk
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £7–14
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £7–14
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Darlington to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–75
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–80
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–80
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Darlington to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £70–110
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £27–40
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £27–40
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
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