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
20h 3m£382–764Fly Fukuoka Airport to Edinburgh Airport
cheapest- Fly from Fukuoka Airport (FUK) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane FUK - EDI
21h 32m£181–611Train to Narita International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Stationtrain
- Fly from Narita International Airport (NRT) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane NRT - EDI
20h 47m£383–686Fly 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 50m£439–922Train to Narita International Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Stationtrain
- Fly from Narita International Airport (NRT) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane NRT - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
21h 54m£470–694Fly 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
24h 4m£280–937Train to Narita International Airport, fly to Newcastle, train
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Stationtrain
- Fly from Narita International Airport (NRT) to Newcastle (NCL)plane NRT - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
23h 28m£219–910Fly Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane NGO - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
25h 53m£421–1,065
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 £180 - £650 and takes 21h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Japan to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 20h 3m and costs £380 - £800.
The distance between Japan and Edinburgh is 5808 miles.
It takes approximately 20h 3m to get from Japan to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Edinburgh is 9h behind Japan. It is currently 11:05 PM in Japan and 2:05 PM in Edinburgh.
There are 2488+ 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) 4 times a day.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200–850
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £210–700
Flights from Narita International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £180–600
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 14m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–2,000
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 26m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £270–2,600
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Helsinki, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £380–1,100
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Beijing Capital, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £270–850
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £300–1,200
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Manchester Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–650
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £210–700
Flights from Narita International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £180–600
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- £220–2,000
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Manchester Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–650
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–700
Flights from Narita International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–700
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Osaka Kansai, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–800
Flights from Narita International Airport to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200–800
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £300–2,600
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Beijing Capital, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £270–850
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £300–1,200
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–850
Flights from Narita International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–700
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–700
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Osaka Kansai, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–800
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Manchester Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £160–460
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £160–550
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dalian, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–600
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Gimhae, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–600
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £230–2,100
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Shanghai Pudong, London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £190–650
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–950
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £230–2,000
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Incheon, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 2m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £220–850
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Manchester Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–600
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jreast.co.jp
Train from Tōkyō Station to Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Station
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £12–26
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/e/nex/
- Website
- https://www.eki-net.com/en/jreast-train-reservation/Top/Index
- Green Seat (First Class)
- £20–26
- Ordinary Car
- £12–16
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £17–18
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–27
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £11–17
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £6–16
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–80
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–80
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £230–270
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £60–80
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–80
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £240–290
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £4–17
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £27–110
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
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