There are 8 ways to get from Japan to Scotland 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£382–714Train to Narita International Airport, fly to Newcastle, train
cheapest- 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£219–860Fly Tokyo International Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane HND - GLA
19h 44m£422–904Train 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£383–686Train to Narita International Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport
- 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
20h 48m£453–676Fly Tokyo International Airport to Aberdeen Airport
- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane HND - ABZ
20h 58m£472–704Train to Narita International Airport, fly to Aberdeen Airport
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Stationtrain
- Fly from Narita International Airport (NRT) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane NRT - ABZ
22h 31m£253–926Fly 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 Prestontrain
- Take the train from Preston to Glasgow Centraltrain
26h 21m£438–841
Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Japan to Scotland is to fly which costs £380 - £750 and takes 20h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Japan to Scotland is to fly which takes 19h 44m and costs £420 - £950.
The distance between Japan and Scotland is 5808 miles.
It takes approximately 20h 3m to get from Japan to Scotland, including transfers.
Scotland is 9h behind Japan. It is currently 9:08 PM in Japan and 12:08 PM in Scotland.
There are 1378+ hotels available in Scotland.
What companies run services between Japan and Scotland?
Japan Airlines, British Airways, and four other airlines fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) 5 times a day.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–850
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £200–600
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 23m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–1,800
Flights from Narita International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £170–480
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £270–2,400
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–1,800
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–1,800
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Manchester Airport via Incheon, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–900
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–650
Flights from Narita International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–700
Flights from Narita International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240–900
Flights from Narita International Airport to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200–750
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Manchester Airport via Osaka Kansai, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–800
- 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
Flights from Narita International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240–900
- 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
- £200–600
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £210–1,800
Flights from Narita International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £170–480
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–650
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Manchester Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 22m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–490
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £150–480
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Manchester Airport via Dalian, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £180–550
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Manchester Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- 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
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- 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 Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- 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 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £4–17
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–27
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £18–95
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice 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
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- 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
- £260–300
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £4–30
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–110
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
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