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 5m£402–1,114Train to Narita International Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport
cheapest- 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
19h 53m£213–776Fly Tokyo International Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane HND - GLA
19h 44m£442–904Train 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 49m£463–786Fly Tokyo International Airport to Aberdeen Airport
- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane HND - ABZ
20h 58m£277–1,211Train 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
20h 41m£278–1,033Train 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
21h 43m£272–970Fly 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 14m£485–950
Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Japan to Scotland is to train and fly which costs £210 - £800 and takes 19h 53m.
The fastest way to get from Japan to Scotland is to fly which takes 19h 44m and costs £440 - £950.
The distance between Japan and Scotland is 5808 miles.
It takes approximately 20h 5m to get from Japan to Scotland, including transfers.
Scotland is 9h behind Japan. It is currently 11:22 AM in Japan and 2:22 AM in Scotland.
There are 1384+ hotels available in Scotland.
What companies run services between Japan and Scotland?
British Airways, Japan Airlines, 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 21m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £200–1,100
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £230–850
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200–1,100
Flights from Narita International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £200–750
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £270–3,800
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200–750
Flights from Narita International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200–750
Flights from Narita International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £260–1,000
Flights from Narita International Airport to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230–850
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Manchester Airport via Osaka Kansai, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–900
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £180–650
Flights from Narita International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200–750
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Manchester Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 22m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–700
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240–900
Flights from Narita International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200–750
Flights from Narita International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £260–1,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260–1,100
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230–3,000
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Manchester Airport via Incheon, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260–1,100
- 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
- £230–850
Flights from Narita International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £200–750
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £160–750
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Manchester Airport via Dalian, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–850
- 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
- £230–3,000
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Manchester Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £230–900
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Manchester Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £190–700
- 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
- £35–55
- Website
- https://www.lner.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 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–25
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- 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
- £27–50
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–29
- 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
- £65–110
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
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