There are 9 ways to get from Kagoshima to Busan by train, plane, car ferry, car, bus, or ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Fukuoka Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Kagoshima-Chuo to Hakatatrain
- Fly from Fukuoka Airport (FUK) to Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS)plane FUK - PUS
4h 6m₩162,709–404,714Bus, car ferry
cheapest- Take the bus from Kagoshima Chuo Station to Nishitetsu Tenjin Bus Terminalbus Sakurajima
- Take the car ferry from Hakata Port International Terminal to Busan port Int'l Passenger Terminalcarferry Fukuoka
12h 22m₩137,801–221,537Train, car ferry
- Take the train from Kagoshima-Chuo to Hakatatrain Tsubame / ...
- Take the car ferry from Hakata Port International Terminal to Busan port Int'l Passenger Terminalcarferry Fukuoka
8h 56m₩189,209–249,614Train to Miyazaki Airport, fly
- Take the train from Kagoshima-Chuo to Minamimiyazakitrain
- Fly from Miyazaki Airport (KMI) to Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS)plane KMI - PUS
7h 27m₩304,337–566,850Fly from Kagoshima Airport
- Fly from Kagoshima Airport (KOJ) to Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS)plane KOJ - PUS
5h 59m₩187,456–403,847Train to Aso Kumamoto Airport, fly
- Take the train from Kagoshima-Chuo to Shinyatsushirotrain
- Fly from Aso Kumamoto Airport (KMJ) to Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS)plane KMJ - PUS
6h 14m₩171,942–360,982Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Kagoshima to Hakata Port International Terminalcar
- Take the car ferry from Hakata Port International Terminal to Busan port Int'l Passenger Terminalcarferry Fukuoka
9h 39m₩155,202–205,292Train, ferry
- Take the train from Kagoshima-Chūō to Kokuratrain Sakura / ...
- Take the ferry from Shimonoseki to Busan port Int'l Passenger Terminalferry
15h 28m₩154,807–224,512Train, car ferry via Shimonoseki
- Take the train from Kagoshima-Chūō to Kokuratrain Sakura / ...
- Take the car ferry from Shimonoseki to Busan Int'l portcarferry
15h 28m₩169,807–234,512
Fukuoka Airport (FUK) to Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kagoshima to Busan is to drive and car ferry which costs ₩150,000 - ₩210,000 and takes 9h 39m.
The fastest way to get from Kagoshima to Busan is to train and fly which takes 4h 6m and costs ₩160,000 - ₩410,000.
The distance between Kagoshima and Busan is 488 km.
The best way to get from Kagoshima to Busan without a car is to train and car ferry which takes 8h 56m and costs ₩180,000 - ₩250,000.
It takes approximately 4h 6m to get from Kagoshima to Busan, including transfers.
There are 1070+ hotels available in Busan.
What companies run services between Kagoshima, Japan and Busan, South Korea?
JetStar Japan, Korean Air, and six other airlines fly from Kagoshima Airport (KOJ) to Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS) every 4 hours.
- Website
- en.airbusan.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩100,000–310,000
Flights from Miyazaki Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩200,000–600,000
Flights from Kagoshima Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩190,000–550,000
- Website
- jejuair.net
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩90,000–230,000
Flights from Miyazaki Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩150,000–550,000
Flights from Kagoshima Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩160,000–600,000
- Website
- eastarjet.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩95,000–220,000
Flights from Kagoshima Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩150,000–290,000
Flights from Aso Kumamoto Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩110,000–170,000
- Website
- twayair.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩110,000–260,000
Flights from Miyazaki Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩170,000–550,000
Flights from Miyazaki Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩220,000–700,000
- Website
- jinair.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩100,000–380,000
Flights from Miyazaki Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩130,000–650,000
Flights from Miyazaki Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Chūbu Centrair
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩220,000–900,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Kagoshima Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩160,000–600,000
Flights from Kagoshima Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Chūbu Centrair
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩290,000–850,000
- Phone
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Kagoshima-Chuo to Hakata
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩60,000–95,000
- Schedules at
- https://japantravel.navitime.com/en/area/jp/route/
- Website
- https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Website
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
- Unreserved seat
- ₩60,000–85,000
- Reserved seat
- ₩75,000–95,000
- Green seat
- ₩90,000–130,000
Train from Kagoshima-Chuo to Shinyatsushiro
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩39,000–60,000
- Schedules at
- https://japantravel.navitime.com/en/area/jp/route/
- Website
- https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Website
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
- Unreserved seat
- ₩39,000–55,000
- Reserved seat
- ₩48,000–60,000
- Green seat
- ₩55,000–80,000
Train from Kagoshima-Chūō to Kokura
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₩75,000–110,000
- Schedules at
- https://japantravel.navitime.com/en/area/jp/route/
- Website
- https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Website
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
- Unreserved seat
- ₩75,000–100,000
- Reserved seat
- ₩85,000–110,000
- Green seat
- ₩100,000–150,000
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Kagoshima-Chuo to Minamimiyazaki
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ₩34,000–48,000
- Schedules at
- https://japantravel.navitime.com/en/area/jp/route/
- Website
- https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Website
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
- Unreserved Seat
- ₩39,000–45,000
- Reserved Seat
- ₩34,000–48,000
- Green Seat
- ₩49,000–65,000
- Phone
- 050-3616-2150
- Website
- nishitetsu.jp
Bus from Kagoshima Chuo Station to Nishitetsu Tenjin Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₩27,000–85,000
- Schedules at
- nishitetsu.jp
- Phone
- 092-262-2323
- Website
- camellia-line.co.jp
Car ferry from Hakata Port International Terminal to Busan port Int'l Passenger Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₩111,204–139,004
- Schedules at
- camellia-line.co.jp
- Suite
- ₩231,674
- First Class
- ₩139,004
- Second Class
- ₩111,204
- Phone
- 083-224-3000
- Website
- kampuferry.co.jp
Ferry from Shimonoseki to Busan port Int'l Passenger Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₩83,403–115,837
- Schedules at
- kampuferry.co.jp
- Second Class
- ₩83,403
- First Class
- ₩115,837
- Deluxe
- ₩166,805
- Suite
- ₩259,475
- Website
- pukwan.co.kr
Car ferry from Shimonoseki to Busan Int'l port
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₩95,000–125,000
- Schedules at
- pukwan.co.kr
- Book at
- kampuferry.co.jp
- Suite
- ₩251,000
- Deluxe
- ₩175,000
- First class
- ₩125,000
- Second class
- ₩95,000
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