There are 8 ways to get from Kagoshima to Sendai by train, bus, night bus, car, or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from Kagoshima-Chūō to Shin-Kobe Station
- Take the train from Shin-Kōbe Station to Tōkyō Station
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Sendai
8h 28m¥37,504–53,646Bus, night bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Kagoshimachuo to Kumamoto Kencho-mae
- Take the night bus from Kumamoto Kencho-mae to Sannomiya Station
- Take the night bus from Kobe Sannomiya to Sendai Station East Exit
29h 6m¥17,600–29,100Drive 1,593.6 km
- Drive from Kagoshima to Sendai1,593.6 km
20h 47m¥27,367–39,530Fly Kagoshima Airport to Sendai Airport
- Fly from Kagoshima Airport (KOJ) to Sendai Airport (SDJ)KOJ - SDJ
5h 30m¥22,143–82,000Train to Miyazaki Airport, fly to Sendai Airport
- Take the train from Kagoshima-Chuo to Minamimiyazaki
- Fly from Miyazaki Airport (KMI) to Sendai Airport (SDJ)KMI - SDJ
7h 33m¥23,155–77,777Train to Fukuoka Airport, fly to Sendai Airport
- Take the train from Kagoshima-Chuo to Hakata
- Fly from Fukuoka Airport (FUK) to Sendai Airport (SDJ)FUK - SDJ
5h 32m¥23,649–55,728Fly Kagoshima Airport to Yamagata Airport, bus
- Fly from Kagoshima Airport (KOJ) to Yamagata Airport (GAJ)KOJ - GAJ
- Take the bus from Yamagata Kencho-mae to Hirose dori Ichiban-cho
7h 59m¥20,473–103,380Fly Kagoshima Airport to Tokyo International Airport, train
- Fly from Kagoshima Airport (KOJ) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)KOJ - HND
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Sendai
5h 25m¥20,233–54,120
Kagoshima Airport (KOJ) to Sendai Airport (SDJ) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kagoshima to Sendai is to bus and night bus which costs ¥17000 - ¥30000 and takes 29h 6m.
The fastest way to get from Kagoshima to Sendai is to fly and train which takes 5h 25m and costs ¥20000 - ¥55000.
No, there is no direct bus from Kagoshima to Sendai station. However, there are services departing from Kagoshimachuo and arriving at Sendai Station East Exit via Kumamoto Kencho-mae and Kobe Sannomiya. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 6m.
No, there is no direct train from Kagoshima to Sendai. However, there are services departing from Kagoshima-Chūō and arriving at Sendai via Shin-Kōbe Station and Tōkyō Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 28m.
The distance between Kagoshima and Sendai is 1645 km. The road distance is 1593.6 km.
The best way to get from Kagoshima to Sendai without a car is to train which takes 8h 28m and costs ¥37000 - ¥55000.
It takes approximately 8h 28m to get from Kagoshima to Sendai, including transfers.
Kagoshima to Sendai bus services, operated by Sanko Bus, depart from Kagoshimachuo station.
Kagoshima to Sendai train services, operated by Japan Railways Shinkansen, depart from Kagoshima-Chūō station.
The best way to get from Kagoshima to Sendai is to train which takes 8h 28m and costs ¥37000 - ¥55000. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs ¥22000 - ¥85000 and takes 5h 30m.
What companies run services between Kagoshima, Japan and Sendai, Japan?
You can take a train from Kagoshima-Chūō to Sendai via Shin-Kōbe Station and Tōkyō Station in around 8h 28m. Alternatively, Japan Airlines, All Nippon Airways, and two other airlines fly from Kagoshima Airport (KOJ) to Sendai Airport (SDJ) hourly.
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Kagoshima Airport to Sendai Airport via Chūbu Centrair
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥17,000–90,000
Flights from Kagoshima Airport to Sendai Airport via Osaka Itami
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥17,000–90,000
Flights from Miyazaki Airport to Sendai Airport via Chūbu Centrair
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥22,000–120,000
Flights from Miyazaki Airport to Sendai Airport via Osaka Itami
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥22,000–120,000
Flights from Miyazaki Airport to Sendai Airport via Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥23,000–130,000
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Sendai Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–80,000
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Sendai Airport via Chūbu Centrair
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥15,000–80,000
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Sendai Airport via Osaka Itami
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–80,000
Flights from Kagoshima Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥6,000–42,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Kagoshima Airport to Sendai Airport via Osaka Itami
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥19,000–85,000
Flights from Miyazaki Airport to Sendai Airport via Osaka Itami
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥25,000–110,000
Flights from Miyazaki Airport to Sendai Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Osaka Itami
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥25,000–150,000
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Sendai Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥29,000–70,000
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Sendai Airport via Osaka Itami
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥18,000–80,000
Flights from Kagoshima Airport to Yamagata Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥18,000–100,000
Flights from Kagoshima Airport to Yamagata Airport via Osaka Itami
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥20,000–90,000
Flights from Kagoshima Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥15,000–60,000
- Website
- ibexair.co.jp
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Sendai Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–80,000
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Sendai Airport via Osaka Itami
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–80,000
- Website
- skymark.co.jp
Flights from Kagoshima Airport to Sendai Airport via Kobe
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥21,000–42,000
Flights from Kagoshima Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–34,000
- Website
- solaseedair.jp
Flights from Kagoshima Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥10,000–42,000
- Website
- flypeach.com
Flights from Kagoshima Airport to Sendai Airport via Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥11,000–50,000
Flights from Miyazaki Airport to Sendai Airport via Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥21,000–60,000
- Website
- starflyer.jp
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Sendai Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥25,000–60,000
- Website
- fujidream.co.jp
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Sendai Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥29,000–70,000
- Phone
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Kagoshima-Chūō to Shin-Kobe Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥17,000–24,000
- 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
- ¥17,000–24,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥19,000–24,000
- Green seat
- ¥25,000–33,000
Train from Shin-Kōbe Station to Tōkyō Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–18,000
- 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
- ¥12,000–17,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥14,000–18,000
- Green seat
- ¥18,000–25,000
Train from Tōkyō Station to Sendai
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥8,000–12,000
- 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
- ¥8,000–11,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥9,500–12,000
- Green seat
- ¥12,000–16,000
Train from Kagoshima-Chuo to Hakata
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥6,500–10,000
- 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
- ¥6,500–9,500
- Reserved seat
- ¥8,000–10,000
- Green seat
- ¥10,000–14,000
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Tōkyō Station to Sendai
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥8,000–12,000
- 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
- ¥8,500–10,000
- Reserved Seat
- ¥8,000–12,000
- Green Seat
- ¥12,000–17,000
Train from Kagoshima-Chuo to Minamimiyazaki
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥3,700–5,500
- 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
- ¥4,200–4,800
- Reserved Seat
- ¥3,700–5,500
- Green Seat
- ¥5,000–7,000
- Phone
- 0570-09-3533
- Website
- sankobus.jp
Bus from Kagoshimachuo to Kumamoto Kencho-mae
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥4,100
- Schedules at
- kyushubusbooking.com
- Phone
- 0570-001631
- Website
- kintetsu-bus.co.jp
Night bus from Kumamoto Kencho-mae to Sannomiya Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥8,000–12,000
- Schedules at
- kintetsu-bus.co.jp
- Phone
- 050-3802-1544
- Website
- jamjamliner.jp
Night bus from Kobe Sannomiya to Sendai Station East Exit
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- ¥5,500–13,000
- Schedules at
- jamjamliner.jp
- 4 seats per row spacious
- ¥5,500–13,000
- 3 seats per row
- ¥7,500–12,000
- Website
- yamakobus.co.jp
Bus from Yamagata Kencho-mae to Hirose dori Ichiban-cho
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥850–1,100
- Schedules at
- yamakobus.jp
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Kagoshima to Sendai bus services, operated by Sanko Bus, arrive at Kumamoto Kencho-mae station.
Kagoshima to Sendai train services, operated by Japan Railways Shinkansen, arrive at Shin-Kobe Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Kagoshima to Sendai is 1594 km. It takes approximately 20h 47m to drive from Kagoshima to Sendai.
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