There are 8 ways to get from Kanazawa to Shanghai by plane, car, car ferry, train, or night bus
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Fly Komatsu Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
best- Fly from Komatsu Airport (KMQ) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)KMQ - PVG
6h 44m¥732–3,009Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Kanazawa to Osaka International Ferry Terminal
- Take the car ferry from Osaka International Ferry Terminal to Shanghai
2d 3h¥1,121–1,520Fly Komatsu Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport
- Fly from Komatsu Airport (KMQ) to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA)KMQ - SHA
8h 43m¥1,242–3,859Train to Toyama Airport, fly to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport
- Take the train from Kanazawa to Toyama
- Fly from Toyama Airport (TOY) to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA)TOY - SHA
9h 51m¥1,070–4,525Train to Toyama Airport, fly to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Take the train from Kanazawa to Toyama
- Fly from Toyama Airport (TOY) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)TOY - PVG
7h 32m¥1,410–4,375Train to Tokyo International Airport, fly to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport
- Take the train from Kanazawa to Tōkyō Station
- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA)HND - SHA
9h 24m¥1,619–4,715Train, car ferry
- Take the train from Kanazawa to Tsuruga
- Take the train from Tsuruga to Kyōto
- Take the train from Kyōto to Sannomiya
- Take the car ferry from Kobe Port Terminal to Shanghai
2d 4h¥1,356–1,875Train, night bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Kanazawa to Tōkyō Station
- Take the night bus from Tokyo Station Kajibashi to Universal Studios Japan
- Take the car ferry from Osaka International Ferry Terminal to Shanghai
2d 12h¥1,813–2,578
Komatsu Airport (KMQ) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kanazawa to Shanghai is to drive and car ferry which costs ¥1100 - ¥1600 and takes 2 days 3h.
The fastest way to get from Kanazawa to Shanghai is to fly which takes 6h 44m and costs ¥700 - ¥3100.
The distance between Kanazawa and Shanghai is 1538 km.
The best way to get from Kanazawa to Shanghai without a car is to train and car ferry which takes 2 days 4h and costs ¥1300 - ¥1900.
It takes approximately 6h 44m to get from Kanazawa to Shanghai, including transfers.
Shanghai is 1h behind Kanazawa. It is currently 10:20 PM in Kanazawa and 9:20 PM in Shanghai.
There are 1350+ hotels available in Shanghai.
What companies run services between Kanazawa, Ishikawa-ken, Japan and Shanghai, China?
China Eastern Airlines, Japan Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Komatsu Airport (KMQ) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) 5 times a day.
Transport is disrupted due to the Russia-Ukraine war. Read more
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Komatsu Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥650–2,900
Flights from Komatsu Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–6,000
Flights from Komatsu Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–3,800
Flights from Toyama Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–7,500
Flights from Toyama Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,300–4,100
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥900–6,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Komatsu Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥650–2,900
Flights from Toyama Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–7,500
Flights from Toyama Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,300–4,100
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥900–6,000
- Website
- ceair.com
Flights from Toyama Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–7,500
Flights from Toyama Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,300–4,100
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥900–6,000
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Komatsu Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via New Chitose
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥950–3,700
Flights from Komatsu Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–6,000
Flights from Toyama Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–7,500
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–4,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Seoul Gimpo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥900–3,600
- Website
- evaair.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Taipei Songshan
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–4,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–3,700
- Website
- china-airlines.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Taipei Songshan
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–6,500
- Phone
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Kanazawa to Toyama
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥130–210
- 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
- ¥130–180
- Reserved seat
- ¥160–210
- Green seat
- ¥190–260
Train from Kanazawa to Tōkyō Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥490–700
- 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
- ¥490–650
- Reserved seat
- ¥550–700
- Green seat
- ¥700–950
Train from Kanazawa to Tsuruga
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥200–310
- 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
- ¥200–280
- Reserved seat
- ¥250–310
- Green seat
- ¥300–410
- Phone
- 076-431-3409
- Website
- ainokaze.co.jp
Train from Kanazawa to Toyama
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥50–60
- Website
- http://ainokaze.co.jp/
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Tsuruga to Kyōto
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥130–190
- 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
- ¥160–190
- Reserved Seat
- ¥130–190
- Green Seat
- ¥190–250
Train from Kyōto to Sannomiya
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥110–170
- 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
- ¥140–170
- Reserved Seat
- ¥110–160
- Green Seat
- ¥150–210
- Phone
- 0570-00-2486
- Website
- jr-odekake.net
Train from Kyōto to Sannomiya
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
- Phone
- 050-3802-1544
- Website
- jamjamliner.jp
Night bus from Tokyo Station Kajibashi to Universal Studios Japan
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥260–500
- Schedules at
- jamjamliner.jp
- 4 seats per row
- ¥260–500
- Phone
- 06-6536-6541
- Website
- shinganjin.com
Car ferry from Osaka International Ferry Terminal to Shanghai
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ¥908–1,135
- Schedules at
- shinganjin.com
- 2nd Class B
- ¥908
- 1st Class
- ¥1,135
- Special Class
- ¥1,816
- VIP
- ¥4,539
Car ferry from Kobe Port Terminal to Shanghai
- Ave. Duration
- 47h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ¥908–1,135
- Schedules at
- shinganjin.com
- 2nd Class B
- ¥908
- 1st Class
- ¥1,135
- Special Class
- ¥1,816
- VIP
- ¥4,539
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