There are 11 ways to get from Kitakyushu to Ikebukuro by train, night bus, car, plane, or bus
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Train
best- Take the train from Kokura to Tōkyō Stationtrain Nozomi
5h 7m¥22,456–30,202Night bus
cheapest- Take the night bus from Kokura Ekimae to Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminalnightbus
13h 2m¥9,110–27,000Drive 1,013 km
- Drive from Kitakyushu to Ikebukurocar 1,013 km
11h 57m¥16,935–24,462Train to Kitakyushu Airport, fly to Tokyo International Airport, train
- Take the train from Minamikokura to Kusamitrain
- Fly from Kitakyushu Airport (KKJ) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane KKJ - HND
- Take the train from Hamamatsuchō to Ikebukurotrain
4h 14mTrain, night bus
- Take the train from Shimonoseki to Hōfutrain San-yō Line Local
- Take the night bus from Hofu Station to Tokyo Station Yaesu South Exitnightbus Hagi Express
16h 49mTrain to Fukuoka Airport, fly to Tokyo International Airport
- Take the train from Kokura to Hakatatrain
- Fly from Fukuoka Airport (FUK) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane FUK - HND
3h 53m¥16,191–35,692Train to Fukuoka Airport, fly to Narita International Airport, train
- Take the train from Kokura to Hakatatrain
- Fly from Fukuoka Airport (FUK) to Narita International Airport (NRT)plane FUK - NRT
- Take the train from Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 to Nipporitrain
4h 17m¥10,381–29,522Train to Yamaguchi Ube Airport, fly to Tokyo International Airport, train
- Take the train from Kokura to Shin-Yamaguchitrain
- Fly from Yamaguchi Ube Airport (UBJ) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane UBJ - HND
- Take the train from Hamamatsuchō to Ikebukurotrain
5h 12m¥27,771–38,654Train, bus to Oita Airport, fly to Tokyo International Airport
- Take the train from Kokura to Bepputrain
- Take the bus from Beppu-Kitahama to Ōita Airportbus
- Fly from Oita Airport (OIT) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane OIT - HND
5h 51m¥17,980–46,560Train to Fukuoka Airport, fly to Ibaraki Airport, train
- Take the train from Kokura to Hakatatrain
- Fly from Fukuoka Airport (FUK) to Ibaraki Airport (IBR)plane FUK - IBR
- Take the train from Ishioka to Uenotrain
4h 53m¥19,271–63,762Train, train to Saga Airport, fly to Tokyo International Airport
- Take the train from Kokura to Shin-Tosutrain
- Take the train from Shin-Tosu to Sagatrain
- Fly from Saga Airport (HSG) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane HSG - HND
- Take the train from Hamamatsuchō to Ikebukurotrain
6h 2m¥42,194–74,008
Kitakyushu Airport (KKJ) to Tokyo International Airport (HND) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kitakyushu to Ikebukuro is to train and fly which costs ¥10000 - ¥30000 and takes 4h 17m.
The fastest way to get from Kitakyushu to Ikebukuro is to train and fly which takes 3h 53m and costs ¥16000 - ¥36000.
No, there is no direct train from Kitakyushu to Ikebukuro. However, there are services departing from Kokura and arriving at Ikebukuro via Tōkyō Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 5h 7m.
The distance between Kitakyushu and Ikebukuro is 1019 km. The road distance is 1013 km.
The best way to get from Kitakyushu to Ikebukuro without a car is to train which takes 5h 7m and costs ¥22000 - ¥31000.
It takes approximately 5h 7m to get from Kitakyushu to Ikebukuro, including transfers.
Kitakyushu to Ikebukuro train services, operated by Japan Railways Shinkansen, depart from Kokura station.
Kitakyushu to Ikebukuro train services, operated by Japan Railways Shinkansen, arrive at Tōkyō Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Kitakyushu to Ikebukuro is 1013 km. It takes approximately 11h 57m to drive from Kitakyushu to Ikebukuro.
There are 11011+ hotels available in Ikebukuro.
What companies run services between Kitakyushu, Japan and Ikebukuro, Tokyo, Japan?
Japan Railways Shinkansen operates a train from Kokura to Tōkyō Station hourly. Tickets cost ¥22,000–30,000 and the journey takes 4h 42m. Alternatively, Nishitetsu Bus operates a vehicle from Kokura Ekimae to Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal once daily. Tickets cost ¥9,000–25,000 and the journey takes 12h 53m.
Airlines
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Kitakyushu Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥20,000–150,000
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–30,000
Flights from Yamaguchi Ube Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥11,000–60,000
Flights from Oita Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–39,000
Flights from Oita Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Osaka Itami
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,500–14,000
Flights from Saga Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–65,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Kitakyushu Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–35,000
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–31,000
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥8,000–24,000
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Narita International Airport via Miyazaki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥8,000–24,000
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Narita International Airport via Matsuyama
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥8,000–24,000
Flights from Yamaguchi Ube Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–55,000
Flights from Oita Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–42,000
Flights from Oita Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Osaka Itami
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–42,000
- Website
- starflyer.jp
Flights from Kitakyushu Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥20,000–30,000
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–30,000
Flights from Yamaguchi Ube Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥23,000–25,000
- Website
- skymark.co.jp
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–30,000
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Ibaraki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥9,500–23,000
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥8,000–24,000
- Website
- flypeach.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥6,500–22,000
- Website
- solaseedair.jp
Flights from Oita Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–39,000
Train operators
- Phone
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Kokura to Tōkyō Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥22,000–30,000
- 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
- ¥22,000–30,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥24,000–30,000
- Green seat
- ¥32,000–42,000
Train from Kokura to Hakata
- Ave. Duration
- 16 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–4,400
- 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
- ¥2,800–3,800
- Reserved seat
- ¥3,600–4,400
- Green seat
- ¥4,300–6,000
Train from Kokura to Shin-Yamaguchi
- Ave. Duration
- 16 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥3,000–4,700
- 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
- ¥3,000–4,100
- Reserved seat
- ¥3,800–4,700
- Green seat
- ¥4,600–6,500
Train from Kokura to Shin-Tosu
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥3,300–5,500
- 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
- ¥3,300–4,500
- Reserved seat
- ¥4,200–5,500
- Green seat
- ¥5,000–7,000
- Phone
- 0570-04-1717
- Website
- jrkyushu.co.jp
Train from Minamikokura to Kusami
- Ave. Duration
- 14 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
Train from Kokura to Hakata
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
Train from Shin-Tosu to Saga
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jreast.co.jp
Train from Hamamatsuchō to Ikebukuro
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Every 5 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥310–450
- Schedules at
- jreast.co.jp
Train from Ishioka to Ueno
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–1,700
- Schedules at
- jreast.co.jp
- Phone
- 0570-00-2486
- Website
- jr-odekake.net
Train from Shimonoseki to Hōfu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Kokura to Hakata
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–3,200
- 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
- ¥2,800–3,200
- Reserved Seat
- ¥2,100–3,000
- Green Seat
- ¥2,700–3,700
Train from Kokura to Beppu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥3,600–5,000
- 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
- ¥4,200–4,700
- Reserved Seat
- ¥3,600–5,000
- Green Seat
- ¥5,000–7,000
Train from Ishioka to Ueno
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–3,800
- 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
- ¥3,400–3,800
- Reserved Seat
- ¥2,700–3,800
- Green Seat
- ¥3,700–5,000
Train from Kokura to Shin-Tosu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–3,800
- 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
- ¥3,400–3,800
- Reserved Seat
- ¥2,700–3,800
- Green Seat
- ¥3,700–5,000
Train from Shin-Tosu to Saga
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,300–2,400
- 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
- ¥2,100–2,400
- Reserved Seat
- ¥1,300–1,900
- Green Seat
- ¥1,500–2,100
- Phone
- 0570-081-160
- Website
- keisei.co.jp
Train from Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 to Nippori
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–2,600
- Website
- https://www.keisei.co.jp/keisei/tetudou/skyliner/us/index.php
- Phone
- 0570-081-160
- Website
- keisei.co.jp
Train from Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 to Nippori
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥850–1,200
- Website
- https://www.keisei.co.jp/keisei/tetudou/skyliner/us/index.php
Bus operators
- Phone
- 050-3616-2150
- Website
- nishitetsu.jp
Night bus from Kokura Ekimae to Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥9,000–25,000
- Schedules at
- nishitetsu.jp
- Business seat
- ¥9,000–20,000
- Premium seat
- ¥18,000–25,000
- Phone
- 0834-22-7801
- Website
- bochobus.co.jp
Night bus from Hofu Station to Tokyo Station Yaesu South Exit
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–17,000
- Schedules at
- bochobus.co.jp
- Phone
- 097-534-7455
- Website
- oitakotsu.co.jp
Bus from Beppu-Kitahama to Ōita Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥1,550
- Schedules at
- oitakotsu.co.jp
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