There are 5 ways to get from Kitakyushu to Shanghai by train, plane, or car ferry
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Train to Fukuoka Airport, fly to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
best- Take the train from Kokura to Hakatatrain
- Fly from Fukuoka Airport (FUK) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane FUK - PVG
4h 53mFly Kitakyushu Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Kitakyushu Airport (KKJ) to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA)plane KKJ - SHA
8h 48m¥1,013–3,827Train, car ferry
- Take the train from Kokura to Shin-Kobe Stationtrain Sakura
- Take the car ferry from Kobe Port Terminal to Shanghaicarferry
2d 2hTrain, car ferry via Hiroshima
- Take the train from Kokura to Hiroshimatrain
- Take the train from Hiroshima to Shin Kobetrain
- Take the car ferry from Kobe Port Terminal to Shanghaicarferry
2d 3hTrain, car ferry via Himeji
- Take the train from Kokura to Himejitrain
- Take the train from Himeji to Sannomiyatrain
- Take the car ferry from Kobe Port Terminal to Shanghaicarferry
2d 4h
Fukuoka Airport (FUK) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kitakyushu to Shanghai is to fly which costs ¥1000 - ¥3900 and takes 8h 48m.
The fastest way to get from Kitakyushu to Shanghai is to fly which takes 8h 48m and costs ¥1000 - ¥3900.
The distance between Kitakyushu and Shanghai is 953 km.
The best way to get from Kitakyushu to Shanghai without a car is to train and car ferry which takes 2 days 2h and costs .
It takes approximately 4h 53m to get from Kitakyushu to Shanghai, including transfers.
Shanghai is 1h behind Kitakyushu. It is currently 7:00 PM in Kitakyushu and 6:00 PM in Shanghai.
There are 774+ hotels available in Shanghai.
What companies run services between Kitakyushu, Japan and Shanghai, China?
Japan Airlines, Shanghai Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Kitakyushu Airport (KKJ) to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) 5 times a day.
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥650–2,200
Flights from Kitakyushu Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–7,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥650–2,200
Flights from Kitakyushu Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–7,000
- Website
- ceair.com
Flights from Kitakyushu Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–7,000
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥800–3,700
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥650–1,700
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Kitakyushu Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,300–9,500
- Phone
- 050-3772-3910
- Website
- jr-central.co.jp
Train from Kokura to Hakata
- Ave. Duration
- 16 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- global.jr-central.co.jp
Train from Kokura to Hiroshima
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- global.jr-central.co.jp
Train from Hiroshima to Shin Kobe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- global.jr-central.co.jp
Train from Kokura to Himeji
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Book at
- global.jr-central.co.jp
- Phone
- 0570-00-2486
- Website
- jr-odekake.net
Train from Kokura to Hakata
- Ave. Duration
- 11 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
Train from Kokura to Shin-Kobe Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
Train from Kokura to Hiroshima
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
Train from Hiroshima to Shin Kobe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
Train from Kokura to Himeji
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
Train from Himeji to Sannomiya
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
- Phone
- 0570-04-1717
- Website
- jrkyushu.co.jp
Train from Kokura to Hakata
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
Train from Kokura to Shin-Kobe Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
Train from Kokura to Himeji
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
- Phone
- 06-6536-6541
- Website
- shinganjin.com
Car ferry from Kobe Port Terminal to Shanghai
- Ave. Duration
- 47h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ¥856–1,069
- Schedules at
- shinganjin.com
- 2nd Class B
- ¥856
- 1st Class
- ¥1,069
- Special Class
- ¥1,711
- VIP
- ¥4,276
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