There are 8 ways to get from Kobe to China by train, plane, car ferry, or car
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Train to Kansai International Airport, fly to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport
best- Take the train from Shin-Ōsaka Station to Kansai Airporttrain
- Fly from Kansai International Airport (KIX) to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport (HGH)plane KIX - HGH
7h 7m¥1,090–2,208Train to Kansai International Airport, fly to Sunan Shuofang International Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Shin-Ōsaka Station to Kansai Airporttrain
- Fly from Kansai International Airport (KIX) to Sunan Shuofang International Airport (WUX)plane KIX - WUX
- Take the train from Wuxi to Suzhoutrain
7h 1m¥658–1,773Car ferry, train
- Take the car ferry from Kobe Port Terminal to Shanghaicarferry
- Take the train from Shanghai station to Chongqing Northtrain Shanghai
2d 12h¥1,339–2,287Fly Kobe to Tianjin Binhai
- Fly from Kobe (UKB) to Tianjin Binhai (TSN)plane UKB - TSN
11h 41m¥1,211–4,020Fly Kobe to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Fly from Kobe (UKB) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK)plane UKB - PEK
9h 40m¥1,835–4,445Train to Kansai International Airport, fly to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Take the train from Shin-Ōsaka Station to Kansai Airporttrain
- Fly from Kansai International Airport (KIX) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK)plane KIX - PEK
7h 20m¥1,114–2,633Train to Chūbu Centrair International Airport, fly to Shanghai Pudong International Airport, train
- Take the train from Shin-Kōbe Station to Nagoya Stationtrain
- Fly from Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane NGO - PVG
- Take the train from Shanghai station to Suzhoutrain
8h 26m¥1,154–3,220Car ferry, drive
- Take the car ferry from Kobe Port Terminal to Shanghaicarferry
- Drive from Shanghai to Chongqingcar
2d 16h¥2,262–3,178
Kansai International Airport (KIX) to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport (HGH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kobe to China is to train and fly which costs ¥650 - ¥1800 and takes 7h 1m.
The fastest way to get from Kobe to China is to train and fly which takes 7h 1m and costs ¥650 - ¥1800.
The distance between Kobe and China is 1588 km.
The best way to get from Kobe to China without a car is to car ferry and train which takes 2 days 12h and costs ¥1300 - ¥2300.
It takes approximately 7h 7m to get from Kobe to China, including transfers.
There are 572+ hotels available in China.
What companies run services between Kobe, Japan and China?
Korean Air, All Nippon Airways, and four other airlines fly from Kobe (UKB) to Tianjin Binhai (TSN) 3 times a day.
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥850–2,000
Flights from Kobe to Tianjin Binhai via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–4,000
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥450–1,400
Flights from Kobe to Beijing Capital International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,300–10,000
Flights from Kobe to Beijing Capital International Airport via Okinawa
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,300–4,100
Flights from Kobe to Beijing Capital International Airport via New Chitose
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,300–4,200
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥950–5,500
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Qingdao
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,400–2,800
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥850–2,100
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥850–2,000
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥450–1,400
Flights from Kobe to Beijing Capital International Airport via New Chitose
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,300–4,200
Flights from Kobe to Beijing Capital International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–10,000
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥950–5,500
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥850–2,100
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Sendai
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥950–2,700
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥850–2,700
Flights from Kobe to Tianjin Binhai via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–4,000
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥500–1,600
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Seoul Gimpo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥950–2,400
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥950–2,900
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥950–3,100
Flights from Kobe to Tianjin Binhai via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–4,000
Flights from Kobe to Beijing Capital International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–4,100
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Gimhae
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥850–3,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥650–4,800
- Website
- tianjin-air.com
Flights from Kobe to Tianjin Binhai via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 13m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–6,000
- Website
- shenzhenair.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥450–1,400
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–5,500
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥650–4,800
- Website
- sda.cn
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥850–2,000
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Qingdao
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,400–2,800
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport via Dalian
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥900–3,400
Flights from Kobe to Tianjin Binhai via Incheon, Dalian
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–4,000
- Website
- ceair.com
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥850–4,800
- Website
- intl.jdair.net
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥340–1,200
- Website
- xiamenair.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥500–1,600
- Website
- loongair.cn
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–2,700
- Website
- evaair.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,300–3,500
- Website
- china-airlines.com
Flights from Kobe to Beijing Capital International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–10,000
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥750–2,700
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥490–1,500
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥500–1,900
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Shin-Ōsaka Station to Kansai Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥90–140
- 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
- ¥120–140
- Reserved Seat
- ¥90–130
- Green Seat
- ¥120–160
Train from Shanghai station to Chongqing North
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 38m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥470–1,200
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ¥470–650
- Adult - 1st Class
- ¥800–1,200
Train from Wuxi to Suzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥35–55
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ¥40–55
- Adult - 1st Class
- ¥35–50
Train from Wuxi to Suzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 17 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥23–25
- Schedules at
- 12306.cn
- Book at
- 12306.cn
- 2nd Class Seat
- ¥23–25
- 1st Class Seat
- ¥35–38
- Business Class Seat
- ¥45–65
Train from Shanghai station to Suzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥41–45
- Schedules at
- 12306.cn
- Book at
- 12306.cn
- 2nd Class Seat
- ¥41–45
- 1st Class Seat
- ¥65–75
- Business Class Seat
- ¥85–130
Train from Wuxi to Suzhou
- Hard Seat
- ¥35–60
- Hard Sleeper
- ¥30–65
- Soft Sleeper
- ¥100–150
Train from Shanghai station to Suzhou
- Hard Seat
- ¥40–65
- Hard Sleeper
- ¥40–70
- Soft Sleeper
- ¥110–160
Train from Wuxi to Suzhou
- Hard Seat
- ¥15–20
- Hard sleeper
- ¥35–55
- Soft sleeper
- ¥60–80
Train from Shanghai station to Suzhou
- Hard Seat
- ¥19–26
- Hard sleeper
- ¥40–60
- Soft sleeper
- ¥70–95
- Phone
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Shin-Kōbe Station to Nagoya Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥250–360
- 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
- ¥250–340
- Reserved seat
- ¥290–360
- Green seat
- ¥370–490
- 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
- ¥863–1,078
- Schedules at
- shinganjin.com
- 2nd Class B
- ¥863
- 1st Class
- ¥1,078
- Special Class
- ¥1,725
- VIP
- ¥4,312
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