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 Airport
- Fly from Kansai International Airport (KIX) to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport (HGH)KIX - HGH
6h 57m¥689–2,024Train to Kansai International Airport, fly to Sunan Shuofang International Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Shin-Ōsaka Station to Kansai Airport
- Fly from Kansai International Airport (KIX) to Sunan Shuofang International Airport (WUX)KIX - WUX
- Take the train from Wuxi to Suzhou
7h 16m¥665–1,979Car ferry, train
- Take the car ferry from Kobe Port Terminal to Shanghai
- Take the train from Shanghai station to Chongqing NorthShanghai
2d 12h¥1,367–2,323Train to Kansai International Airport, fly to Tianjin Binhai
- Take the train from Shin-Ōsaka Station to Kansai Airport
- Fly from Kansai International Airport (KIX) to Tianjin Binhai (TSN)KIX - TSN
6h 42m¥949–3,024Fly Kobe to Tianjin Binhai
- Fly from Kobe (UKB) to Tianjin Binhai (TSN)UKB - TSN
11h 41m¥1,411–4,620Fly Kobe to Shanghai Pudong International Airport, train
- Fly from Kobe (UKB) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)UKB - PVG
- Take the train from Shanghai station to Suzhou
7h 9m¥891–5,009Train to Chūbu Centrair International Airport, fly to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Take the train from Shin-Kōbe Station to Nagoya Station
- Fly from Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK)NGO - PEK
8h 28m¥1,618–3,336Car ferry, drive
- Take the car ferry from Kobe Port Terminal to Shanghai
- Drive from Shanghai to Chongqing
2d 16h¥2,294–3,218
Kansai International Airport (KIX) to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport (HGH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kobe to China is to fly and train which costs ¥850 - ¥5000 and takes 7h 9m.
The fastest way to get from Kobe to China is to train and fly which takes 6h 42m and costs ¥950 - ¥3100.
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 - ¥2400.
It takes approximately 6h 57m to get from Kobe to China, including transfers.
There are 489+ hotels available in China.
What companies run services between Kobe, Japan and China?
Korean Air, All Nippon Airways, and three 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 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥500–3,100
Flights from Kobe to Tianjin Binhai via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,400–4,600
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥440–1,600
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥650–3,600
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥800–3,900
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥490–1,700
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport via Qingdao
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥600–2,200
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Tianjin Binhai via Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–3,600
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥800–3,400
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥800–2,700
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Tianjin Binhai via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥950–3,300
Flights from Kobe to Tianjin Binhai via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,400–4,600
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥500–1,800
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥900–3,100
- Website
- tianjin-air.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Tianjin Binhai
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–4,800
Flights from Kobe to Tianjin Binhai via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 8m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–6,500
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Kobe to Tianjin Binhai via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,400–4,600
Flights from Kobe to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–3,400
- Website
- shenzhenair.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥440–1,600
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Kobe to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥600–1,100
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥800–2,800
- Website
- xiamenair.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥490–1,700
- Website
- intl.jdair.net
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥950–2,500
- Website
- loongair.cn
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–2,900
- 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
- ¥1,200–3,600
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Tianjin Binhai
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥750–2,700
- 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
- ¥95–150
- 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
- ¥120–150
- Reserved Seat
- ¥95–140
- Green Seat
- ¥120–170
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
- ¥90–130
Train from Wuxi to Suzhou
Train from Shanghai station to Suzhou
Train from Wuxi to Suzhou
Train from Shanghai station to Suzhou
- 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
- ¥260–380
- 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
- ¥260–350
- Reserved seat
- ¥300–380
- Green seat
- ¥380–500
- 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
- ¥895–1,118
- Schedules at
- shinganjin.com
- 2nd Class B
- ¥895
- 1st Class
- ¥1,118
- Special Class
- ¥1,789
- VIP
- ¥4,472
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