There are 6 ways to get from Kobe to Tianjin by plane, car ferry, or train
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Fly Kobe to Tianjin Binhai
best- Fly from Kobe (UKB) to Tianjin Binhai (TSN)plane UKB - TSN
11h 41m¥1,311–4,220Car ferry, train
cheapest- Take the car ferry from Kobe Port Terminal to Shanghaicarferry
- Take the train from Shanghai station to Tianjin Stationtrain Shanghai
2d 13h¥1,013–1,423Car ferry, train via Xinjing
- Take the car ferry from Kobe Port Terminal to Shanghaicarferry
- Take the train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Tianjin Westtrain Shanghai Hongqiao / ...
2d 7h¥1,414–1,684Fly Kobe to Beijing Capital International Airport, train
- Fly from Kobe (UKB) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK)plane UKB - PEK
- Take the train from Beijing South to Tianjin Stationtrain
10h 34m¥1,476–3,012Train to Kansai International Airport, fly to Beijing Daxing International Airport, train
- Take the train from Shin-Ōsaka Station to Kansai Airporttrain
- Fly from Kansai International Airport (KIX) to Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX)plane KIX - PKX
- Take the train from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Caoqiaotrain
- Take the train from Beijing South to Tianjin Stationtrain
8h 2m¥1,016–3,021Train to Chūbu Centrair International Airport, fly to Tianjin Binhai
- Take the train from Shin-Kōbe Station to Nagoya Stationtrain
- Fly from Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO) to Tianjin Binhai (TSN)plane NGO - TSN
8h 4m¥1,187–3,309
Kobe (UKB) to Tianjin Binhai (TSN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kobe to Tianjin is to car ferry and train which costs ¥1000 - ¥1500 and takes 2 days 13h.
The fastest way to get from Kobe to Tianjin is to train and fly which takes 8h 2m and costs ¥1000 - ¥3100.
The distance between Kobe and Tianjin is 1689 km.
The best way to get from Kobe to Tianjin without a car is to car ferry and train via Xinjing which takes 2 days 7h and costs ¥1400 - ¥1700.
It takes approximately 11h 41m to get from Kobe to Tianjin, including transfers.
Tianjin is 1h behind Kobe. It is currently 7:47 AM in Kobe and 6:47 AM in Tianjin.
There are 151+ hotels available in Tianjin.
What companies run services between Kobe, Japan and Tianjin, China?
Korean Air, All Nippon Airways, and three other airlines fly from Kobe (UKB) to Tianjin Binhai (TSN) twice daily.
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Kobe to Tianjin Binhai via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,300–4,200
Flights from Kobe to Beijing Capital International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,400–3,300
Flights from Kobe to Beijing Capital International Airport via Okinawa
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–3,700
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Kobe to Beijing Capital International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–7,000
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥900–2,900
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport via Dalian
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥900–2,900
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Tianjin Binhai via Dalian
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥900–2,900
- Website
- tianjin-air.com
Flights from Kobe to Tianjin Binhai via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 8m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–7,500
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Kobe to Beijing Capital International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–7,000
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥750–2,600
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Tianjin Binhai
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,400–4,900
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Kobe to Beijing Capital International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–7,000
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥750–2,600
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Tianjin Binhai
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,400–4,900
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Kobe to Tianjin Binhai via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,300–4,200
Flights from Kobe to Beijing Capital International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,300–4,300
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Kobe to Tianjin Binhai via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,300–4,200
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Kobe to Beijing Capital International Airport via New Chitose
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–3,800
- Website
- china-airlines.com
Flights from Kobe to Beijing Capital International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–11,000
Train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Tianjin West
- 2nd Class Seat
- ¥530–580
- 1st Class Seat
- ¥850–950
- Business Class Seat
- ¥1,200–1,800
Train from Beijing South to Tianjin Station
- 2nd Class Seat
- ¥55–60
- 1st Class Seat
- ¥85–100
- Business Class Seat
- ¥120–180
- 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
- Phone
- +86-010-96165
Train from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Caoqiao
- Ave. Duration
- 15 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥27–35
- Schedules at
- bdia.com.cn
- 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
- ¥250–370
- 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
- ¥300–370
- Green seat
- ¥370–500
Train from Shanghai station to Tianjin Station
- Hard Seat
- ¥130–190
- Hard Sleeper
- ¥280–320
- Soft Sleeper
- ¥400–600
- 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
- ¥879–1,099
- Schedules at
- shinganjin.com
- 2nd Class B
- ¥879
- 1st Class
- ¥1,099
- Special Class
- ¥1,758
- VIP
- ¥4,395
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