There are 9 ways to get from Kunming to Japan by plane, car, car ferry, or train
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Fly to Fukuoka Airport
best- Fly from Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG) to Fukuoka Airport (FUK)plane KMG - FUK
9h 34m¥24,429–80,543Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Kunming to Shanghaicar
- Take the car ferry from Shanghai to Osaka International Ferry Terminalcarferry
- Drive from Osaka International Ferry Terminal to Tokyocar
3d 3h¥74,013–103,740Fly to Chūbu Centrair International Airport
- Fly from Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG) to Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO)plane KMG - NGO
10h 48m¥25,019–91,273Fly to Tokyo International Airport
- Fly from Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane KMG - HND
10h 25m¥31,789–91,103Fly to Kobe
- Fly from Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG) to Kobe (UKB)plane KMG - UKB
13h 45m¥35,409–140,533Fly to Narita International Airport, train
- Fly from Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG) to Narita International Airport (NRT)plane KMG - NRT
- Take the train from Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Station to Tōkyō Stationtrain
11h 29m¥26,899–115,783Fly to Kitakyushu Airport, train
- Fly from Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG) to Kitakyushu Airport (KKJ)plane KMG - KKJ
- Take the train from Kokura to Hakatatrain
13h 29m¥29,719–127,433Fly to Aso Kumamoto Airport, train
- Fly from Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG) to Aso Kumamoto Airport (KMJ)plane KMG - KMJ
- Take the train from Kumamoto to Hakatatrain
14h 14m¥31,999–117,683Train, car ferry
- Take the train from Kunming to Shanghai Southtrain
- Take the car ferry from Shanghai to Kobe Port Terminalcarferry
- Take the train from Shin-Ōsaka Station to Tōkyō Stationtrain
3d 16h¥40,237–59,562
Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG) to Fukuoka Airport (FUK) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kunming to Japan is to fly which costs ¥31000 - ¥95000 and takes 10h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Kunming to Japan is to fly which takes 9h 34m and costs ¥24000 - ¥85000.
The distance between Kunming and Japan is 2850 km.
The best way to get from Kunming to Japan without a car is to train and car ferry which takes 3 days 16h and costs ¥40000 - ¥60000.
It takes approximately 9h 34m to get from Kunming to Japan, including transfers.
Japan is 1h ahead of Kunming. It is currently 8:37 AM in Kunming and 9:37 AM in Japan.
There are 3939+ hotels available in Japan.
What companies run services between Kunming, China and Japan?
China Eastern Airlines, Korean Air, and four other airlines fly from Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG) to Fukuoka Airport (FUK) 4 times a day.
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥24,000–160,000
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥26,000–190,000
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Tianjin Binhai
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥28,000–110,000
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Shanghai Hongqiao
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥30,000–120,000
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥30,000–120,000
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Narita International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 28m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥26,000–190,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥33,000–120,000
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥34,000–130,000
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Kobe via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 43m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥35,000–170,000
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Narita International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥34,000–130,000
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Kitakyushu Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥38,000–140,000
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Kitakyushu Airport via Hangzhou Xiaoshan, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥30,000–120,000
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Kitakyushu Airport via Qingdao, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–130,000
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Kitakyushu Airport via Yancheng, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥26,000–120,000
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥36,000–130,000
- Website
- jinair.com
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Kitakyushu Airport via Hangzhou Xiaoshan, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥30,000–120,000
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Kitakyushu Airport via Qingdao, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–130,000
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Kitakyushu Airport via Yancheng, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥26,000–120,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥24,000–100,000
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥32,000–110,000
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥43,000–340,000
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Narita International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥24,000–110,000
- Website
- ceair.com
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥24,000–120,000
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Narita International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥31,000–190,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥30,000–35,000
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Narita International Airport via Zhengzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥28,000–120,000
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Narita International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥27,000–120,000
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥26,000–110,000
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥28,000–110,000
- Website
- twayair.com
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 57m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥28,000–130,000
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥24,000–100,000
- Website
- hkexpress.com
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥24,000–80,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥28,000–120,000
- Website
- tianjin-air.com
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Tianjin Binhai
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥40,000–120,000
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jreast.co.jp
Train from Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Station to Tōkyō Station
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–5,500
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/e/nex/
- Website
- https://www.eki-net.com/en/jreast-train-reservation/Top/Index
- Green Seat (First Class)
- ¥4,300–5,500
- Ordinary Car
- ¥2,700–3,400
- Phone
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
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 Kumamoto to Hakata
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 5 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥3,600–6,000
- 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
- ¥3,600–4,900
- Reserved seat
- ¥4,500–6,000
- Green seat
- ¥5,500–7,500
Train from Shin-Ōsaka Station to Tōkyō Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–17,000
- 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
- ¥12,000–17,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥13,000–17,000
- Green seat
- ¥17,000–23,000
- 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
- Phone
- 0570-04-1717
- Website
- jrkyushu.co.jp
Train from Kokura to Hakata
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
Train from Kumamoto to Hakata
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
- Phone
- 06-6536-6541
- Website
- shinganjin.com
Car ferry from Shanghai to Osaka International Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ¥20,000–25,000
- Schedules at
- shinganjin.com
- 2nd Class B
- ¥20,000
- 1st Class
- ¥25,000
- Special Class
- ¥40,000
- VIP
- ¥100,000
Car ferry from Shanghai to Kobe Port Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 47h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ¥20,000–25,000
- Schedules at
- shinganjin.com
- 2nd Class B
- ¥20,000
- 1st Class
- ¥25,000
- Special Class
- ¥40,000
- VIP
- ¥100,000
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