There are 5 ways to get from Kunming to Kagoshima by plane, train, or car ferry
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Fly to Kagoshima Airport
best- Fly from Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG) to Kagoshima Airport (KOJ)plane KMG - KOJ
13h 7m¥25,838–81,571Train, 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-Kobe Station to Kagoshima-Chūōtrain
3d 17h¥43,725–63,829Fly to Fukuoka Airport, train
- Fly from Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG) to Fukuoka Airport (FUK)plane KMG - FUK
- Take the train from Hakata to Kagoshima-Chūōtrain
12h 4m¥29,908–75,521Fly 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 Kagoshima-Chūōtrain
14h 33m¥31,288–94,171Fly to Kitakyushu Airport, train
- Fly from Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG) to Kitakyushu Airport (KKJ)plane KMG - KKJ
- Take the train from Kokura to Kagoshima-Chūōtrain
16h 11m¥35,608–100,021
Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG) to Kagoshima Airport (KOJ) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kunming to Kagoshima is to fly and train which costs ¥29000 - ¥80000 and takes 12h 4m.
The fastest way to get from Kunming to Kagoshima is to fly and train which takes 12h 4m and costs ¥29000 - ¥80000.
The distance between Kunming and Kagoshima is 2873 km.
The best way to get from Kunming to Kagoshima without a car is to train and car ferry which takes 3 days 17h and costs ¥43000 - ¥65000.
It takes approximately 13h 7m to get from Kunming to Kagoshima, including transfers.
Kagoshima is 1h ahead of Kunming. It is currently 7:11 PM in Kunming and 8:11 PM in Kagoshima.
There are 209+ hotels available in Kagoshima.
What companies run services between Kunming, China and Kagoshima, Japan?
Korean Air and China Eastern Airlines fly from Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG) to Kagoshima Airport (KOJ) once daily.
Airlines
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Kagoshima Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 32m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥25,000–110,000
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥30,000–110,000
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥34,000–120,000
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Yantai Penglai, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥24,000–110,000
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Kitakyushu Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥33,000–120,000
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Kitakyushu Airport via Yantai Penglai, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥23,000–110,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥22,000–75,000
- Website
- twayair.com
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 37m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥26,000–120,000
- Website
- jinair.com
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Kitakyushu Airport via Yantai Penglai, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥26,000–85,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥22,000–75,000
- Website
- hkexpress.com
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥23,000–65,000
- Website
- china-airlines.com
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Shenzhen Bao'an International, Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–210,000
Train operators
- Phone
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Shin-Kobe Station to Kagoshima-Chūō
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥17,000–24,000
- 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
- ¥17,000–24,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥19,000–24,000
- Green seat
- ¥25,000–33,000
Train from Hakata to Kagoshima-Chūō
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥6,500–10,000
- 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
- ¥6,500–9,500
- Reserved seat
- ¥8,000–10,000
- Green seat
- ¥10,000–14,000
Train from Kumamoto to Kagoshima-Chūō
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥4,900–7,500
- 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
- ¥4,900–6,500
- Reserved seat
- ¥5,500–7,500
- Green seat
- ¥7,000–9,500
Train from Kokura to Kagoshima-Chūō
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥8,000–12,000
- 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
- ¥8,000–11,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥9,000–12,000
- Green seat
- ¥11,000–16,000
Ferry operators
- Phone
- 06-6536-6541
- Website
- shinganjin.com
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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