There are 5 ways to get from Kunming to Osaka by plane, train, car, or car ferry
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Fly to Kansai International Airport, train
best- Fly from Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG) to Kansai International Airport (KIX)plane KMG - KIX
- Take the train from Kansai Airport to Shin-Ōsaka Stationtrain
9h 27m¥28,287–83,470Train, car ferry
cheapest- Take the train from Kunming to Shanghai Southtrain Shanghai South
- Take the car ferry from Shanghai to Osaka International Ferry Terminalcarferry
3d 12h¥26,298–39,306Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Kunming to Shanghaicar
- Take the car ferry from Shanghai to Osaka International Ferry Terminalcarferry
2d 22h¥64,884–89,843Fly to Kobe
- Fly from Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG) to Kobe (UKB)plane KMG - UKB
13h 11m¥33,997–103,220Fly to Chūbu Centrair International Airport, train
- Fly from Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG) to Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO)plane KMG - NGO
- Take the train from Nagoya Station to Shin-Ōsaka Stationtrain
12h 4m¥33,837–83,570
Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG) to Kansai International Airport (KIX) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kunming to Osaka is to train and car ferry which costs ¥26000 - ¥40000 and takes 3 days 12h.
The fastest way to get from Kunming to Osaka is to fly and train which takes 9h 27m and costs ¥28000 - ¥85000.
The distance between Kunming and Osaka is 3355 km.
The best way to get from Kunming to Osaka without a car is to train and car ferry which takes 3 days 12h and costs ¥26000 - ¥40000.
It takes approximately 9h 27m to get from Kunming to Osaka, including transfers.
Osaka is 1h ahead of Kunming. It is currently 5:37 PM in Kunming and 6:37 PM in Osaka.
There are 8020+ hotels available in Osaka.
What companies run services between Kunming, China and Osaka, Japan?
Korean Air and China Eastern Airlines fly from Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG) to Kobe (UKB) twice daily.
Airlines
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Kansai International Airport via Nanjing
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥23,000–75,000
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Kansai International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥23,000–75,000
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Kansai International Airport via Wuhan
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥23,000–75,000
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥24,000–85,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Kobe via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥32,000–140,000
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥32,000–110,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Kansai International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥20,000–90,000
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥28,000–75,000
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥30,000–80,000
- Website
- intl.jdair.net
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Kansai International Airport via Hangzhou Xiaoshan
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥26,000–80,000
- Website
- xiamenair.com
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Kansai International Airport via Hangzhou Xiaoshan
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥23,000–75,000
- Website
- shenzhenair.com
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Kansai International Airport via Nantong
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥20,000–90,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥25,000–85,000
Train operators
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Kansai Airport to Shin-Ōsaka Station
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- 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
- ¥2,800–3,800
- Phone
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Nagoya Station to Shin-Ōsaka Station
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥5,000–7,500
- 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
- ¥5,000–7,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥6,000–7,500
- Green seat
- ¥7,500–11,000
Ferry operators
- 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
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