There are 8 ways to get from Kyoto to Cardiff by train or plane
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Train to Kansai International Airport, fly to Cardiff Airport
best- Take the train from Kyōto to Kansai Airporttrain
- Fly from Kansai International Airport (KIX) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)plane KIX - CWL
26h 43m£400–1,529Fly Osaka International Airport to Bristol Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Osaka International Airport (ITM) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane ITM - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
23h 57m£278–1,060Fly Osaka International Airport to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Osaka International Airport (ITM) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane ITM - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
22h 3m£580–1,577Train to Kobe, fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Take the train from Kyōto to Shin-Kōbe Stationtrain
- Fly from Kobe (UKB) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane UKB - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
22h 20m£376–1,380Train to Chūbu Centrair International Airport, fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Take the train from Kyōto to Nagoya Stationtrain
- Fly from Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane NGO - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Cardiff Centraltrain
25h 37m£352–1,019Train to Chūbu Centrair International Airport, fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Take the train from Kyōto to Nagoya Stationtrain
- Fly from Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane NGO - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
22h 38m£474–1,389Train to Tokyo International Airport, fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Take the train from Kyōto to Shin-Yokohamatrain
- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane HND - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
21h 59m£444–1,534Fly Osaka International Airport to Cardiff Airport
- Fly from Osaka International Airport (ITM) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)plane ITM - CWL
32h 30m£326–1,331
Kansai International Airport (KIX) to Cardiff Airport (CWL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kyoto to Cardiff is to train and fly which costs £440 - £1,600 and takes 21h 59m.
The fastest way to get from Kyoto to Cardiff is to train and fly which takes 21h 59m and costs £440 - £1,600.
The distance between Kyoto and Cardiff is 6106 miles.
It takes approximately 26h 43m to get from Kyoto to Cardiff, including transfers.
Cardiff is 9h behind Kyoto. It is currently 9:56 PM in Kyoto and 12:56 PM in Cardiff.
There are 1676+ hotels available in Cardiff.
What companies run services between Kyoto, Japan and Cardiff, Wales?
Japan Airlines, KLM, and four other airlines fly from Osaka International Airport (ITM) to Cardiff Airport (CWL) 3 times a day.
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Osaka International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £250–1,200
Flights from Kobe to London Heathrow Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £290–1,600
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £340–1,300
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260–1,000
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230–1,400
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Osaka International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £250–1,200
Flights from Kobe to London Heathrow Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £290–1,600
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £340–1,300
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260–1,000
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230–1,400
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £350–1,400
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Incheon, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £350–1,400
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Helsinki, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £380–1,500
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Tokyo Narita, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £370–1,500
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Tokyo Narita, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £400–1,600
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Matsuyama, Tokyo Narita, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 32m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £410–1,600
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Matsuyama, Incheon, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £390–1,500
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Copenhagen, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £310–1,300
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Bristol Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 29m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–3,300
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Helsinki, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £380–1,500
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £260–1,100
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Osaka International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £260–3,600
Flights from Kobe to London Heathrow Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £310–4,100
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240–3,300
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £600–1,800
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £290–1,200
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £420–650
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230–900
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–600
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £250–600
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £290–1,200
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £300–1,300
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £230–900
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £250–1,000
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260–1,000
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–800
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Kyōto to Kansai Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £14–20
- 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
- £17–20
- Reserved Seat
- £14–20
- Green Seat
- £20–27
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–120
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Gatwick Airport to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £23–45
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–90
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–35
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Kyōto to Shin-Kōbe Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £14–23
- 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
- £14–20
- Reserved seat
- £18–23
- Green seat
- £22–29
Train from Kyōto to Nagoya Station
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–35
- 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
- £20–28
- Reserved seat
- £25–35
- Green seat
- £30–40
Train from Kyōto to Shin-Yokohama
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £50–70
- 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
- £50–70
- Reserved seat
- £55–70
- Green seat
- £70–100
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £19–27
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
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