There are 6 ways to get from Kyoto to Edinburgh by train or plane
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Train to Kansai International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
best- Take the train from Kyōto to Kansai Airporttrain
- Fly from Kansai International Airport (KIX) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane KIX - EDI
21h 6m£185–530Fly Osaka International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Fly from Osaka International Airport (ITM) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane ITM - EDI
22h 48m£201–582Fly Osaka International Airport to Glasgow Airport, train
- Fly from Osaka International Airport (ITM) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane ITM - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
23h 48m£238–890Train to Chūbu Centrair International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Kyōto to Nagoya Stationtrain
- Fly from Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane NGO - EDI
23h 44m£204–595Train to Kobe, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Kyōto to Shin-Kōbe Stationtrain
- Fly from Kobe (UKB) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane UKB - EDI
23h 5m£237–686Train, train to Narita International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Kyōto to Shinagawatrain
- Take the train from Shinagawa to Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Stationtrain
- Fly from Narita International Airport (NRT) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane NRT - EDI
23h 44m£447–762
Kansai International Airport (KIX) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kyoto to Edinburgh is to fly which costs £200 - £600 and takes 22h 48m.
The fastest way to get from Kyoto to Edinburgh is to train and fly which takes 21h 6m and costs £180 - £550.
The distance between Kyoto and Edinburgh is 5835 miles.
It takes approximately 21h 6m to get from Kyoto to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Edinburgh is 9h behind Kyoto. It is currently 2:01 PM in Kyoto and 5:01 AM in Edinburgh.
There are 2557+ hotels available in Edinburgh.
What companies run services between Kyoto, Japan and Edinburgh, Scotland?
All Nippon Airways, Scandinavian Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Osaka International Airport (ITM) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) twice daily.
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £180–550
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £220–650
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Narita International Airport, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £220–650
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Tokyo Haneda, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–1,900
Flights from Kobe to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £260–800
Flights from Narita International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £170–500
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £180–550
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £220–650
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Tokyo Haneda, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–1,900
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–600
Flights from Kobe to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £260–800
Flights from Narita International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £170–500
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–700
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 57m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £180–550
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £170–550
Flights from Kobe to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £210–650
Flights from Kobe to Edinburgh Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £320–1,100
Flights from Narita International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–650
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £180–550
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £220–650
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Tokyo Haneda, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £230–1,900
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–600
Flights from Kobe to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £260–800
Flights from Narita International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £170–500
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–700
Flights from Kobe to Edinburgh Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £320–1,100
Flights from Narita International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–650
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £160–500
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £180–550
Flights from Narita International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £150–480
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £180–550
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £170–550
Flights from Kobe to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £210–650
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £210–750
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–2,000
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Kobe to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £270–2,200
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £210–750
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Kyōto to Kansai Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £14–21
- 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
- £14–21
- Green Seat
- £20–27
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £17–18
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Kyōto to Nagoya Station
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £21–35
- 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
- £21–28
- Reserved seat
- £25–35
- Green seat
- £30–45
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
- £22–30
Train from Kyōto to Shinagawa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £50–75
- 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
- £50–75
- Reserved seat
- £60–75
- Green seat
- £75–110
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jreast.co.jp
Train from Shinagawa to Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–28
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/e/nex/
- Website
- https://www.eki-net.com/en/jreast-train-reservation/Top/Index
- Green Seat (First Class)
- £21–28
- Ordinary Car
- £13–17
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