There are 7 ways to get from Kyoto to Edinburgh by train or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
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 25mFly Osaka International Airport to Glasgow Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Osaka International Airport (ITM) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane ITM - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
23h 24m£313–1,547Fly Osaka International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Fly from Osaka International Airport (ITM) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane ITM - EDI
23h 27m£712–1,712Train to Kansai International Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Take the train from Kyōto to Kansai Airporttrain
- Fly from Kansai International Airport (KIX) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane KIX - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
23h 32mTrain to Tokyo International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Kyoto to Shin Yokohamatrain
- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane HND - EDI
22h 27mTrain to Chūbu Centrair International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Kyoto to Nagoyatrain
- Fly from Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane NGO - EDI
20h 52mTrain to Kobe, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Kyōto to Sannomiyatrain
- Fly from Kobe (UKB) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane UKB - EDI
24h 27m
Kansai International Airport (KIX) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kyoto to Edinburgh is to fly and train which costs £310 - £1,600 and takes 23h 24m.
The fastest way to get from Kyoto to Edinburgh is to fly and train which takes 23h 24m and costs £310 - £1,600.
The distance between Kyoto and Edinburgh is 5835 miles.
It takes approximately 21h 25m to get from Kyoto to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Edinburgh is 8h behind Kyoto. It is currently 10:34 PM in Kyoto and 2:34 PM in Edinburgh.
There are 2771+ hotels available in Edinburgh.
What companies run services between Kyoto, Japan and Edinburgh, Scotland?
Japan Airlines, Finnair, and three other airlines fly from Osaka International Airport (ITM) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) 3 times a day.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £290–1,300
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 57m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £330–1,400
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo Narita, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £330–1,400
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Tokyo International Airport, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £300–3,900
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Monday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £270–1,300
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £300–1,300
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £280–1,200
Flights from Kobe to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £360–1,500
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £290–1,300
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £330–1,400
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo Narita, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 22m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £330–1,400
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Tokyo International Airport, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £360–3,900
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 12m
- When
- Monday, Sunday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £270–1,300
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £300–1,300
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £280–1,200
Flights from Kobe to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £360–1,500
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £290–1,300
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo Narita, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 22m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £330–1,400
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £330–1,400
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Tokyo International Airport, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £370–3,900
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £300–1,300
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £280–1,200
Flights from Kobe to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £360–1,500
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £260–1,100
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–1,000
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £270–1,100
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £290–1,100
Flights from Kobe to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £380–3,900
Flights from Kobe to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £320–1,200
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–1,000
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–1,000
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £380–4,000
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £270–1,100
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–1,200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £330–1,400
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Kobe to Edinburgh Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £400–1,300
- Phone
- 0570-00-2486
- Website
- jr-odekake.net
Train from Kyōto to Kansai Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Book at
- westjr.co.jp
Train from Kyōto to Sannomiya
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- Passengerassistance@lumo.co.uk.
- Website
- lumo.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £8–15
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £12–22
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- 050-3772-3910
- Website
- jr-central.co.jp
Train from Kyoto to Shin Yokohama
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Schedules at
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
Train from Kyoto to Nagoya
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Schedules at
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
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