There are 8 ways to get from Kyoto to Edinburgh by train, plane, or bus
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 21m£468–669Bus to Osaka International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
cheapest- Take the bus from Kyoto Station Hachijou gate to Osaka Itami Airport South Terminalbus
- Fly from Osaka International Airport (ITM) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane ITM - EDI
23h 26m£206–567Bus to Osaka International Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Take the bus from Kyoto Station Hachijou gate to Osaka Itami Airport South Terminalbus
- Fly from Osaka International Airport (ITM) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane ITM - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
23h 34m£257–992Train 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 53mTrain, bus to Tokushima Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Kyōto to Ōsakatrain
- Take the train from Ōsaka to Maikotrain
- Take the bus from Kousoku Maiko to Kousoku Narutobus
- Fly from Tokushima Airport (TKS) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane TKS - EDI
25h 52m£301–771Train 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 43mTrain to Kobe, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Kyoto to Shin Kobetrain
- Fly from Kobe (UKB) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane UKB - EDI
23h 52mTrain, train to Narita International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Kyoto to Tōkyō Stationtrain
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to 空港第2ビル Narita Airport Terminal 2·3train
- Fly from Narita International Airport (NRT) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane NRT - EDI
22h 53m
Kansai International Airport (KIX) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Kyoto to Edinburgh is to bus and fly which costs £200 - £600 and takes 23h 26m.
The fastest way to get from Kyoto to Edinburgh is to train and fly which takes 21h 21m and costs £460 - £700.
The distance between Kyoto and Edinburgh is 5835 miles.
It takes approximately 21h 21m to get from Kyoto to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Edinburgh is 8h behind Kyoto. It is currently 7:08 AM in Kyoto and 11:08 PM in Edinburgh.
There are 2742+ hotels available in Edinburgh.
What companies run services between Kyoto, Japan and Edinburgh, Scotland?
There is no direct connection from Kyoto to Edinburgh. However, you can take the train to Kansai Airport, walk to Kansai International Airport (KIX) airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport (EDI), walk to Edinburgh Airport, then take the vehicle to Edinburgh Princes Street. Alternatively, you can take the bus to Osaka Itami Airport South Terminal, walk to Osaka International Airport (ITM) airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport (EDI), walk to Edinburgh Airport, then take the vehicle to Edinburgh Princes Street.
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 37m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £210–700
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 18m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–900
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Narita International Airport, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 22m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- £220–700
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Tokyo International Airport, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240–1,800
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £200–650
Flights from Tokushima Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 43m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £290–1,200
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- £210–900
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £230–950
Flights from Kobe to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260–1,100
Flights from Narita International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- £180–600
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 37m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £210–700
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £220–900
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Narita International Airport, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- £220–700
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Tokyo International Airport, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240–1,800
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £200–650
Flights from Tokushima Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- £290–900
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £230–950
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- £210–900
Flights from Kobe to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260–1,100
Flights from Narita International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- £180–600
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 37m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £210–700
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 22m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- £220–700
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Narita International Airport, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 22m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- £220–700
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Tokyo International Airport, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £290–1,800
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £200–650
Flights from Tokushima Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 37m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £290–1,200
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- £210–900
Flights from Kobe to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260–1,100
Flights from Narita International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- £180–600
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–850
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–550
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–500
Flights from Tokushima Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–700
Flights from Tokushima Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £360–2,200
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–550
Flights from Kobe to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–650
Flights from Kobe to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £320–2,000
Flights from Kobe to Edinburgh Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £330–1,200
Flights from Narita International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–750
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–850
Flights from Kobe to Edinburgh Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £330–1,200
Flights from Narita International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–750
- 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
- £250–900
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £260–900
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–700
Flights from Narita International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £190–600
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £280–1,800
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £290–1,900
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Kobe to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–650
- Phone
- 0570-00-2486
- Website
- jr-odekake.net
Train from Kyōto to Kansai Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–10
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
Train from Kyōto to Ōsaka
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £3–5
- Schedules at
- jorudan.co.jp
Train from Ōsaka to Maiko
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £3–5
- Schedules at
- JR WEST (West Japan Railway Company)
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £18–30
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- 0345 528 0409
- customerexperience@lumo.co.uk
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £8–14
- Website
- Lumo
- Phone
- 050-3772-3910
- Website
- JR CENTRAL
Train from Kyoto to Nagoya
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Website
- JR CENTRAL
- Schedules at
- JR West Timetable & Route Finder
Train from Kyōto to Ōsaka
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- JR CENTRAL
- Schedules at
- JR West Timetable & Route Finder
Train from Kyoto to Shin Yokohama
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- JR CENTRAL
- Schedules at
- JR West Timetable & Route Finder
Train from Kyoto to Shin Kobe
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- JR CENTRAL
- Schedules at
- JR West Timetable & Route Finder
Train from Kyoto to Tōkyō Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Website
- JR CENTRAL
- Schedules at
- JR West Timetable & Route Finder
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- JR EAST
Train from Tōkyō Station to 空港第2ビル Narita Airport Terminal 2·3
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £5–8
- Website
- JR EAST
- Phone
- 06-6844-1124
- Website
- hankyu-kankobus.co.jp
Bus from Kyoto Station Hachijou gate to Osaka Itami Airport South Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £5–8
- Schedules at
- www-hankyu-kankobus-co-jp-e.athp.transer.com
Bus from Kyoto Station Hachijou gate to Osaka Itami Airport South Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £5–8
- Schedules at
- www-hankyu-kankobus-co-jp-e.athp.transer.com
- Phone
- 088-664-6030
- Website
- honshi-bus.co.jp
Bus from Kousoku Maiko to Kousoku Naruto
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17
- Schedules at
- honshi-bus.co.jp
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