There are 6 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 6m£195–630Fly Osaka International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Fly from Osaka International Airport (ITM) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane ITM - EDI
24h 28m£250–782Train 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
26h 29m£234–645Train 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£227–735Train to Chūbu Centrair International Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Take the train from Kyōto to Nagoya Stationtrain
- Fly from Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane NGO - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
27h 54m£251–710Train to Chūbu Centrair International Airport, fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Take the train from Kyōto to Nagoya Stationtrain
- Fly from Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane NGO - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
26h 31m£451–1,145
Kansai International Airport (KIX) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kyoto to Edinburgh is to train and fly which costs £190 - £650 and takes 21h 6m.
The fastest way to get from Kyoto to Edinburgh is to train and fly which takes 21h 6m and costs £190 - £650.
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 1:04 PM in Kyoto and 4:04 AM in Edinburgh.
There are 2452+ hotels available in Edinburgh.
What companies run services between Kyoto, Japan and Edinburgh, Scotland?
Japan Airlines, Finnair, and All Nippon Airways fly from Osaka International Airport (ITM) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) 6 times a week.
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £190–650
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £230–750
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–650
Flights from Kobe to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £260–850
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Manchester Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–700
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £190–650
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £230–750
Flights from Kobe to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £260–850
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Manchester Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–700
- 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
- £210–800
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo Narita, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–800
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Tokyo Narita, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–850
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £220–800
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Shanghai Pudong, London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £210–600
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Beijing Capital, London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £200–650
- 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
- £220–800
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Tokyo Narita, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–850
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–600
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–650
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £200–600
Flights from Kobe to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £200–700
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Manchester Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–650
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £200–600
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Kobe to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £280–2,300
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Beijing Capital, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–650
- 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
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
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
- £30–45
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
- £22–29
- 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
- £17–18
- 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
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £17–18
- 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
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £60–75
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–75
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £230–260
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £27–110
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
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