There are 4 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 19m£458–619Fly Osaka International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
cheapest- Fly from Osaka International Airport (ITM) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane ITM - EDI
23h 26m£222–662Fly 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 17m£273–1,347Fly Kobe to Edinburgh Airport
- Fly from Kobe (UKB) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane UKB - EDI
24h 39m£244–716
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 £220 - £700 and takes 23h 26m.
The fastest way to get from Kyoto to Edinburgh is to train and fly which takes 21h 19m and costs £450 - £650.
The distance between Kyoto and Edinburgh is 5835 miles.
It takes approximately 21h 19m to get from Kyoto to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Edinburgh is 8h behind Kyoto. It is currently 3:44 PM in Kyoto and 7:44 AM in Edinburgh.
There are 3010+ 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
- jal.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 37m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £210–750
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 21m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £240–1,000
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo Narita, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–850
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Tokyo Haneda, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £260–2,400
Flights from Kobe to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £260–1,100
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 37m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £210–750
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–1,000
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo Narita, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–850
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Tokyo Haneda, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £260–2,400
Flights from Kobe to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £260–1,100
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 37m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £210–750
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo Narita, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–850
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–850
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Tokyo Haneda, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £300–2,400
Flights from Kobe to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £260–1,100
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–650
Flights from Kobe to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £310–2,400
Flights from Kobe to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £230–700
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–850
Flights from Kobe to Edinburgh Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £330–1,200
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Kobe to Edinburgh Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- £360–1,200
- 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
- £260–900
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–650
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £310–2,500
- Phone
- 0570-00-2486
- Website
- jr-odekake.net
Train from Kyōto to Kansai Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–9
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- Passengerassistance@lumo.co.uk.
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £8–16
- Website
- Lumo
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £14–24
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
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