There are 6 ways to get from Kyoto to Shuri Castle by plane, train, ferry, night bus, or bus
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Fly from Osaka International Airport
best- Fly from Osaka International Airport (ITM) to Naha Airport (OKA)ITM - OKA
4h 49m¥17,438–59,864Train to Chūbu Centrair International Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Kyōto to Nagoya Station
- Fly from Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO) to Naha Airport (OKA)NGO - OKA
5h 50m¥16,291–32,646Train, ferry
- Take the train from Shin-Ōsaka Station to Kagoshima-ChūōSakura
- Take the ferry from 鹿児島新港 新港待合所 to 那覇港 船客待合所フェリーあけぼの / ...
32h 28m¥34,178–59,484Train to Kobe, fly
- Take the train from Kyōto to Shin-Kōbe Station
- Fly from Kobe (UKB) to Naha Airport (OKA)UKB - OKA
4h 46m¥16,708–39,559Train, train to Komatsu Airport, fly
- Take the train from Kyōto to Tsuruga
- Take the train from Tsuruga to Komatsu
- Fly from Komatsu Airport (KMQ) to Naha Airport (OKA)KMQ - OKA
6h 55m¥32,466–75,829Night bus, bus, ferry
- Take the night bus from Kyōto Station Karasumaguchi to Kumamoto Kencho-mae
- Take the bus from Kumamoto Kencho-mae to Kagoshima Honkō
- Take the ferry from 鹿児島新港 新港待合所 to 那覇港 船客待合所
43h 23m¥26,330–46,170
Osaka International Airport (ITM) to Naha Airport (OKA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kyoto to Shuri Castle is to train and fly which costs ¥16000 - ¥33000 and takes 5h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Kyoto to Shuri Castle is to train and fly which takes 4h 46m and costs ¥16000 - ¥40000.
The distance between Kyoto and Shuri Castle is 1274 km.
The best way to get from Kyoto to Shuri Castle without a car is to train and ferry which takes 32h 28m and costs ¥34000 - ¥60000.
It takes approximately 4h 49m to get from Kyoto to Shuri Castle, including transfers.
There are 1384+ hotels available in Shuri Castle.
What companies run services between Kyoto, Japan and Shuri Castle, Japan?
All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines fly from Osaka International Airport (ITM) to Naha Airport (OKA) hourly.
Transport is disrupted due to the Russia-Ukraine war. Read more
Airlines
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Naha Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–60,000
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Naha Airport via Miyazaki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–60,000
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Naha Airport via Kagoshima
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–60,000
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Naha Airport via Fukuoka
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–60,000
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Naha Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–60,000
Flights from Kobe to Naha Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥11,000–43,000
Flights from Kobe to Naha Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–43,000
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Naha Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–70,000
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Naha Airport via Fukuoka
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–75,000
Flights from Komatsu Airport to Naha Airport via Fukuoka
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥19,000–110,000
Flights from Komatsu Airport to Naha Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥22,000–120,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Naha Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥35,000–55,000
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Naha Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥35,000–55,000
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Naha Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–23,000
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Naha Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥36,000–95,000
Flights from Komatsu Airport to Naha Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–140,000
- Website
- skymark.co.jp
Flights from Kobe to Naha Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥15,000–33,000
Flights from Kobe to Naha Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥15,000–33,000
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Naha Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥10,000–23,000
- Website
- jal.co.jp
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Naha Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥44,000–80,000
Flights from Komatsu Airport to Naha Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–120,000
- Website
- solaseedair.jp
Flights from Kobe to Naha Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥11,000–34,000
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Naha Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥16,000–32,000
- Website
- flypeach.com
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Naha Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–25,000
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Naha Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–23,000
Train operators
- Phone
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Shin-Ōsaka Station to Kagoshima-Chūō
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥18,000–25,000
- 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
- ¥18,000–24,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥20,000–25,000
- Green seat
- ¥26,000–34,000
Train from Kyōto to Shin-Kōbe Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥3,000–4,800
- 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
- ¥3,000–4,100
- Reserved seat
- ¥3,900–4,800
- Green seat
- ¥4,600–6,500
Train from Kyōto to Nagoya Station
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥4,400–6,500
- 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
- ¥4,400–6,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥5,000–6,500
- Green seat
- ¥6,500–9,000
Train from Tsuruga to Komatsu
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥3,900–6,000
- 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
- ¥3,900–5,500
- Reserved seat
- ¥4,900–6,000
- Green seat
- ¥5,500–8,000
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Kyōto to Tsuruga
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥3,000–4,200
- 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
- ¥3,600–4,100
- Reserved Seat
- ¥3,000–4,200
- Green Seat
- ¥4,200–5,500
Bus operators
- Phone
- 0570-001631
- Website
- kintetsu-bus.co.jp
Night bus from Kyōto Station Karasumaguchi to Kumamoto Kencho-mae
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥8,000–12,000
- Schedules at
- kintetsu-bus.co.jp
- Phone
- 0570-09-3533
- Website
- sankobus.jp
Bus from Kumamoto Kencho-mae to Kagoshima Honkō
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥4,100
- Schedules at
- kyushubusbooking.com
Ferry operators
- Website
- aline-ferry.com
Ferry from 鹿児島新港 新港待合所 to 那覇港 船客待合所
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–23,000
- Schedules at
- aline-ferry.com
- Second Class
- ¥14,000–15,500
- Second Class Sleeper
- ¥16,000–23,000
- First Class
- ¥28,000–30,000
- Premium
- ¥36,243
- Passenger Car
- ¥60,000–85,000
- Phone
- 099-225-1551
- Website
- marixline.com
Ferry from 鹿児島新港 新港待合所 to 那覇港 船客待合所
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- ¥17,000–30,000
- Website
- https://marixline.com/en/
- Second Class Sleeper
- ¥19,000–22,000
- Second Class
- ¥17,000–20,000
- First Class
- ¥28,000–30,000
- Premium
- ¥35,000–37,000
- Passenger car
- ¥60,000–85,000
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