There are 8 ways to get from London to Kobe by plane or train
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Fly London Heathrow Airport to Kansai International Airport, train
best- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Kansai International Airport (KIX)LHR - KIX
- Take the train from Kansai Airport to Shin-Ōsaka Station
17h 52m¥53,541–162,503Fly London Heathrow Airport to Osaka International Airport
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Osaka International Airport (ITM)LHR - ITM
18h 51m¥78,091–206,703Fly London Heathrow Airport to Kobe
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Kobe (UKB)LHR - UKB
19h 3m¥77,451–145,853Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Chūbu Centrair International Airport, train
- Take the train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO)LGW - NGO
- Take the train from Nagoya Station to Shin-Kōbe Station
20h 11m¥63,951–154,703Fly London Heathrow Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport, train
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO)LHR - NGO
- Take the train from Nagoya Station to Shin-Kōbe Station
19h 10m¥88,391–134,903Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Okayama Airport, train
- Take the train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Okayama Airport (OKJ)LGW - OKJ
- Take the train from Okayama to Shin-Kōbe Station
21h 43m¥67,501–192,703Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Kobe
- Take the train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Kobe (UKB)LGW - UKB
18h 54m¥63,011–185,653Fly London Heathrow Airport to Tokyo International Airport, train
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)LHR - HND
- Take the train from Shinagawa to Shin-Kōbe Station
19h 4m¥79,561–213,993
London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Kansai International Airport (KIX) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from London to Kobe is to fly and train which costs ¥50000 - ¥170000 and takes 17h 52m.
The fastest way to get from London to Kobe is to fly and train which takes 17h 52m and costs ¥50000 - ¥170000.
The distance between London and Kobe is 9641 km.
It takes approximately 17h 52m to get from London to Kobe, including transfers.
Kobe is 9h ahead of London. It is currently 2:29 PM in London and 11:29 PM in Kobe.
There are 284+ hotels available in Kobe.
What companies run services between London, England and Kobe, Japan?
Japan Airlines, British Airways, and All Nippon Airways fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Osaka International Airport (ITM) 3 times a day.
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kansai International Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥45,000–75,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Osaka International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–310,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–170,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–190,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–230,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–210,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Okayama Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–200,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–290,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kansai International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–160,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kansai International Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥45,000–75,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥49,000–170,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–170,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Okayama Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 12m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–200,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–120,000
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Osaka International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–120,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–170,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–190,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–230,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–290,000
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Osaka International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–600,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kobe via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–700,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥49,000–170,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–550,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–550,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kansai International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–200,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kobe via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–270,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–220,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Kobe via Beijing Capital, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–200,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kansai International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥48,000–170,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥49,000–170,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥47,000–160,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–180,000
- Website
- skymark.co.jp
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kobe via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–700,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Kobe via Shanghai Pudong, Nagasaki
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–180,000
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kobe via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–360,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥49,000–170,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Kobe via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–180,000
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kansai International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–190,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–230,000
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–170,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–190,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kansai International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–280,000
- Website
- jinair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kansai International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–200,000
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Kansai Airport to Shin-Ōsaka Station
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–3,200
- 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
- ¥2,800–3,200
- Reserved Seat
- ¥2,100–3,000
- Green Seat
- ¥2,800–3,800
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–4,800
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- Website
- gatwickexpress.com
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥5,360–5,410
- Website
- https://www.gatwickexpress.com/
- Phone
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Nagoya Station to Shin-Kōbe Station
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥5,500–8,500
- 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
- ¥5,500–8,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥6,500–8,500
- Green seat
- ¥8,500–12,000
Train from Okayama to Shin-Kōbe Station
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥4,200–6,500
- 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
- ¥4,200–6,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥5,000–6,500
- Green seat
- ¥6,000–8,500
Train from Shinagawa to Shin-Kōbe Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–18,000
- 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
- ¥12,000–17,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥14,000–18,000
- Green seat
- ¥18,000–24,000
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