There are 6 ways to get from Manchester to Kobe by plane, train, or bus
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Fly to Kansai International Airport, train
best- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Kansai International Airport (KIX)plane MAN - KIX
- Take the train from Kansai Airport to Shin-Ōsaka Stationtrain
19h 15m¥48,771–158,084Fly to Kobe
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Kobe (UKB)plane MAN - UKB
22h 26m¥55,681–201,434Fly to Osaka International Airport
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Osaka International Airport (ITM)plane MAN - ITM
20h 54m¥111,321–222,284Fly to Chūbu Centrair International Airport, train
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO)plane MAN - NGO
- Take the train from Nagoya Station to Shin-Kōbe Stationtrain
20h 53m¥91,621–220,484Fly to Okayama Airport, train
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Okayama Airport (OKJ)plane MAN - OKJ
- Take the train from Okayama to Shin-Kōbe Stationtrain
22h 25m¥65,171–198,484Fly to Tokushima Airport, bus
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Tokushima Airport (TKS)plane MAN - TKS
- Take the bus from Kousoku Naruto to Kousoku Maikobus
23h 37m¥78,571–230,784
Manchester Airport (MAN) to Kansai International Airport (KIX) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Manchester to Kobe is to fly and train which costs ¥48000 - ¥160000 and takes 19h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Manchester to Kobe is to fly and train which takes 19h 15m and costs ¥48000 - ¥160000.
The distance between Manchester and Kobe is 9531 km.
It takes approximately 19h 15m to get from Manchester to Kobe, including transfers.
Kobe is 9h ahead of Manchester. It is currently 2:12 PM in Manchester and 11:12 PM in Kobe.
There are 292+ hotels available in Kobe.
What companies run services between Manchester, England and Kobe, Japan?
KLM, Korean Air, and seven other airlines fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Kobe (UKB) 4 times a day.
Airlines
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Manchester Airport to Kansai International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥44,000–150,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Kobe via Beijing Capital, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–210,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Osaka International Airport via Frankfurt, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–550,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Osaka International Airport via Munich, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–600,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Osaka International Airport via Beijing Capital, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–180,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–160,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥48,000–160,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Tokushima Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–230,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Kansai International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥49,000–160,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 37m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–170,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Okayama Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–190,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Tokushima Airport via Beijing Capital, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–230,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Tokushima Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Fukuoka
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–220,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Kobe via Amsterdam Schiphol, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–250,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Kobe via Prague, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–250,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Kobe via Beijing Capital, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–200,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Kobe via Tashkent, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥100,000–260,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Okayama Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–240,000
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Kansai International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–150,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–160,000
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Kansai International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥49,000–160,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 37m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–170,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Kansai International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥44,000–150,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–160,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥48,000–160,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Osaka International Airport via Munich, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–600,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Tokushima Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–230,000
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Kansai International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥44,000–150,000
- Website
- skymark.co.jp
Flights from Manchester Airport to Kobe via Beijing Capital, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–210,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Okayama Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–190,000
- Website
- eastarjet.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Tokushima Airport via Tashkent, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥110,000–280,000
Train operators
- 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
- 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
Bus operators
- Phone
- 088-664-6030
- Website
- honshi-bus.co.jp
Bus from Kousoku Naruto to Kousoku Maiko
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥3,600
- Schedules at
- honshi-bus.co.jp
- Phone
- 087-823-3083
- Website
- jr-shikokubus.co.jp
Bus from Kousoku Naruto to Kousoku Maiko
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥3,164
- Schedules at
- jr-shikokubus.co.jp
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