There are 5 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¥75,159–170,885Fly to Osaka International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Osaka International Airport (ITM)plane MAN - ITM
20h 54m¥50,709–155,085Fly to Kobe
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Kobe (UKB)plane MAN - UKB
21h 16m¥61,069–194,235Fly 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¥92,009–203,285Fly 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
24h 42m¥78,959–233,585
Manchester Airport (MAN) to Kansai International Airport (KIX) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Manchester to Kobe is to fly which costs ¥50000 - ¥160000 and takes 20h 54m.
The fastest way to get from Manchester to Kobe is to fly and train which takes 19h 15m and costs ¥75000 - ¥180000.
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 12:15 PM in Manchester and 9:15 PM in Kobe.
There are 295+ 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) twice daily.
Airlines
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Manchester Airport to Kansai International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥42,000–130,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Kobe via Beijing Capital, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–190,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Osaka International Airport via Frankfurt, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–480,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Osaka International Airport via Munich, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–490,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Osaka International Airport via Beijing Capital, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥49,000–150,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Osaka International Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–180,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–160,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥45,000–140,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Kansai International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥49,000–150,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Osaka International Airport via Frankfurt, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–240,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 37m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–160,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Tokushima Airport via Beijing Capital, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–220,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Tokushima Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Fukuoka
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–230,000
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Kansai International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 6m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–150,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–160,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Kobe via Amsterdam Schiphol, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–260,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Kobe via Prague, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–270,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Kobe via Shanghai Pudong, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–210,000
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Kansai International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥49,000–150,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 37m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–160,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Kansai International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥42,000–130,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–160,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥45,000–140,000
- Website
- skymark.co.jp
Flights from Manchester Airport to Kobe via Shanghai Pudong, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–220,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Kobe via Beijing Capital, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–190,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Osaka International Airport via Frankfurt, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–240,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Osaka International Airport via Munich, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–490,000
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Kansai International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥42,000–130,000
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
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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