There are 6 ways to get from Matsue to Busan by car, car ferry, night bus, plane, train, or ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Drive, car ferry
best- Drive from Matsue to Hakata Port International Terminalcar
- Take the car ferry from Hakata Port International Terminal to Busan port Int'l Passenger Terminalcarferry Fukuoka
11h 11m₩171,731–229,166Night bus, car ferry
- Take the night bus from Matsue Station to Hakata Bus Terminalnightbus Izumo Dream Hakata
- Take the car ferry from Hakata Port International Terminal to Busan port Int'l Passenger Terminalcarferry Fukuoka
15h 6m₩187,993–250,703Fly
- Fly from Izumo Airport (IZO) to Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS)plane IZO - PUS
7h 23m₩445,298–699,638Train, car ferry via Okayama
- Take the train from Matsue to Okayamatrain
- Take the train from Okayama to Hakatatrain
- Take the car ferry from Hakata Port International Terminal to Busan port Int'l Passenger Terminalcarferry
11h 39m₩257,708–354,372Train, ferry
- Take the train from Matsue to Shin-Yamaguchitrain
- Take the train from Shin-Yamaguchi to Shimonosekitrain
- Take the ferry from Shimonoseki to Busan port Int'l Passenger Terminalferry
18h 48mTrain, car ferry
- Take the train from Matsue to Shin-Yamaguchitrain
- Take the train from Shin-Yamaguchi to Shimonosekitrain
- Take the car ferry from Shimonoseki to Busan Int'l portcarferry
18h 48m
Izumo Airport (IZO) to Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Matsue to Busan is to drive and car ferry which costs ₩170,000 - ₩230,000 and takes 11h 11m.
The fastest way to get from Matsue to Busan is to fly which takes 7h 23m and costs ₩440,000 - ₩700,000.
The distance between Matsue and Busan is 596 km.
The best way to get from Matsue to Busan without a car is to night bus and car ferry which takes 15h 6m and costs ₩180,000 - ₩260,000.
It takes approximately 11h 11m to get from Matsue to Busan, including transfers.
There are 1073+ hotels available in Busan.
What companies run services between Matsue, Japan and Busan, South Korea?
Fuji Dream, Korean Air, and four other airlines fly from Izumo Airport (IZO) to Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS) 5 times a day.
- Website
- jejuair.net
Flights from Izumo Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Fukuoka
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩480,000–1,600,000
Flights from Izumo Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Nagoya Airfield, Fukuoka
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩420,000–1,100,000
- Website
- en.airbusan.com
Flights from Izumo Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Fukuoka
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩480,000–1,600,000
- Website
- jinair.com
Flights from Izumo Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Fukuoka
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩480,000–1,600,000
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Matsue to Okayama
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₩47,000–70,000
- 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
- ₩50,000–60,000
- Reserved Seat
- ₩47,000–70,000
- Green Seat
- ₩70,000–95,000
Train from Matsue to Shin-Yamaguchi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₩60,000–90,000
- 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
- ₩65,000–75,000
- Reserved Seat
- ₩60,000–90,000
- Green Seat
- ₩90,000–130,000
- Phone
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Okayama to Hakata
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩85,000–130,000
- 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
- ₩85,000–120,000
- Reserved seat
- ₩100,000–130,000
- Green seat
- ₩130,000–170,000
- Phone
- 0570-00-2486
- Website
- jr-odekake.net
Train from Shin-Yamaguchi to Shimonoseki
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
- Phone
- 0570-666-012
- Website
- chugoku-jrbus.co.jp
Night bus from Matsue Station to Hakata Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₩65,000–95,000
- Schedules at
- chugoku-jrbus.j-server.com
- Phone
- 092-262-2323
- Website
- camellia-line.co.jp
Car ferry from Hakata Port International Terminal to Busan port Int'l Passenger Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₩111,416–139,270
- Schedules at
- camellia-line.co.jp
- Suite
- ₩232,117
- First Class
- ₩139,270
- Second Class
- ₩111,416
- Phone
- 083-224-3000
- Website
- kampuferry.co.jp
Ferry from Shimonoseki to Busan port Int'l Passenger Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₩83,562–116,059
- Schedules at
- kampuferry.co.jp
- Second Class
- ₩83,562
- First Class
- ₩116,059
- Deluxe
- ₩167,124
- Suite
- ₩259,971
- Website
- pukwan.co.kr
Car ferry from Shimonoseki to Busan Int'l port
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₩95,000–125,000
- Schedules at
- pukwan.co.kr
- Book at
- kampuferry.co.jp
- Suite
- ₩251,000
- Deluxe
- ₩175,000
- First class
- ₩125,000
- Second class
- ₩95,000
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