There are 6 ways to get from Melbourne to Kobe by plane, bus, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Kansai International Airport, bus
best- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Kansai International Airport (KIX)plane MEL - KIX
- Take the bus from Kansai Airport Terminal 1 to Kobe Sannomiyabus
17h 32m¥60,023–145,323Fly to Osaka International Airport
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Osaka International Airport (ITM)plane MEL - ITM
15h 54m¥93,973–194,223Fly to Kobe
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Kobe (UKB)plane MEL - UKB
16h 1m¥78,333–223,373Fly to Chūbu Centrair International Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO)plane MEL - NGO
- Take the train from Nagoya to Shin Kobetrain
17h 23mFly to Takamatsu Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Takamatsu Airport (TAK)plane MEL - TAK
- Take the train from Takamatsu(Kagawa) to Okayamatrain
- Take the train from Okayama to Shin Kobetrain
19h 27m¥81,923–238,373Fly to Okayama Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Okayama Airport (OKJ)plane MEL - OKJ
- Take the train from Okayama to Shin Kobetrain
20h 21m¥80,523–236,623
Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Kansai International Airport (KIX) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Melbourne to Kobe is to fly and bus which costs ¥60000 - ¥150000 and takes 17h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Melbourne to Kobe is to fly which takes 15h 54m and costs ¥90000 - ¥200000.
The distance between Melbourne and Kobe is 8171 km.
It takes approximately 17h 32m to get from Melbourne to Kobe, including transfers.
Kobe is 1h behind Melbourne. It is currently 8:49 PM in Melbourne and 7:49 PM in Kobe.
There are 325+ hotels available in Kobe.
What companies run services between Melbourne, VIC, Australia and Kobe, Japan?
Japan Airlines, All Nippon Airways, and two other airlines fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Osaka International Airport (ITM) 3 times a day.
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Osaka International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–170,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Kobe via Sydney, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–600,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Kobe via Taiwan Taoyuan, Okinawa
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–220,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–230,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Okayama Airport via Sydney, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–650,000
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Kansai International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–190,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–200,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Takamatsu Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–230,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Kansai International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–210,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Osaka International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–170,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–230,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Takamatsu Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–260,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Okayama Airport via Sydney, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–270,000
- Website
- china-airlines.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Kansai International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–190,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–200,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Takamatsu Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–230,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Takamatsu Airport via Sydney, Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–240,000
- Website
- philippineairlines.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Kansai International Airport via Manila
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–200,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Osaka International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–170,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Kansai International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–140,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–150,000
- Website
- skymark.co.jp
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Kobe via Sydney, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–260,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Kobe via Taiwan Taoyuan, Kagoshima
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–220,000
- Website
- tigerairtw.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Okayama Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–230,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Okayama Airport via Brisbane, Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–240,000
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Kansai International Airport via Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–150,000
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Kansai International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–170,000
- Website
- cebupacificair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Kansai International Airport via Manila
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–150,000
- Website
- hkairlines.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Kansai International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–170,000
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Osaka International Airport via Sydney, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–550,000
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Osaka International Airport via Sydney, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥100,000–180,000
- Website
- evaair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Kobe via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–220,000
- Website
- jal.co.jp
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Okayama Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan, Okinawa
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–230,000
- Phone
- 050-3772-3910
- Website
- jr-central.co.jp
Train from Nagoya to Shin Kobe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Schedules at
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
Train from Okayama to Shin Kobe
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Schedules at
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Takamatsu(Kagawa) to Okayama
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–1,700
- Website
- https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/index.html
- 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/
- Phone
- 0570-00-4592
- Website
- jr-shikoku.co.jp
Train from Takamatsu(Kagawa) to Okayama
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- jr-shikoku.co.jp
- Phone
- 0570-00-2486
- Website
- jr-odekake.net
Train from Okayama to Shin Kobe
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–2,700
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
- Phone
- 06-6844-1124
- Website
- hankyu-kankobus.co.jp
Bus from Kansai Airport Terminal 1 to Kobe Sannomiya
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–2,200
- Website
- https://www-hankyu-kankobus-co-jp-e.athp.transer.com/limousine/
Want to know more about travelling around Japan
Rome2Rio's Travel Guide series provide vital information for the global traveller. Filled with useful and timely travel information, the guides answer all the hard questions - such as 'How do I buy a ticket?', 'Should I book online before I travel? ', 'How much should I expect to pay?', 'Do the trains and buses have Wifi?' - to help you get the most out of your next trip.
Related travel guides
Travel Insider: Top Japan travel tips by Beatrix Holland
Read the travel guide
10 amazing places to get away from it all in Australia
Read the travel guide
4 of the smartest ways to explore Australia
Read the travel guide












