There are 7 ways to get from Osaka to Basel by train or plane
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Train to Kansai International Airport, fly to Basel
best- Take the train from Shin-Ōsaka Station to Kansai Airporttrain
- Fly from Kansai International Airport (KIX) to Basel (BSL)plane KIX - BSL
20h 26mCHF 414–1,120Train to Chūbu Centrair International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Shin-Ōsaka Station to Nagoya Stationtrain
- Fly from Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane NGO - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
22h 33mCHF 320–1,336Fly Kobe to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Kobe (UKB) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane UKB - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
23h 31mCHF 590–2,110Fly Kobe to Basel
- Fly from Kobe (UKB) to Basel (BSL)plane UKB - BSL
22h 42mCHF 472–1,819Fly Osaka International Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Osaka International Airport (ITM) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane ITM - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
22h 47mCHF 393–1,598Train, train to Takamatsu Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Shin-Ōsaka Station to Okayamatrain
- Take the train from Okayama to Takamatsu(Kagawa)train
- Fly from Takamatsu Airport (TAK) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane TAK - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
25h 32mCHF 454–1,852Train, train to Narita International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Shin-Ōsaka Station to Shinagawatrain
- Take the train from Shinagawa to Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Stationtrain
- Fly from Narita International Airport (NRT) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane NRT - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
22h 3mCHF 534–1,154
Kansai International Airport (KIX) to Basel (BSL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Osaka to Basel is to train and fly which costs SFr 410 - SFr 1200 and takes 20h 26m.
The fastest way to get from Osaka to Basel is to train and fly which takes 20h 26m and costs SFr 410 - SFr 1200.
The distance between Osaka and Basel is 9578 km.
It takes approximately 20h 26m to get from Osaka to Basel, including transfers.
Basel is 7h behind Osaka. It is currently 1:23 AM in Osaka and 6:23 PM in Basel.
There are 558+ hotels available in Basel.
What companies run services between Osaka, Japan and Basel, Switzerland?
All Nippon Airways, Lufthansa, and three other airlines fly from Kobe (UKB) to Basel (BSL) 4 times a day.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 380–1,600
Flights from Kobe to Zurich Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 420–5,500
Flights from Kobe to Zurich Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 420–5,500
Flights from Kobe to Basel via Tokyo Haneda, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 490–6,500
Flights from Kobe to Basel via Tokyo Haneda, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 490–6,500
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Zurich Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–4,700
Flights from Takamatsu Airport to Zurich Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–5,500
Flights from Takamatsu Airport to Zurich Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–5,500
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Kobe to Zurich Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 420–5,500
Flights from Kobe to Zurich Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 420–5,500
Flights from Kobe to Basel via Tokyo Haneda, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 490–6,500
Flights from Kobe to Basel via Tokyo Haneda, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 490–6,500
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Zurich Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–4,700
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Zurich Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,200
Flights from Takamatsu Airport to Zurich Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–5,500
Flights from Takamatsu Airport to Zurich Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–5,500
Flights from Narita International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,100
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Kobe to Zurich Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 420–5,500
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Zurich Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–4,700
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Zurich Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,200
Flights from Takamatsu Airport to Zurich Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–5,500
Flights from Narita International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,100
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Basel via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 400–1,500
Flights from Narita International Airport to Zurich Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,200
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,400
Flights from Kobe to Basel via Tokyo Haneda, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 460–1,800
Flights from Narita International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,000
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Kobe to Zurich Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 420–1,800
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Zurich Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,300
Flights from Narita International Airport to Zurich Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,200
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,400
Flights from Kobe to Basel via Tokyo Haneda, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 460–1,800
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Zurich Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 37m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,200
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Kobe to Zurich Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–1,500
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Zurich Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–4,700
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,000
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to Zurich Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,200
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Shin-Ōsaka Station to Kansai Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–16
- 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
- CHF 14–16
- Reserved Seat
- CHF 10–15
- Green Seat
- CHF 14–19
Train from Okayama to Takamatsu(Kagawa)
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–18
- 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
- CHF 15–18
- Reserved Seat
- CHF 12–17
- Green Seat
- CHF 16–22
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–85
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Shin-Ōsaka Station to Nagoya Station
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–40
- 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
- CHF 25–35
- Reserved seat
- CHF 30–40
- Green seat
- CHF 35–50
Train from Shin-Ōsaka Station to Okayama
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–35
- 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
- CHF 24–35
- Reserved seat
- CHF 29–35
- Green seat
- CHF 35–50
Train from Shin-Ōsaka Station to Shinagawa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–85
- 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
- CHF 55–80
- Reserved seat
- CHF 65–85
- Green seat
- CHF 85–120
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Okayama to Takamatsu(Kagawa)
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 6–9
- 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
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jreast.co.jp
Train from Shinagawa to Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–28
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/e/nex/
- Website
- https://www.eki-net.com/en/jreast-train-reservation/Top/Index
- Green Seat (First Class)
- CHF 22–28
- Ordinary Car
- CHF 14–18
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