There are 5 ways to get from Osaka to Edinburgh by train or plane
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Train to Kansai International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
best- Take the train from Shin-Ōsaka Station to Kansai Airport
- Fly from Kansai International Airport (KIX) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)KIX - EDI
20h 25m£210–625Fly Osaka International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
cheapest- Fly from Osaka International Airport (ITM) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)ITM - EDI
22h 53m£182–612Fly Osaka International Airport to Glasgow Airport, train
- Fly from Osaka International Airport (ITM) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)ITM - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
23h 8m£259–1,277Train to Chūbu Centrair International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Shin-Ōsaka Station to Nagoya Station
- Fly from Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)NGO - EDI
24h 9m£188–600Fly Kobe to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Kobe (UKB) to Manchester Airport (MAN)UKB - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Waverley
27h 49m£236–795
Kansai International Airport (KIX) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Osaka to Edinburgh is to fly which costs £180 - £650 and takes 22h 53m.
The fastest way to get from Osaka to Edinburgh is to train and fly which takes 20h 25m and costs £210 - £650.
The distance between Osaka and Edinburgh is 5810 miles.
It takes approximately 20h 25m to get from Osaka to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Edinburgh is 9h behind Osaka. It is currently 11:08 AM in Osaka and 2:08 AM in Edinburgh.
There are 2508+ hotels available in Edinburgh.
What companies run services between Osaka, Japan and Edinburgh, Scotland?
All Nippon Airways, Scandinavian Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Osaka International Airport (ITM) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) once daily.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £190–600
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £220–700
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Tokyo Haneda, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240–2,200
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–650
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £210–750
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–750
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 57m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £170–600
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £150–550
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo Narita, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–800
Flights from Kobe to Manchester Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 27m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–700
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £190–600
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £220–700
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Tokyo Haneda, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240–2,200
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £190–600
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £220–700
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Tokyo Haneda, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £260–2,200
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–650
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–750
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo Narita, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–800
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230–800
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £160–650
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–650
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £210–750
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £210–750
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £270–1,000
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £190–600
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Kobe to Manchester Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260–750
- 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
- £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
- £13–16
- Reserved Seat
- £10–15
- Green Seat
- £13–18
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £17–18
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £60–75
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–75
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £230–260
- 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
- £24–40
- 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
- £24–35
- Reserved seat
- £29–40
- Green seat
- £35–50
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £27–80
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
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