There are 6 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 Airporttrain
- Fly from Kansai International Airport (KIX) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane KIX - EDI
20h 48m£270–925Fly Osaka International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Fly from Osaka International Airport (ITM) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane ITM - EDI
22h 56m£612–912Fly Osaka International Airport to Glasgow Airport, train
- Fly from Osaka International Airport (ITM) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane ITM - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
22h 51m£285–1,347Train to Kansai International Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Take the train from Shin-Ōsaka Station to Kansai Airporttrain
- Fly from Kansai International Airport (KIX) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane KIX - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
22h 53m£283–960Fly Kobe to Edinburgh Airport
- Fly from Kobe (UKB) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane UKB - EDI
23h 59m£299–975Train to Tokyo International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Shin-Ōsaka Station to Shin-Yokohamatrain
- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane HND - EDI
22h 33m£488–1,294
Kansai International Airport (KIX) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Osaka to Edinburgh is to train and fly which costs £270 - £950 and takes 20h 48m.
The fastest way to get from Osaka to Edinburgh is to train and fly which takes 20h 48m and costs £270 - £950.
The distance between Osaka and Edinburgh is 5810 miles.
It takes approximately 20h 48m to get from Osaka to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Edinburgh is 8h behind Osaka. It is currently 5:23 AM in Osaka and 9:23 PM in Edinburgh.
There are 2738+ hotels available in Edinburgh.
What companies run services between Osaka, Japan and Edinburgh, Scotland?
Japan Airlines, Finnair, and three other airlines fly from Osaka International Airport (ITM) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) 3 times a day.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260–1,100
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £290–1,300
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo Narita, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £290–1,200
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Tokyo International Airport, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £260–4,000
Flights from Kobe to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £340–1,500
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–1,300
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £270–1,200
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260–1,100
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £290–1,300
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo Narita, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 22m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £290–1,200
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Tokyo International Airport, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £330–4,000
Flights from Kobe to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £340–1,500
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–1,300
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £270–1,200
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260–1,100
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo Narita, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 22m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £290–1,200
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £290–1,200
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Tokyo International Airport, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £330–4,000
Flights from Kobe to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £340–1,500
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £270–1,200
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260–950
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–900
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £270–1,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–900
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–900
Flights from Kobe to Edinburgh Airport via Incheon, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £310–1,200
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–800
Flights from Kobe to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £280–950
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £340–4,100
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260–950
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–1,200
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Kobe to Edinburgh Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £400–1,300
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £290–1,300
- 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
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
- Book at
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
- 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 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Shin-Ōsaka Station to Shin-Yokohama
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £55–75
- Book at
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
- Unreserved seat
- £55–75
- Reserved seat
- £60–75
- Green seat
- £75–110
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