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 Airporttrain
- Fly from Kansai International Airport (KIX) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane KIX - EDI
20h 28m£190–625Fly Osaka International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
cheapest- Fly from Osaka International Airport (ITM) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane ITM - EDI
22h 21m£182–612Fly 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
23h 9m£229–1,077Train to Chūbu Centrair International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Shin-Ōsaka Station to Nagoya Stationtrain
- Fly from Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane NGO - EDI
24h 12m£197–599Fly Kobe to Edinburgh Airport
- Fly from Kobe (UKB) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane UKB - EDI
23h 4m£219–724
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 21m.
The fastest way to get from Osaka to Edinburgh is to train and fly which takes 20h 28m and costs £190 - £650.
The distance between Osaka and Edinburgh is 5810 miles.
It takes approximately 20h 28m to get from Osaka to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Edinburgh is 9h behind Osaka. It is currently 6:16 PM in Osaka and 9:16 AM in Edinburgh.
There are 2451+ hotels available in Edinburgh.
What companies run services between Osaka, Japan and Edinburgh, Scotland?
All Nippon Airways, Scandinavian Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Osaka International Airport (ITM) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) twice 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
- £190–650
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £230–750
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Tokyo Haneda, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–2,200
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–650
Flights from Kobe to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £260–850
- 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
- £220–800
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–800
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 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £160–550
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo Narita, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–800
Flights from Kobe to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Friday
- 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
- £190–650
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £230–750
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo Narita, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £230–750
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Tokyo Haneda, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 57m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £210–2,200
Flights from Kobe to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £260–850
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £190–650
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £230–750
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Tokyo Haneda, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £250–2,200
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–650
Flights from Kobe to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £260–850
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £170–600
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £190–600
Flights from Kobe to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £200–700
- 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
- £200–800
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo Narita, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–800
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–600
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–650
- 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
- £220–800
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £220–800
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260–2,200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £190–600
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Kobe to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £280–2,300
- 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
- £10–15
- 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
- £13–15
- 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
- 0800 031 8542
- Passengerassistance@lumo.co.uk.
- Website
- lumo.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £17–18
- Website
- https://www.lumo.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
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