There are 7 ways to get from Otaru to Kobe by train, plane, car ferry, car, bus, or night bus
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Train to New Chitose Airport, fly to Kobe
best- Take the train from Minami-Otaru to New Chitose Airporttrain
- Fly from New Chitose Airport (CTS) to Kobe (UKB)plane CTS - UKB
4h 36m¥15,886–39,440Car ferry, drive
cheapest- Take the car ferry from Otaru to Maizurucarferry
- Drive from Maizuru to Kobecar
22h 55m¥11,354–27,400Train
- Take the train from Sapporo to Shin-Hakodate-Hokutotrain
- Take the train from Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto to Tōkyō Stationtrain
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Shin-Kōbe Stationtrain
13h 24m¥38,237–54,963Bus, train, night bus
- Take the bus from 札幌駅前 to 新函館北斗駅前bus
- Take the train from Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto to Sendaitrain
- Take the night bus from Sendai Station to Kyōto Station Karasumaguchinightbus
- Take the train from Kyōto to Shin-Kōbe Stationtrain
22h 18m¥27,838–46,684Train to New Chitose Airport, fly to Osaka International Airport
- Take the train from Minami-Otaru to New Chitose Airporttrain
- Fly from New Chitose Airport (CTS) to Osaka International Airport (ITM)plane CTS - ITM
5h 9m¥17,526–58,290Fly Okadama Airport to Osaka International Airport
- Fly from Okadama Airport (OKD) to Osaka International Airport (ITM)plane OKD - ITM
7h 31m¥77,507–88,053Train to New Chitose Airport, fly to Chūbu Centrair International Airport, train
- Take the train from Minami-Otaru to New Chitose Airporttrain
- Fly from New Chitose Airport (CTS) to Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO)plane CTS - NGO
- Take the train from Nagoya Station to Shin-Kōbe Stationtrain
6h 8m¥16,826–38,490
New Chitose Airport (CTS) to Kobe (UKB) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Otaru to Kobe is to train and fly which costs ¥15000 - ¥40000 and takes 4h 36m.
The fastest way to get from Otaru to Kobe is to train and fly which takes 4h 36m and costs ¥15000 - ¥40000.
No, there is no direct train from Otaru to Kobe station. However, there are services departing from Minami-Otaru and arriving at Shin-Kōbe Station via Sapporo, Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto and Tōkyō Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 24m.
The distance between Otaru and Kobe is 1151 km.
The best way to get from Otaru to Kobe without a car is to train which takes 13h 24m and costs ¥38000 - ¥55000.
It takes approximately 4h 36m to get from Otaru to Kobe, including transfers.
Otaru to Kobe train services, operated by Japan Railways Limited Express, depart from Sapporo station.
The best way to get from Otaru to Kobe is to train which takes 13h 24m and costs ¥38000 - ¥55000. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs ¥75000 - ¥90000 and takes 7h 31m.
Otaru to Kobe train services, operated by Japan Railways Limited Express, arrive at Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto station.
There are 299+ hotels available in Kobe.
What companies run services between Otaru, Japan and Kobe, Japan?
You can take a train from Minami-Otaru to Shin-Kōbe Station via Sapporo, Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto, and Tōkyō Station in around 13h 24m. Alternatively, Japan Airlines, Blue Panorama Airlines, and All Nippon Airways fly from Okadama Airport (OKD) to Osaka International Airport (ITM) every 4 hours.
Airlines
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Kobe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–90,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Kobe via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–90,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Osaka International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–55,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Osaka International Airport via Akita
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–38,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Osaka International Airport via Sendai
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–38,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Osaka International Airport via Aomori
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–38,000
Flights from Okadama Airport to Osaka International Airport via Niigata
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–100,000
Flights from Okadama Airport to Osaka International Airport via Hakodate
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥20,000–100,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–60,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Sendai
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–60,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Osaka International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–55,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Osaka International Airport via Morioka
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥15,000–55,000
Flights from Okadama Airport to Osaka International Airport via Akita
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–85,000
Flights from Okadama Airport to Osaka International Airport via Hakodate
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–85,000
Flights from Okadama Airport to Osaka International Airport via Memambetsu
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–85,000
Flights from Okadama Airport to Osaka International Airport via Misawa
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–85,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–29,000
- Website
- skymark.co.jp
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Kobe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–32,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Kobe via Ibaraki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–32,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Kobe via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–32,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥11,000–28,000
- Website
- airdo.jp
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Kobe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–31,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–17,000
- Website
- flypeach.com
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥8,500–24,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Sendai
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥8,500–24,000
Train operators
- Phone
- 011-222-7111
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Minami-Otaru to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–2,200
- Schedules at
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Sapporo to Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥7,500–11,000
- 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
- ¥8,000–9,000
- Reserved Seat
- ¥7,500–11,000
- Green Seat
- ¥11,000–16,000
- Phone
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto to Tōkyō Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥18,000–25,000
- 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
- ¥18,000–25,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥20,000–25,000
- Green seat
- ¥26,000–35,000
Train from Tōkyō Station to Shin-Kōbe Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–18,000
- 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
- ¥12,000–17,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥14,000–18,000
- Green seat
- ¥18,000–25,000
Train from Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto to Sendai
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥11,000–17,000
- 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
- ¥11,000–16,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥13,000–17,000
- Green seat
- ¥17,000–23,000
Train from Kyōto to Shin-Kōbe Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥3,000–4,800
- 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
- ¥3,000–4,100
- Reserved seat
- ¥3,900–4,800
- Green seat
- ¥4,600–6,500
Train from Nagoya Station to Shin-Kōbe Station
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥5,500–8,500
- 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
- ¥5,500–8,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥6,500–8,500
- Green seat
- ¥8,500–12,000
Bus operators
- Website
- hokkaidoubus-newstar.jp
Bus from 札幌駅前 to 新函館北斗駅前
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥5,000
- Schedules at
- hokkaidoubus-newstar.jp
- Phone
- 0570-200-600
- Website
- chuo-bus.co.jp
Bus from 札幌駅前 to 新函館北斗駅前
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ¥3,500–9,000
- Schedules at
- chuo-bus.co.jp
- Adult
- ¥3,700–9,000
- Student
- ¥3,500–7,000
- Phone
- 0570-001631
- Website
- kintetsu-bus.co.jp
Night bus from Sendai Station to Kyōto Station Karasumaguchi
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥9,500–15,000
- Schedules at
- kintetsu-bus.co.jp
Ferry operators
- Website
- snf.jp
Car ferry from Otaru to Maizuru
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥9,000–25,000
- Schedules at
- snf.jp
- State Room
- ¥19,000–25,000
- Tourist
- ¥9,000–21,000
- Suite Room
- ¥45,000–55,000
- Deluxe Room
- ¥28,000–37,000
- Tourist A
- ¥11,000–19,000
- Tourist S
- ¥18,000–25,000
- State room B
- ¥21,000–31,000
- Deluxe room A
- ¥33,000–43,000
- Suite room
- ¥58,000–63,000
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