There are 7 ways to get from Seattle to Kobe by plane, bus, or train
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Fly to Kobe
best- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Kobe (UKB)plane SEA - UKB
15h 56m¥56,168–211,208Fly to Takamatsu Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Takamatsu Airport (TAK)plane SEA - TAK
- Take the train from Takamatsu(Kagawa) to Okayamatrain
- Take the train from Okayama to Shin-Kōbe Stationtrain
18h 51m¥56,058–201,808Fly to Osaka International Airport
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Osaka International Airport (ITM)plane SEA - ITM
16h 24m¥61,808–192,058Fly to Tokushima Airport, bus
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Tokushima Airport (TKS)plane SEA - TKS
- Take the bus from Kousoku Naruto to Kousoku Maikobus
17h 58m¥64,058–230,558Fly to Okayama Airport, train
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Okayama Airport (OKJ)plane SEA - OKJ
- Take the train from Okayama to Shin-Kōbe Stationtrain
18h¥60,658–218,258Fly to Tokyo International Airport, train
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane SEA - HND
- Take the train from Shinagawa to Shin-Kōbe Stationtrain
16h 42m¥63,278–179,348Fly to Narita International Airport, train
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Narita International Airport (NRT)plane SEA - NRT
- Take the train from Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Station to Shinagawatrain
- Take the train from Shinagawa to Shin-Kōbe Stationtrain
17h 21m¥65,758–184,958
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Kobe (UKB) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Seattle to Kobe is to fly which costs ¥60000 - ¥200000 and takes 16h 24m.
The fastest way to get from Seattle to Kobe is to fly which takes 15h 56m and costs ¥55000 - ¥220000.
The distance between Seattle and Kobe is 8109 km.
It takes approximately 15h 56m to get from Seattle to Kobe, including transfers.
Kobe is 16h ahead of Seattle. It is currently 1:52 AM in Seattle and 5:52 PM in Kobe.
There are 295+ hotels available in Kobe.
What companies run services between Seattle, WA, USA and Kobe, Japan?
All Nippon Airways, EVA Air, and three other airlines fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Kobe (UKB) 5 times a day.
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Kobe via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–700,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Osaka International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥44,000–550,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Osaka International Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥44,000–170,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Osaka International Airport via Vancouver, Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥46,000–550,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Tokushima Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–700,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Okayama Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–700,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Takamatsu Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥49,000–600,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–330,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Narita International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥38,000–150,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Osaka International Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–230,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Tokushima Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–220,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Okayama Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–210,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Takamatsu Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥49,000–250,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Takamatsu Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥49,000–190,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–200,000
- Website
- hawaiianairlines.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Tokushima Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–220,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Okayama Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–210,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Takamatsu Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥49,000–190,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥38,000–150,000
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Osaka International Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–230,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥38,000–200,000
- Website
- skymark.co.jp
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Kobe via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–700,000
- Website
- evaair.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Kobe via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–260,000
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Osaka International Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥44,000–170,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Narita International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥38,000–150,000
- Website
- china-airlines.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Takamatsu Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–280,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Takamatsu Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥49,000–190,000
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Takamatsu Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥49,000–190,000
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥43,000–170,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Narita International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥48,000–190,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–180,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Narita International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥48,000–190,000
- Website
- starlux-airlines.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Kobe via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–360,000
- Website
- eastarjet.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Tokushima Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–250,000
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Narita International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–95,000
- Phone
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Okayama to Shin-Kōbe Station
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥4,200–6,500
- 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
- ¥4,200–6,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥5,000–6,500
- Green seat
- ¥6,000–8,500
Train from Shinagawa to Shin-Kōbe Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- 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
- ¥18,000–24,000
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Takamatsu(Kagawa) to Okayama
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–1,700
- 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
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Takamatsu(Kagawa) to Okayama
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–3,500
- 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
- ¥3,100–3,500
- Reserved Seat
- ¥2,400–3,400
- Green Seat
- ¥3,200–4,300
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jreast.co.jp
Train from Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Station to Shinagawa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–6,000
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/e/nex/
- Website
- https://www.eki-net.com/en/jreast-train-reservation/Top/Index
- Green Seat (First Class)
- ¥4,500–6,000
- Ordinary Car
- ¥2,800–3,600
- Phone
- 088-664-6030
- Website
- honshi-bus.co.jp
Bus from Kousoku Naruto to Kousoku Maiko
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥3,600
- Schedules at
- honshi-bus.co.jp
- Phone
- 087-823-3083
- Website
- jr-shikokubus.co.jp
Bus from Kousoku Naruto to Kousoku Maiko
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥3,164
- Schedules at
- jr-shikokubus.co.jp
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