There are 7 ways to get from Seattle to Kyoto by plane, bus, or train
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Fly to Osaka International Airport, bus
best- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Osaka International Airport (ITM)SEA - ITM
- Take the bus from Osaka Airport to Kyoto Station Hachijou gate
16h 30m¥75,195–155,983Fly to Kobe, train
cheapest- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Kobe (UKB)SEA - UKB
- Take the train from Shin-Kōbe Station to Kyōto
16h 38m¥58,821–211,909Fly to Chūbu Centrair International Airport, train
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO)SEA - NGO
- Take the train from Nagoya Station to Kyōto
17h 41m¥62,477–148,670Fly to Tokushima Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Tokushima Airport (TKS)SEA - TKS
- Take the bus from Kousoku Naruto to Shin-Kobe Station
- Take the train from Shin-Kōbe Station to Kyōto
19h 6m¥72,208–240,174Fly to Komatsu Airport, train
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Komatsu Airport (KMQ)SEA - KMQ
- Take the train from Komatsu to Tsuruga
- Take the train from Tsuruga to Kyōto
18h 50m¥67,160–234,413Fly to Tokyo International Airport, train
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)SEA - HND
- Take the train from Shin-Yokohama to Kyōto
16h 11m¥66,223–174,291Fly to Narita International Airport, train
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Narita International Airport (NRT)SEA - NRT
- Take the train from Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Station to Shinagawa
- Take the train from Shinagawa to Kyōto
16h 53m¥84,545–152,740
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Osaka International Airport (ITM) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Seattle to Kyoto is to fly and train which costs ¥60000 - ¥150000 and takes 17h 41m.
The fastest way to get from Seattle to Kyoto is to fly and train which takes 16h 11m and costs ¥65000 - ¥180000.
The distance between Seattle and Kyoto is 8116 km.
It takes approximately 16h 30m to get from Seattle to Kyoto, including transfers.
Kyoto is 17h ahead of Seattle. It is currently 1:45 PM in Seattle and 6:45 AM in Kyoto.
There are 3109+ hotels available in Kyoto.
What companies run services between Seattle, WA, USA and Kyoto, Japan?
There is no direct connection from Seattle to Kyoto. However, you can take the vehicle to SeaTac/Airport, walk to SeaTac Station, take the line 574 bus to SeaTac Airport Terminal - Bay 2, walk to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) airport, fly to Osaka International Airport (ITM), walk to Osaka Airport, then take the bus to Kyoto Station Hachijou gate. Alternatively, you can take the vehicle to SeaTac/Airport, walk to SeaTac Station, take the line 574 bus to SeaTac Airport Terminal - Bay 2, walk to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) airport, fly to Kobe (UKB), walk to Kobe Airport, take the train to Sannomiya(Port Liner), walk to Sannomiya(Subway), take the subway to Shin-Kobe Station, walk to Shin-Kōbe Station, then take the train to Kyōto.
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Osaka International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥48,000–440,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Osaka International Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–120,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Osaka International Airport via Vancouver, Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥48,000–190,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Kobe via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–500,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Kobe via Vancouver, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–500,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–180,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Vancouver, Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥44,000–170,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Tokushima Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–550,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Komatsu Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–550,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Komatsu Airport via Vancouver, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–550,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–160,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–160,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Narita International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥41,000–160,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Osaka International Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–120,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–180,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Tokushima Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–230,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Komatsu Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–550,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–170,000
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Osaka International Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–120,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Osaka International Airport via Vancouver, Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥48,000–190,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–180,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Vancouver, Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥44,000–170,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–160,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Narita International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥41,000–160,000
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Osaka International Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–120,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–180,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥41,000–170,000
- Website
- hawaiianairlines.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Tokushima Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–230,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Komatsu Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–550,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥41,000–160,000
- Website
- evaair.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Kobe via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–230,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Komatsu Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥95,000–250,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–180,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–200,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Narita International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–180,000
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–180,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥44,000–170,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Narita International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–180,000
- Website
- skymark.co.jp
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Kobe via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–500,000
- Website
- china-airlines.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–240,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Komatsu Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–550,000
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥47,000–180,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Narita International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥47,000–180,000
- Website
- starlux-airlines.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Kobe via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–240,000
- Website
- eastarjet.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Tokushima Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–240,000
- Phone
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Shin-Kōbe Station to Kyōto
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 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 Kyōto
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥4,400–6,500
- 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
- ¥4,400–6,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥5,000–6,500
- Green seat
- ¥6,500–9,000
Train from Komatsu to Tsuruga
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥3,900–6,000
- 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
- ¥3,900–5,500
- Reserved seat
- ¥4,900–6,000
- Green seat
- ¥5,500–8,000
Train from Shin-Yokohama to Kyōto
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥10,000–15,000
- 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
- ¥10,000–15,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥12,000–15,000
- Green seat
- ¥15,000–21,000
Train from Shinagawa to Kyōto
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥11,000–16,000
- 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
- ¥11,000–15,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥12,000–16,000
- Green seat
- ¥16,000–22,000
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Tsuruga to Kyōto
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥3,000–4,200
- 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
- ¥3,600–4,100
- Reserved Seat
- ¥3,000–4,200
- Green Seat
- ¥4,200–5,500
- Phone
- 0570-00-2486
- Website
- jr-odekake.net
Train from Tsuruga to Kyōto
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
- 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
- 06-6844-1124
- Website
- hankyu-kankobus.co.jp
Bus from Osaka Airport to Kyoto Station Hachijou gate
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–1,400
- Website
- https://www-hankyu-kankobus-co-jp-e.athp.transer.com/limousine/
- Phone
- 088-664-6030
- Website
- honshi-bus.co.jp
Bus from Kousoku Naruto to Shin-Kobe Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥3,600
- Schedules at
- honshi-bus.co.jp
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