There are 8 ways to get from Sendai to Himeji by train, night bus, car, plane, or bus
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Train
best- Take the train from Sendai to Tōkyō StationYamabiko / ...
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to HimejiNozomi / ...
5h 20m¥21,305–30,582Drive 830.9 km
cheapest- Drive from Sendai to Himeji830.9 km
11h 1m¥14,144–20,430Night bus, train
- Take the night bus from Sendai Station East Exit to Kobe SannomiyaJx361
- Take the train from Sannomiya to Higashi-HimejiA: JR Kōbe Line Rapid
14h 40mFly Sendai Airport to Osaka International Airport, train
- Fly from Sendai Airport (SDJ) to Osaka International Airport (ITM)SDJ - ITM
- Take the train from Shin-Ōsaka Station to Himeji
4h 1m¥15,694–48,726Fly Sendai Airport to Kobe, train
- Fly from Sendai Airport (SDJ) to Kobe (UKB)SDJ - UKB
- Take the train from Sannomiya to Himeji
4h 13m¥16,854–41,226Bus to Yamagata Airport, fly to Osaka International Airport, train
- Take the bus from Hirose dori Ichiban-cho to Yamagata Kencho-mae
- Fly from Yamagata Airport (GAJ) to Osaka International Airport (ITM)GAJ - ITM
- Take the train from Shin-Ōsaka Station to Himeji
5h 49m¥41,993–55,111Fly Sendai Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport, train
- Fly from Sendai Airport (SDJ) to Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO)SDJ - NGO
- Take the train from Nagoya Station to Himeji
5h 10m¥19,694–34,476Train to Fukushima, fly to Osaka International Airport, train
- Take the train from Sendai to Kōriyama
- Fly from Fukushima (FKS) to Osaka International Airport (ITM)FKS - ITM
- Take the train from Shin-Ōsaka Station to Himeji
5h 39m¥24,586–53,980
Sendai Airport (SDJ) to Osaka International Airport (ITM) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sendai to Himeji is to drive which costs ¥14000 - ¥21000 and takes 11h 1m.
The fastest way to get from Sendai to Himeji is to fly and train which takes 4h 1m and costs ¥15000 - ¥49000.
No, there is no direct train from Sendai to Himeji. However, there are services departing from Sendai and arriving at Himeji via Tōkyō Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 5h 20m.
The distance between Sendai and Himeji is 923 km. The road distance is 830.9 km.
The best way to get from Sendai to Himeji without a car is to train which takes 5h 20m and costs ¥21000 - ¥31000.
It takes approximately 5h 20m to get from Sendai to Himeji, including transfers.
Sendai to Himeji train services, operated by Japan Railways Shinkansen, depart from Sendai station.
Sendai to Himeji train services, operated by Japan Railways Shinkansen, arrive at Tōkyō Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Sendai to Himeji is 831 km. It takes approximately 11h 1m to drive from Sendai to Himeji.
There are 91+ hotels available in Himeji.
What companies run services between Sendai, Japan and Himeji, Japan?
You can take a train from Sendai to Himeji via Tōkyō Station in around 5h 20m.
Airlines
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Sendai Airport to Osaka International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–60,000
Flights from Sendai Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥11,000–60,000
Flights from Fukushima to Osaka International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥11,000–60,000
- Website
- ibexair.co.jp
Flights from Sendai Airport to Osaka International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–60,000
Flights from Sendai Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥11,000–60,000
Flights from Fukushima to Osaka International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥11,000–60,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Sendai Airport to Osaka International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–45,000
Flights from Yamagata Airport to Osaka International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥37,000–47,000
Flights from Yamagata Airport to Osaka International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥37,000–47,000
- Website
- skymark.co.jp
Flights from Sendai Airport to Kobe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–28,000
- Website
- flypeach.com
Flights from Sendai Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–22,000
Train operators
- Phone
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Sendai to Tōkyō Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥8,000–12,000
- 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
- ¥8,000–11,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥9,500–12,000
- Green seat
- ¥12,000–16,000
Train from Tōkyō Station to Himeji
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–19,000
- 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
- ¥13,000–19,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥15,000–19,000
- Green seat
- ¥20,000–27,000
Train from Shin-Ōsaka Station to Himeji
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥3,300–5,500
- 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
- ¥3,300–4,500
- Reserved seat
- ¥4,200–5,500
- Green seat
- ¥5,000–7,000
Train from Nagoya Station to Himeji
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥6,500–10,000
- 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
- ¥6,500–9,500
- Reserved seat
- ¥8,000–10,000
- Green seat
- ¥10,000–14,000
Train from Sendai to Kōriyama
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- 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
- ¥4,800–6,000
- Green seat
- ¥5,500–8,000
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Sendai to Tōkyō Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥8,000–12,000
- 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
- ¥8,500–10,000
- Reserved Seat
- ¥8,000–12,000
- Green Seat
- ¥12,000–17,000
Train from Shin-Ōsaka Station to Himeji
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–3,900
- 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
- ¥3,400–3,900
- Reserved Seat
- ¥2,700–3,800
- Green Seat
- ¥3,700–5,000
Train from Sannomiya to Himeji
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–3,300
- 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
- ¥2,800–3,300
- Reserved Seat
- ¥2,100–3,000
- Green Seat
- ¥2,800–3,800
- Phone
- 0570-00-2486
- Website
- jr-odekake.net
Train from Sannomiya to Higashi-Himeji
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
Train from Shin-Ōsaka Station to Himeji
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
Train from Sannomiya to Himeji
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
Bus operators
- Phone
- 050-3802-1544
- Website
- jamjamliner.jp
Night bus from Sendai Station East Exit to Kobe Sannomiya
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- ¥5,500–13,000
- Schedules at
- jamjamliner.jp
- 4 seats per row spacious
- ¥5,500–13,000
- 3 seats per row
- ¥7,500–12,000
- Website
- yamakobus.co.jp
Bus from Hirose dori Ichiban-cho to Yamagata Kencho-mae
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥850–1,100
- Schedules at
- yamakobus.jp
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