There are 3 ways to get from Sendai to Naha by plane, train, ferry, or bus
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Fly from Sendai Airport
best- Fly from Sendai Airport (SDJ) to Naha Airport (OKA)plane SDJ - OKA
5h 1m¥20,774–66,046Train, ferry
- Take the train from Sendai to Tōkyō Stationtrain
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Shin-Ōsaka Stationtrain
- Take the train from Shin-Ōsaka Station to Kagoshima-Chūōtrain
- Take the ferry from 鹿児島新港 新港待合所 to 那覇港 船客待合所ferry
36h 4m¥52,305–83,582Bus to Yamagata Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Hirose dori Ichiban-cho to Yamagata Kencho-maebus
- Fly from Yamagata Airport (GAJ) to Naha Airport (OKA)plane GAJ - OKA
8h 29m¥24,073–62,431
Sendai Airport (SDJ) to Naha Airport (OKA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sendai to Naha is to fly which costs ¥20000 - ¥70000 and takes 5h 1m.
The fastest way to get from Sendai to Naha is to fly which takes 5h 1m and costs ¥20000 - ¥70000.
The distance between Sendai and Naha is 1841 km.
The best way to get from Sendai to Naha without a car is to train and ferry which takes 36h 4m and costs ¥50000 - ¥85000.
It takes approximately 5h 1m to get from Sendai to Naha, including transfers.
There are 1304+ hotels available in Naha.
What companies run services between Sendai, Japan and Naha, Japan?
All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines fly from Sendai Airport (SDJ) to Naha Airport (OKA) every 2 hours.
Airlines
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Sendai Airport to Naha Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥18,000–95,000
Flights from Sendai Airport to Naha Airport via Chūbu Centrair
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥18,000–95,000
Flights from Sendai Airport to Naha Airport via Fukuoka
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥18,000–95,000
Flights from Sendai Airport to Naha Airport via Hiroshima
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥18,000–95,000
Flights from Sendai Airport to Naha Airport via Osaka Itami
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥18,000–95,000
Flights from Yamagata Airport to Naha Airport via Osaka Itami
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥18,000–95,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Sendai Airport to Naha Airport via Osaka Itami
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥15,000–90,000
Flights from Yamagata Airport to Naha Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥15,000–90,000
Flights from Yamagata Airport to Naha Airport via Osaka Itami
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥15,000–85,000
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 Shin-Ōsaka Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–17,000
- 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
- ¥12,000–17,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥13,000–17,000
- Green seat
- ¥17,000–23,000
Train from Shin-Ōsaka Station to Kagoshima-Chūō
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- 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
- ¥18,000–24,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥20,000–25,000
- Green seat
- ¥26,000–34,000
- 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
Bus operators
- 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
Ferry operators
- Phone
- 099-226-4141
- Website
- aline-ferry.com
Ferry from 鹿児島新港 新港待合所 to 那覇港 船客待合所
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–23,000
- Schedules at
- aline-ferry.com
- Second Class
- ¥14,000–15,500
- Second Class Sleeper
- ¥16,000–23,000
- First Class
- ¥28,000–30,000
- Premium
- ¥36,243
- Passenger Car
- ¥60,000–85,000
- Phone
- 099-225-1551
- Website
- marixline.com
Ferry from 鹿児島新港 新港待合所 to 那覇港 船客待合所
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- ¥17,000–30,000
- Website
- https://marixline.com/en/
- Second Class Sleeper
- ¥19,000–22,000
- Second Class
- ¥17,000–20,000
- First Class
- ¥28,000–30,000
- Premium
- ¥35,000–37,000
- Passenger car
- ¥60,000–85,000
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