There are 12 ways to get from Seoul to Kitakyushu by train, plane, ferry, car ferry, bus, car, or taxi
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Train to Incheon International Airport, fly to Fukuoka Airport, train
best- Take the train from Seoul Station to Incheon Int'l Airport T1train
- Fly from Incheon International Airport (ICN) to Fukuoka Airport (FUK)plane ICN - FUK
- Take the train from Hakata to Kokuratrain
4h 50m¥14,804–48,247Bus, ferry, car ferry
cheapest- Take the bus from Seoul Express Bus Terminal to Busan Central Bus Terminalbus
- Take the ferry from Busan port Int'l Passenger Terminal to Hitakatsuferry
- Take the car ferry from Hitakatsu to Fukuoka, Hakatacarferry
- Take the bus from Tenjin Expressway Bus Terminal to Kita Kyushu Airportbus
17h 12m¥10,339–24,893Train, ferry, car ferry
- Take the train from Suseo SRT to Busan Stationtrain
- Take the ferry from Busan port Int'l Passenger Terminal to Hitakatsuferry
- Take the car ferry from Hitakatsu to Fukuoka, Hakatacarferry
- Take the train from Hakata to Kokuratrain
12h 7m¥14,905–31,845Fly Gimpo International Airport to Fukuoka Airport, train
- Fly from Gimpo International Airport (GMP) to Fukuoka Airport (FUK)plane GMP - FUK
- Take the train from Hakata to Kokuratrain
5h 46m¥20,537–49,995Train to Incheon International Airport, fly to Kitakyushu Airport
- Take the train from Seoul Station to Incheon Int'l Airport T1train
- Fly from Incheon International Airport (ICN) to Kitakyushu Airport (KKJ)plane ICN - KKJ
5h 34m¥10,704–46,147Train, bus to Busan / Gimhae International Airport, fly to Fukuoka Airport
- Take the train from Suseo SRT to Dongdaegu Stationtrain
- Take the bus from Dongdaegu Terminal to Gimhae Int'l Airportbus
- Fly from Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS) to Fukuoka Airport (FUK)plane PUS - FUK
- Take the train from Hakata to Kokuratrain
5h 31m¥18,384–50,257Train to Daegu International Airport, fly to Fukuoka Airport, train
- Take the train from Suseo SRT to Dongdaegu Stationtrain
- Fly from Daegu International Airport (TAE) to Fukuoka Airport (FUK)plane TAE - FUK
- Take the train from Hakata to Kokuratrain
5h 21m¥20,134–55,757Train to Cheongju International Airport, fly to Fukuoka Airport, train
- Take the train from Suseo SRT to Osong Stationtrain
- Fly from Cheongju International Airport (CJJ) to Fukuoka Airport (FUK)plane CJJ - FUK
- Take the train from Hakata to Kokuratrain
5h 49m¥17,143–46,377Train to Incheon International Airport, fly to Aso Kumamoto Airport, train
- Take the train from Seoul Station to Incheon Int'l Airport T1train
- Fly from Incheon International Airport (ICN) to Aso Kumamoto Airport (KMJ)plane ICN - KMJ
- Take the train from Kumamoto to Kokuratrain
7h 17m¥22,484–103,997Drive, ferry, car ferry, taxi
- Drive from Seoul to Busan Int'l portcar
- Take the ferry from Busan port Int'l Passenger Terminal to Hitakatsuferry
- Take the car ferry from Hitakatsu to Fukuoka, Hakatacarferry
- Take the taxi from Fukuoka, Hakata to Kitakyushutaxi
13h 20m¥32,755–52,425Train, ferry
- Take the train from Suseo SRT to Busan Stationtrain SRT Suseo
- Take the ferry from Busan port Int'l Passenger Terminal to Shimonosekiferry
15h 12m¥14,585–21,215Train, car ferry
- Take the train from Seoul Station to Busan Stationtrain KTX Seoul / ...
- Take the car ferry from Busan Int'l port to Shimonosekicarferry
15h 32m¥12,889–24,212
Incheon International Airport (ICN) to Fukuoka Airport (FUK) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Seoul to Kitakyushu is to train and car ferry which costs ¥12000 - ¥25000 and takes 15h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Seoul to Kitakyushu is to train and fly which takes 4h 50m and costs ¥14000 - ¥49000.
The distance between Seoul and Kitakyushu is 679 km.
The best way to get from Seoul to Kitakyushu without a car is to train and ferry and car ferry which takes 12h 7m and costs ¥14000 - ¥32000.
It takes approximately 4h 50m to get from Seoul to Kitakyushu, including transfers.
There are 70+ hotels available in Kitakyushu.
What companies run services between Seoul, South Korea and Kitakyushu, Japan?
There is no direct connection from Seoul to Kitakyushu. However, you can take the train to Incheon Int'l Airport T1, walk to Incheon International Airport (ICN) airport, fly to Fukuoka Airport (FUK), walk to Fukuoka Airport, take the subway to Hakata, walk to Hakata, then take the train to Kokura. Alternatively, you can take a train from Suseo SRT to Kokura via Busan Station, Busan port Int'l Passenger Terminal, Hitakatsu, Hitakatsu, Fukuoka, Hakata, and Hakata in around 12h 7m.
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥10,000–50,000
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Busan / Gimhae International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥10,000–31,000
Flights from Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–48,000
- Website
- jinair.com
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–50,000
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Kitakyushu Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥10,000–45,000
Flights from Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥11,000–25,000
- Website
- twayair.com
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–30,000
Flights from Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥10,000–30,000
Flights from Daegu International Airport to Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–29,000
Flights from Cheongju International Airport to Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–37,000
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–36,000
- Website
- en.airbusan.com
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥10,000–45,000
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Busan / Gimhae International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥10,000–31,000
Flights from Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–48,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–50,000
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Kitakyushu Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥10,000–45,000
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥15,000–95,000
- Website
- jejuair.net
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥10,000–34,000
Flights from Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥10,000–34,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥16,000–29,000
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥21,000–110,000
- Website
- eastarjet.com
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–27,000
Flights from Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥11,000–25,000
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥18,000–50,000
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥20,000–130,000
- Website
- flyairseoul.com
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥10,000–28,000
- Website
- flypeach.com
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–46,000
- Website
- aerok.com
Flights from Cheongju International Airport to Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥17,000–46,000
- Phone
- +82 1599 7788
- Website
- airportrailroad.com
Train from Seoul Station to Incheon Int'l Airport T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥480–600
- Website
- https://www.airportrailroad.com/intro
- Phone
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Hakata to Kokura
- Ave. Duration
- 15 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–4,400
- 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
- ¥2,800–3,800
- Reserved seat
- ¥3,600–4,400
- Green seat
- ¥4,300–6,000
Train from Kumamoto to Kokura
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥4,800–7,000
- 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
- ¥4,800–6,500
- Reserved seat
- ¥5,500–7,000
- Green seat
- ¥7,000–9,500
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Hakata to Kokura
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–3,200
- 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
- ¥2,800–3,200
- Reserved Seat
- ¥2,100–3,000
- Green Seat
- ¥2,700–3,700
- Phone
- 0570-04-1717
- Website
- jrkyushu.co.jp
Train from Hakata to Kokura
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
- Phone
- +82 1800 1472
- Website
- srail.or.kr
Train from Suseo SRT to Busan Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥5,500–5,900
- Website
- https://www.srail.or.kr/main.do?language=EN
- Standard Class
- ¥5,500–5,900
- First Class
- ¥8,100–8,400
Train from Suseo SRT to Dongdaegu Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥3,900–5,000
- Website
- https://www.srail.or.kr/main.do?language=EN
- Standard Class
- ¥3,900–5,000
- First Class
- ¥5,500–7,000
Train from Suseo SRT to Osong Station
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–4,100
- Website
- https://www.srail.or.kr/main.do?language=EN
- Standard Class
- ¥1,600–4,100
- First Class
- ¥2,400–3,700
- Phone
- +82 1599 7777
- Website
- letskorail.com
Train from Seoul Station to Busan Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥4,593–11,000
- Website
- https://www.letskorail.com/ebizbf/EbizbfForeign_pr16100.do?gubun=1
- Economy
- ¥4,900–7,000
- First Class
- ¥7,000–11,000
- Economy Class
- ¥4,593
- Phone
- +82 1599 7777
- Website
- korail.com
Train from Seoul Station to Busan Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥2,850–3,000
- Website
- https://www.korail.com/global/eng/main
- Economy Class
- ¥2,850–3,000
- Phone
- +82 1644 2992
- Website
- bustago.or.kr
Bus from Dongdaegu Terminal to Gimhae Int'l Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–1,600
- Website
- https://www.bustago.or.kr/newweb/en/index.do
- Road
- ¥1,100–1,600
- Phone
- +82 1644 9030
- Website
- kobus.co.kr
Bus from Seoul Express Bus Terminal to Busan Central Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–4,700
- Schedules at
- kobus.co.kr
- Book at
- kobus.co.kr
- Excellent
- ¥4,200–4,700
- Economy
- ¥2,800–3,500
- Phone
- 050-3616-2150
- Website
- nishitetsu.jp
Bus from Tenjin Expressway Bus Terminal to Kita Kyushu Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–2,000
- Schedules at
- nishitetsu.jp
- Website
- panstarcruise.com
Ferry from Busan port Int'l Passenger Terminal to Hitakatsu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥393–11,860
- Schedules at
- panstarcruise.com
- Weekend/Peak Season
- ¥11,860
- Weekday
- ¥9,703
- Phone
- +82 1599 0255
- Website
- thenina.co.kr
Ferry from Busan port Int'l Passenger Terminal to Hitakatsu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥10,782
- Schedules at
- thenina.co.kr
- Phone
- 092-281-0831
- Website
- kyu-you.co.jp
Car ferry from Hitakatsu to Fukuoka, Hakata
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥5,230
- Schedules at
- kyu-you.co.jp
- Second Class
- ¥5,230
- Vehicle
- ¥18,000–90,000
- Phone
- 083-224-3000
- Website
- kampuferry.co.jp
Ferry from Busan port Int'l Passenger Terminal to Shimonoseki
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥9,000–12,500
- Schedules at
- kampuferry.co.jp
- Second Class
- ¥9,000
- First Class
- ¥12,500
- Deluxe
- ¥18,000
- Suite
- ¥28,000
- Website
- pukwan.co.kr
Car ferry from Busan Int'l port to Shimonoseki
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥10,243–13,477
- Schedules at
- kampuferry.co.jp
- Suite
- ¥27,061
- Deluxe
- ¥18,867
- First class
- ¥13,477
- Second class
- ¥10,243
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Estimated price
- ¥18,000–22,000
Panda taxi
- Phone
- +81 92-716-2170
- Website
- pandataxi.com
Fukuoka MK
- Phone
- +81 92-713-2229
- Website
- mk-group.co.jp
Fukuoka Kotsu
- Phone
- +81 570-08-1234
- Website
- fukuoka-kotsu.co.jp
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