There are 6 ways to get from Shanghai to Kagoshima by plane, car ferry, train, night bus, or bus
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Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kagoshima Airport
best- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Kagoshima Airport (KOJ)plane PVG - KOJ
7h 42m¥23,888–57,539Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Miyazaki Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Miyazaki Airport (KMI)plane PVG - KMI
- Take the train from Minamimiyazaki to Kagoshima-Chuotrain
9h 55m¥14,888–45,739Car ferry, train
- Take the car ferry from Shanghai to Kobe Port Terminalcarferry
- Take the train from Shin-Kobe Station to Kagoshima-Chūōtrain Sakura
2d 4h¥37,400–49,460Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Kagoshima Airport
- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Kagoshima Airport (KOJ)plane SHA - KOJ
9h 15m¥20,746–71,396Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Fukuoka Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Fukuoka Airport (FUK)plane PVG - FUK
- Take the train from Hakata to Kagoshima-Chūōtrain
6h 48m¥24,958–54,489Car ferry, night bus, bus
- Take the car ferry from Shanghai to Kobe Port Terminalcarferry
- Take the night bus from Sannomiya Station to Kumamoto Kencho-maenightbus
- Take the bus from Kumamoto Kencho-mae to Kagoshimachuobus
2d 14h¥32,310–41,350
Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Kagoshima Airport (KOJ) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Shanghai to Kagoshima is to fly and train which costs ¥14000 - ¥46000 and takes 9h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to Kagoshima is to fly and train which takes 6h 48m and costs ¥25000 - ¥55000.
The distance between Shanghai and Kagoshima is 924 km.
The best way to get from Shanghai to Kagoshima without a car is to car ferry and train which takes 2 days 4h and costs ¥37000 - ¥50000.
It takes approximately 7h 42m to get from Shanghai to Kagoshima, including transfers.
Kagoshima is 1h ahead of Shanghai. It is currently 4:01 PM in Shanghai and 5:01 PM in Kagoshima.
There are 209+ hotels available in Kagoshima.
What companies run services between Shanghai, China and Kagoshima, Japan?
China Eastern Airlines, Japan Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Kagoshima Airport (KOJ) every 4 hours.
Airlines
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kagoshima Airport via Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–41,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kagoshima Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥17,000–100,000
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Kagoshima Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥20,000–120,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥11,000–38,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Miyazaki Airport via Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥9,000–43,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Miyazaki Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥31,000–110,000
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kagoshima Airport via Chūbu Centrair
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–40,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kagoshima Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥24,000–120,000
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Kagoshima Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥29,000–150,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Miyazaki Airport via Chūbu Centrair
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–41,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Miyazaki Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥24,000–120,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Miyazaki Airport via Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥9,000–37,000
- Website
- flypeach.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kagoshima Airport via Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–55,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥24,000–60,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Miyazaki Airport via Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–55,000
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥16,000–34,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥11,000–38,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥17,000–29,000
- Website
- orc-air.co.jp
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Miyazaki Airport via Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥9,000–37,000
Train operators
- Phone
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Shin-Kobe Station to Kagoshima-Chūō
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥17,000–24,000
- 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
- ¥17,000–24,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥19,000–24,000
- Green seat
- ¥25,000–33,000
Train from Hakata to Kagoshima-Chūō
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- 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
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Minamimiyazaki to Kagoshima-Chuo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥3,700–5,500
- 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
- ¥4,200–4,800
- Reserved Seat
- ¥3,700–5,500
- Green Seat
- ¥5,000–7,000
Bus operators
- Phone
- 0570-001631
- Website
- kintetsu-bus.co.jp
Night bus from Sannomiya Station to Kumamoto Kencho-mae
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥8,000–12,000
- Schedules at
- kintetsu-bus.co.jp
- Phone
- 0570-09-3533
- Website
- sankobus.jp
Bus from Kumamoto Kencho-mae to Kagoshimachuo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥4,100
- Schedules at
- kyushubusbooking.com
Ferry operators
- Phone
- 06-6536-6541
- Website
- shinganjin.com
Car ferry from Shanghai to Kobe Port Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 47h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ¥20,000–25,000
- Schedules at
- shinganjin.com
- 2nd Class B
- ¥20,000
- 1st Class
- ¥25,000
- Special Class
- ¥40,000
- VIP
- ¥100,000
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