There are 8 ways to get from Shanghai to Kitakyushu by plane, train, car ferry, or bus
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Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Fukuoka Airport, train
best- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Fukuoka Airport (FUK)plane PVG - FUK
- Take the train from Hakata Fukuoka to Kokuratrain
5h 1mFly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kitakyushu Airport
cheapest- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Kitakyushu Airport (KKJ)plane PVG - KKJ
8h 26m¥27,494–66,825Car ferry, train
- Take the car ferry from Shanghai to Kobe Port Terminalcarferry
- Take the train from Shin Kobe to Kokuratrain Nozomi / ...
2d 2hFly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Fukuoka Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Fukuoka Airport (FUK)plane SHA - FUK
- Take the train from Hakata Fukuoka to Kokuratrain
9h 9mFly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Kitakyushu Airport
- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Kitakyushu Airport (KKJ)plane SHA - KKJ
9h 24m¥29,319–170,649Car ferry, train via Osaka
- Take the car ferry from Shanghai to Osaka International Ferry Terminalcarferry
- Take the train from Shin Osaka to Kokuratrain Sakura / ...
2d 2hCar ferry, train via Akashi
- Take the car ferry from Shanghai to Kobe Port Terminalcarferry
- Take the train from Nishi Akashi to Kokuratrain Kodama / ...
2d 4hCar ferry, bus, train
- Take the car ferry from Shanghai to Kobe Port Terminalcarferry
- Take the bus from Sannomiya BT to Okayamabus
- Take the train from Okayama to Kokuratrain
2d 4h
Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Fukuoka Airport (FUK) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Shanghai to Kitakyushu is to fly which costs ¥27000 - ¥70000 and takes 8h 26m.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to Kitakyushu is to fly which takes 8h 26m and costs ¥27000 - ¥70000.
The distance between Shanghai and Kitakyushu is 953 km.
The best way to get from Shanghai to Kitakyushu without a car is to car ferry and train which takes 2 days 2h and costs .
It takes approximately 5h 1m to get from Shanghai to Kitakyushu, including transfers.
Kitakyushu is 1h ahead of Shanghai. It is currently 1:17 PM in Shanghai and 2:17 PM in Kitakyushu.
There are 199+ hotels available in Kitakyushu.
What companies run services between Shanghai, China and Kitakyushu, Japan?
Korean Air, Jin Air, and six other airlines fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Kitakyushu Airport (KKJ) every 4 hours.
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥16,000–55,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kitakyushu Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥37,000–170,000
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥25,000–170,000
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Kitakyushu Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥29,000–180,000
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kitakyushu Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥25,000–230,000
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥33,000–230,000
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Kitakyushu Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥36,000–250,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kitakyushu Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥26,000–85,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kitakyushu Airport via Yantai Penglai, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥22,000–80,000
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥19,000–85,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥16,000–55,000
- Website
- jinair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kitakyushu Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥26,000–65,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kitakyushu Airport via Yantai Penglai, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥22,000–80,000
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥26,000–80,000
- 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
- ¥16,000–40,000
- Website
- starflyer.jp
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kitakyushu Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥25,000–80,000
- Website
- hkexpress.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥28,000–80,000
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Seoul Gimpo, Gimhae
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥25,000–60,000
- Phone
- 0570-00-2486
- Website
- jr-odekake.net
Train from Hakata Fukuoka to Kokura
- Ave. Duration
- 17 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
Train from Shin Kobe to Kokura
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
Train from Shin Osaka to Kokura
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
Train from Okayama to Kokura
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
- Phone
- 050-3772-3910
- Website
- jr-central.co.jp
Train from Hakata Fukuoka to Kokura
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Schedules at
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
Train from Shin Kobe to Kokura
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Schedules at
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
Train from Shin Osaka to Kokura
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Schedules at
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
Train from Nishi Akashi to Kokura
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Schedules at
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
Train from Okayama to Kokura
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Schedules at
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
- Phone
- 0570-04-1717
- Website
- jrkyushu.co.jp
Train from Hakata Fukuoka to Kokura
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
- Phone
- 0570-08-5050
- Website
- ryobi-holdings.jp
Bus from Sannomiya BT to Okayama
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ¥3,050
- Schedules at
- ryobi-holdings.jp
- Phone
- (086)222-6601
- Website
- chutetsu-bus.co.jp
Bus from Sannomiya BT to Okayama
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–3,900
- Schedules at
- chutetsu-bus.co.jp
- 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
Car ferry from Shanghai to Osaka International Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- 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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