There are 7 ways to get from Shanghai to Osaka by plane, train, or car ferry
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Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kansai International Airport, train
best- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Kansai International Airport (KIX)plane PVG - KIX
- Take the train from Kansai Airport to Shin-Ōsaka Stationtrain
5h 32m¥18,332–46,433Car ferry
- Take the car ferry from Shanghai to Osaka International Ferry Terminalcarferry
47h¥20,000–25,000Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Osaka International Airport
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Osaka International Airport (ITM)plane PVG - ITM
7h 38m¥33,682–101,783Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Osaka International Airport
- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Osaka International Airport (ITM)plane SHA - ITM
7h 46m¥50,545–150,645Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Kobe
- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Kobe (UKB)plane SHA - UKB
8h 14m¥25,905–83,045Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO)plane PVG - NGO
- Take the train from Nagoya Station to Shin-Ōsaka Stationtrain
6h 53m¥23,882–56,533Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kobe
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Kobe (UKB)plane PVG - UKB
8h 26m¥21,042–104,183
Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Kansai International Airport (KIX) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Shanghai to Osaka is to fly and train which costs ¥18000 - ¥47000 and takes 5h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to Osaka is to fly and train which takes 5h 32m and costs ¥18000 - ¥47000.
Yes, there is a direct ferry departing from Shanghai and arriving at Osaka International Ferry Terminal. Services depart once a week. The journey takes approximately 47h.
The distance between Shanghai and Osaka is 1402 km.
The best way to get from Shanghai to Osaka without a car is to car ferry which takes 47h and costs ¥20000 - ¥25000.
It takes approximately 5h 32m to get from Shanghai to Osaka, including transfers.
Osaka is 1h ahead of Shanghai. It is currently 12:53 PM in Shanghai and 1:53 PM in Osaka.
There are 8020+ hotels available in Osaka.
What companies run services between Shanghai, China and Osaka, Japan?
Japan-China International Ferry Co operates a car ferry from Shanghai to Osaka International Ferry Terminal once a week. Tickets cost ¥20,000–25,000 and the journey takes 47h. Alternatively, China Eastern Airlines, Japan Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Osaka International Airport (ITM) every 3 hours.
Airlines
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kansai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥7,500–43,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Osaka International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥11,000–120,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Osaka International Airport via Sendai
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥19,000–44,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Osaka International Airport via New Chitose
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥16,000–55,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Osaka International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥19,000–42,000
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Osaka International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥26,000–100,000
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Kobe via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥34,000–130,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥8,500–33,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kobe via New Chitose
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥18,000–24,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kobe via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥18,000–24,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kobe via Okinawa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥22,000–34,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kansai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥11,000–75,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Osaka International Airport via Fukuoka
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–43,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Osaka International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥32,000–65,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Osaka International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥15,000–55,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Osaka International Airport via New Chitose
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥18,000–60,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Osaka International Airport via Okinawa
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥32,000–65,000
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Osaka International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥18,000–90,000
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Osaka International Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Izumo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥20,000–70,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–80,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kansai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥7,500–75,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥8,500–80,000
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kansai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥7,500–43,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥8,500–43,000
- Website
- ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kansai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥11,000–75,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥17,000–80,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kansai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥15,000–43,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥17,000–33,000
- Website
- skymark.co.jp
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Kobe via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥24,000–140,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kobe via Ibaraki
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥19,000–60,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kobe via Okinawa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥29,000–70,000
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kansai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥15,000–25,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥16,000–42,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kobe via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥24,000–75,000
- Website
- flypeach.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kansai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥15,000–36,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kansai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥15,000–46,000
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥17,000–47,000
- Website
- solaseedair.jp
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kobe via Okinawa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥22,000–34,000
Train operators
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Kansai Airport to Shin-Ōsaka Station
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- 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
- ¥2,800–3,800
- Phone
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Nagoya Station to Shin-Ōsaka Station
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥5,000–7,500
- 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
- ¥5,000–7,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥6,000–7,500
- Green seat
- ¥7,500–11,000
Ferry operators
- Phone
- 06-6536-6541
- Website
- shinganjin.com
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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