There are 7 ways to get from Shanghai to Ube by subway, plane, train, car ferry, or night bus
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Line 2 subway to Shanghai Pudong International Airport, fly to Fukuoka Airport, train
best- Take the subway from West Nanjing Road to Longyang Roadsubway
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Fukuoka Airport (FUK)plane PVG - FUK
- Take the train from Hakata to Shin-Yamaguchitrain
- Take the train from Shin-Yamaguchi to Higashishinkawatrain
6h 50mFly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Yamaguchi Ube Airport
cheapest- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Yamaguchi Ube Airport (UBJ)plane PVG - UBJ
8h 18m¥20,263–76,264Car ferry, train
- Take the car ferry from Shanghai to Kobe Port Terminalcarferry
- Take the train from Shin-Kōbe Station to Shin-Yamaguchitrain Nozomi / ...
2d 3h¥29,900–39,460Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Yamaguchi Ube Airport
- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Yamaguchi Ube Airport (UBJ)plane SHA - UBJ
8h 26m¥22,098–90,098Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kitakyushu Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Kitakyushu Airport (KKJ)plane PVG - KKJ
- Take the train from Kokura to Shin-Yamaguchitrain
10h 29m¥26,683–73,714Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Kitakyushu Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Kitakyushu Airport (KKJ)plane SHA - KKJ
- Take the train from Kokura to Shin-Yamaguchitrain
11h 27m¥32,518–157,548Car ferry, night bus
- Take the car ferry from Shanghai to Kobe Port Terminalcarferry
- Take the night bus from Sannomiya BT to Hōfu-ekinightbus Karst
2d 12h¥29,210–37,250
Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Fukuoka Airport (FUK) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Shanghai to Ube is to car ferry and night bus which costs ¥29000 - ¥38000 and takes 2 days 12h.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to Ube is to fly which takes 8h 18m and costs ¥20000 - ¥80000.
The distance between Shanghai and Ube is 1045 km.
The best way to get from Shanghai to Ube without a car is to car ferry and train which takes 2 days 3h and costs ¥29000 - ¥40000.
It takes approximately 6h 50m to get from Shanghai to Ube, including transfers.
Ube is 1h ahead of Shanghai. It is currently 9:00 PM in Shanghai and 10:00 PM in Ube.
There are 31+ hotels available in Ube.
What companies run services between Shanghai, China and Ube, Japan?
All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines, and China Eastern Airlines fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Yamaguchi Ube Airport (UBJ) 3 times a day.
Airlines
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–55,000
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Yamaguchi Ube Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥22,000–150,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Yamaguchi Ube Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥30,000–130,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Yamaguchi Ube Airport via Fukuoka Airport, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥30,000–130,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Yamaguchi Ube Airport via Hiroshima, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥19,000–75,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kitakyushu Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥34,000–150,000
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Kitakyushu Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥28,000–170,000
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Yamaguchi Ube Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥33,000–200,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Yamaguchi Ube Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥19,000–170,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Yamaguchi Ube Airport via Osaka Kansai, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥29,000–170,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kitakyushu Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥22,000–190,000
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Kitakyushu Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥37,000–220,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kitakyushu Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥21,000–75,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kitakyushu Airport via Yantai Penglai, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥18,000–75,000
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥17,000–37,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–55,000
- Website
- starflyer.jp
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Yamaguchi Ube Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥19,000–75,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kitakyushu Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥22,000–85,000
- Website
- jinair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kitakyushu Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥21,000–65,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kitakyushu Airport via Yantai Penglai, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥18,000–75,000
- 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
- ¥17,000–38,000
Train operators
- Phone
- (86)021-64370000
- Website
- travelchinaguide.com
Subway from West Nanjing Road to Longyang Road
- Ave. Duration
- 19 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥98
- Schedules at
- travelchinaguide.com
- Adult
- ¥98
- Phone
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Hakata to Shin-Yamaguchi
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥4,100–6,500
- 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
- ¥4,100–6,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥5,000–6,500
- Green seat
- ¥6,000–8,500
Train from Shin-Kōbe Station to Shin-Yamaguchi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥9,500–14,000
- 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
- ¥9,500–13,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥11,000–14,000
- Green seat
- ¥14,000–19,000
Train from Kokura to Shin-Yamaguchi
- Ave. Duration
- 16 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥3,000–4,700
- 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
- ¥3,000–4,100
- Reserved seat
- ¥3,800–4,700
- Green seat
- ¥4,600–6,500
- Phone
- 0570-00-2486
- Website
- jr-odekake.net
Train from Shin-Yamaguchi to Higashishinkawa
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
Bus operators
- Phone
- 0570-001631
- Website
- kintetsu-bus.co.jp
Night bus from Sannomiya BT to Hōfu-eki
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥9,000–12,000
- Schedules at
- kintetsu-bus.co.jp
- Adult
- ¥9,000–12,000
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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