There are 8 ways to get from Shirahama to Sendai by train, bus, night bus, car, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train
best- Take the train from Shirahama to Shin-Ōsaka Station
- Take the train from Shin-Ōsaka Station to Tōkyō Station
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Sendai
8h 5m¥25,310–36,493Bus, night bus via Osaka
cheapest- Take the bus from Shirahama-sanbashi to Osaka
- Take the night bus from Osaka-Umeda to Sendai Station East ExitJx362
16h 40m¥8,500–18,047Bus, night bus
- Take the bus from Shirahama-sanbashi to JR Namba
- Take the night bus from Kintetsu Namba to Sendai StationForest
16h 31m¥12,500–19,882Drive 920.8 km
- Drive from Shirahama to Sendai920.8 km
12h 6m¥15,801–22,823Fly Nanki Shirahama to Yamagata Airport, bus
- Fly from Nanki Shirahama (SHM) to Yamagata Airport (GAJ)SHM - GAJ
- Take the bus from Yamagata Kencho-mae to Hirose dori Ichiban-cho
8h 39m¥44,329–97,690Train to Osaka International Airport, fly to Sendai Airport
- Take the train from Shirahama to Tennōji
- Fly from Osaka International Airport (ITM) to Sendai Airport (SDJ)ITM - SDJ
7h 13m¥22,167–55,502Train to Kobe, fly to Sendai Airport
- Take the train from Shirahama to Ōsaka
- Fly from Kobe (UKB) to Sendai Airport (SDJ)UKB - SDJ
7h 34m¥25,427–49,052Train to Osaka International Airport, fly to Yamagata Airport, bus
- Take the train from Shirahama to Tennōji
- Fly from Osaka International Airport (ITM) to Yamagata Airport (GAJ)ITM - GAJ
- Take the bus from Yamagata Kencho-mae to Hirose dori Ichiban-cho
9h 7m¥50,497–58,882
Nanki Shirahama (SHM) to Yamagata Airport (GAJ) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Shirahama to Sendai is to bus and night bus via Osaka which costs ¥8500 - ¥18000 and takes 16h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Shirahama to Sendai is to train and fly which takes 7h 13m and costs ¥22000 - ¥60000.
No, there is no direct bus from Shirahama to Sendai station. However, there are services departing from Shirahama-sanbashi and arriving at Sendai Station via Kintetsu Namba. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 31m.
The distance between Shirahama and Sendai is 1022 km. The road distance is 920.8 km.
The best way to get from Shirahama to Sendai without a car is to train which takes 8h 5m and costs ¥25000 - ¥37000.
It takes approximately 8h 5m to get from Shirahama to Sendai, including transfers.
Shirahama to Sendai bus services, operated by Meiko Bus, depart from Shirahama-sanbashi station.
Shirahama to Sendai bus services, operated by Meiko Bus, arrive at JR Namba station.
Yes, the driving distance between Shirahama to Sendai is 921 km. It takes approximately 12h 6m to drive from Shirahama to Sendai.
There are 276+ hotels available in Sendai.
What companies run services between Shirahama, Wakayama, Japan and Sendai, Japan?
You can take a bus from Sokkosho-mae to Sendai via Shirahama Sta., Shirahama, Shin-Ōsaka Station, and Tōkyō Station in around 8h 5m.
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- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Nanki Shirahama to Yamagata Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥42,000–95,000
Flights from Nanki Shirahama to Yamagata Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Osaka International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–130,000
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Sendai Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥43,000–50,000
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Yamagata Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥43,000–49,000
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Sendai Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–60,000
- Website
- ibexair.co.jp
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Sendai Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–60,000
- Website
- skymark.co.jp
Flights from Kobe to Sendai Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥18,000–33,000
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Shirahama to Shin-Ōsaka Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥4,900–7,000
- 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
- ¥5,000–6,500
- Reserved Seat
- ¥4,900–7,000
- Green Seat
- ¥7,000–10,000
Train from Tōkyō Station to Sendai
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥8,000–12,000
- 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
- ¥8,500–10,000
- Reserved Seat
- ¥8,000–12,000
- Green Seat
- ¥12,000–17,000
Train from Shirahama to Tennōji
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥4,600–6,500
- 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
- ¥5,000–6,000
- Reserved Seat
- ¥4,600–6,500
- Green Seat
- ¥6,500–9,000
Train from Shirahama to Ōsaka
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- 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
- ¥5,000–6,000
- Reserved Seat
- ¥4,800–7,000
- Green Seat
- ¥7,000–9,500
- Phone
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Shin-Ōsaka Station to Tōkyō Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–17,000
- 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
- ¥12,000–17,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥13,000–17,000
- Green seat
- ¥17,000–23,000
Train from Tōkyō Station to Sendai
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥8,000–12,000
- 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
- ¥8,000–11,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥9,500–12,000
- Green seat
- ¥12,000–16,000
- Website
- meikobus.jp
Bus from Shirahama-sanbashi to JR Namba
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥3,000–4,900
- Schedules at
- meikobus.jp
Bus from Shirahama-sanbashi to Osaka
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥3,000–5,500
- Schedules at
- meikobus.jp
- Phone
- 0570-001631
- Website
- kintetsu-bus.co.jp
Night bus from Kintetsu Namba to Sendai Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥9,500–15,000
- Schedules at
- kintetsu-bus.co.jp
- Website
- yamakobus.co.jp
Bus from Yamagata Kencho-mae to Hirose dori Ichiban-cho
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥850–1,100
- Schedules at
- yamakobus.jp
- Phone
- 050-3802-1544
- Website
- jamjamliner.jp
Night bus from Osaka-Umeda to Sendai Station East Exit
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- ¥5,500–13,000
- Schedules at
- jamjamliner.jp
- 4 seats per row spacious
- ¥5,500–13,000
- 3 seats per row
- ¥7,500–12,000
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