There are 8 ways to get from Sydney to Kure by plane, bus, ferry, or train
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Fly to Hiroshima Airport, bus
best- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Hiroshima Airport (HIJ)SYD - HIJ
- Take the bus from Hiroshima Airport to Hiroshima Shinkansen-Guchi
16h 30m¥52,297–78,696Fly to Matsuyama Airport, ferry
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Matsuyama Airport (MYJ)SYD - MYJ
- Take the ferry from Matsuyama to Kure
18h 38m¥74,716–210,675Fly to Iwakuni Kintaikyo Airport, train
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Iwakuni Kintaikyo Airport (IWK)SYD - IWK
- Take the train from Iwakuni to Hiroshima
18h 5mFly to Okayama Airport, train
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Okayama Airport (OKJ)SYD - OKJ
- Take the train from Okayama to Hiroshima
18h 56m¥56,947–170,046Fly to Takamatsu Airport, train
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Takamatsu Airport (TAK)SYD - TAK
- Take the train from Takamatsu(Kagawa) to Okayama
- Take the train from Okayama to Hiroshima
18h 53m¥63,347–193,596Fly to Masuda Airport, train
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Masuda Airport (IWJ)SYD - IWJ
- Take the train from Masuda to Shin-Yamaguchi
- Take the train from Shin-Yamaguchi to Hiroshima
21h 34m¥111,047–395,546Fly to Izumo Airport, train
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Izumo Airport (IZO)SYD - IZO
- Take the train from Shinji to Okayama
- Take the train from Okayama to Hiroshima
20h 34m¥89,247–250,046Fly to Kochi Airport, train
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Kochi Airport (KCZ)SYD - KCZ
- Take the train from Kochi(Kochi) to Okayama
- Take the train from Okayama to Hiroshima
21h 31m¥77,087–226,986
Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Hiroshima Airport (HIJ) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sydney to Kure is to fly and bus which costs ¥50000 - ¥80000 and takes 16h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Sydney to Kure is to fly and bus which takes 16h 30m and costs ¥50000 - ¥80000.
The distance between Sydney and Kure is 7923 km.
It takes approximately 16h 30m to get from Sydney to Kure, including transfers.
Kure is 2h behind Sydney. It is currently 2:37 PM in Sydney and 12:37 PM in Kure.
There are 622+ hotels available in Kure.
What companies run services between Sydney, NSW, Australia and Kure, Japan?
There is no direct connection from Sydney to Kure. However, you can take the train to International Airport Station, walk to Sydney International Airport (SYD) airport, fly to Hiroshima Airport (HIJ), walk to Hiroshima Airport, take the bus to Hiroshima Shinkansen-Guchi, walk to Hiroshima, then take the train to Kure. Alternatively, you can take the train to International Airport Station, walk to Sydney International Airport (SYD) airport, fly to Matsuyama Airport (MYJ), walk to Matsuyama Airport, take the bus to JR Matsuyama Station, walk to Otemachi Sta., take the train to Takahama(Ehime), walk to Matsuyama, then take the ferry to Kure.
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- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Hiroshima Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–480,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Matsuyama Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–440,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Matsuyama Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–230,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Iwakuni Kintaikyo Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–650,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Okayama Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–500,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Takamatsu Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–410,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Masuda Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–650,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Kochi Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–460,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Kochi Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Osaka Itami
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–460,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Hiroshima Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–220,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Matsuyama Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–200,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Okayama Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–230,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Takamatsu Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–190,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Izumo Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–500,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Kochi Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–280,000
- Website
- china-airlines.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Hiroshima Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–250,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Takamatsu Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–210,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Hiroshima Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–160,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Okayama Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–160,000
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Hiroshima Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–200,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Takamatsu Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–180,000
- Website
- evaair.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Matsuyama Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–230,000
- Website
- tigerairtw.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Kochi Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–230,000
- Phone
- 0570-00-2486
- Website
- jr-odekake.net
Train from Iwakuni to Hiroshima
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
Train from Masuda to Shin-Yamaguchi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
- Phone
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Okayama to Hiroshima
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥4,600–7,000
- 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
- ¥4,600–6,500
- Reserved seat
- ¥5,500–7,000
- Green seat
- ¥6,500–9,000
Train from Shin-Yamaguchi to Hiroshima
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- 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
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Takamatsu(Kagawa) to Okayama
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–1,700
- Website
- https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/index.html
- 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/
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Takamatsu(Kagawa) to Okayama
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–3,500
- 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
- ¥3,100–3,500
- Reserved Seat
- ¥2,400–3,400
- Green Seat
- ¥3,200–4,300
Train from Masuda to Shin-Yamaguchi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,000–4,200
- 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
- ¥3,600–4,100
- Reserved Seat
- ¥3,000–4,200
- Green Seat
- ¥4,200–5,500
Train from Shinji to Okayama
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥5,500–8,000
- 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
- ¥6,000–7,000
- Reserved Seat
- ¥5,500–8,000
- Green Seat
- ¥8,000–11,000
Train from Kochi(Kochi) to Okayama
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- 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
- ¥5,500–6,500
- Reserved Seat
- ¥4,900–7,000
- Green Seat
- ¥7,000–10,000
- Phone
- 0570-666-012
- Website
- chugoku-jrbus.co.jp
Bus from Hiroshima Airport to Hiroshima Shinkansen-Guchi
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,450
- Schedules at
- chugoku-jrbus.j-server.com
- Phone
- 082-253-1212
- info@setonaikaikisen.co.jp
- Website
- setonaikaikisen.co.jp
Ferry from Matsuyama to Kure
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥6,719
- Schedules at
- setonaikaikisen.co.jp
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