There are 5 ways to get from Sydney to Wakayama by plane, train, or car ferry
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Fly to Kansai International Airport
best- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Kansai International Airport (KIX)SYD - KIX
13h¥37,898–113,570Fly to Osaka International Airport, train
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Osaka International Airport (ITM)SYD - ITM
- Take the train from Namba(Nankai) to Wakayamashi
16h 28m¥68,458–244,170Fly to Tokushima Airport, car ferry
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Tokushima Airport (TKS)SYD - TKS
- Take the car ferry from Tokushima to Wakayama Kō
18h 28m¥88,208–249,520Fly to Kobe, train
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Kobe (UKB)SYD - UKB
- Take the train from Shin-Ōsaka Station to Wakayama
17h 35m¥76,318–228,970Fly to Nanki Shirahama, train
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Nanki Shirahama (SHM)SYD - SHM
- Take the train from Shirahama to Wakayama
19h 4m¥80,548–227,470
Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Kansai International Airport (KIX) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sydney to Wakayama is to fly which costs ¥37000 - ¥120000 and takes 13h.
The fastest way to get from Sydney to Wakayama is to fly which takes 13h and costs ¥37000 - ¥120000.
The distance between Sydney and Wakayama is 7832 km.
It takes approximately 13h to get from Sydney to Wakayama, including transfers.
Wakayama is 2h behind Sydney. It is currently 11:59 PM in Sydney and 9:59 PM in Wakayama.
There are 245+ hotels available in Wakayama.
What companies run services between Sydney, NSW, Australia and Wakayama, Japan?
Jetstar, All Nippon Airways, and five other airlines fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Kansai International Airport (KIX) every 4 hours.
Airlines
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Kansai International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–170,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Osaka International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–210,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Tokushima Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–320,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Nanki Shirahama via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–480,000
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Kansai International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥46,000–360,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Osaka International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–210,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Tokushima Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–550,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Kobe via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–470,000
- Website
- skymark.co.jp
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Kobe via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–470,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Kobe via New Chitose
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥90,000–310,000
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Kansai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥40,000–150,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Kansai International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥44,000–160,000
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Kansai International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥43,000–130,000
- Website
- china-airlines.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Kansai International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–200,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Kansai International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥44,000–100,000
- Website
- evaair.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Kobe via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–260,000
Train operators
- Phone
- 050-3090-2608
- Website
- nankai.co.jp
Train from Namba(Nankai) to Wakayamashi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥950–1,100
- Website
- https://www.nankai.co.jp/en_railway
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Shin-Ōsaka Station to Wakayama
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–3,700
- 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
- ¥3,200–3,700
- Reserved Seat
- ¥2,600–3,600
- Green Seat
- ¥3,500–4,700
Train from Shirahama to Wakayama
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥3,200–4,500
- 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
- ¥3,800–4,300
- Reserved Seat
- ¥3,200–4,500
- Green Seat
- ¥4,500–6,000
Ferry operators
- Website
- nankai-ferry.co.jp
Car ferry from Tokushima to Wakayama Kō
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200
- Schedules at
- nankai-ferry.co.jp
- Passenger
- ¥2,200
- Car
- ¥7,500–26,000
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