There are 8 ways to get from Tokyo to Sakurajima by train, car ferry, night bus, car, plane, or bus
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Train, car ferry
best- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Hakata
- Take the train from Hakata to Kagoshima-Chūō
- Take the car ferry from Kagoshima Port to Sakurajima Port
7h 51m¥30,242–41,809Train to Narita International Airport, fly to Kagoshima Airport, bus, car ferry
cheapest- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Station
- Fly from Narita International Airport (NRT) to Kagoshima Airport (KOJ)NRT - KOJ
- Take the bus from Kagoshima Airport to Tenmonkan
- Take the car ferry from Kagoshima Port to Sakurajima Port
5h 47m¥11,720–48,236Night bus, train, car ferry
- Take the night bus from Tokyo Station Yaesu South Exit to Tokuyama-eki
- Take the train from Tokuyama to Kagoshima-Chūō
- Take the car ferry from Kagoshima Port to Sakurajima Port
16h 6m¥22,395–32,000Drive 1,345.6 km
- Drive from Tokyo to Sakurajima1,345.6 km
16h 50m¥22,907–33,087Fly Tokyo International Airport to Kagoshima Airport, bus, car ferry
- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Kagoshima Airport (KOJ)HND - KOJ
- Take the bus from Kagoshima Airport to Tenmonkan
- Take the car ferry from Kagoshima Port to Sakurajima Port
4h 59m¥12,605–40,559Night bus, bus, car ferry
- Take the night bus from Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal to Hakata Bus Terminal
- Take the bus from Hakata Bus Terminal to Kagoshima Honkou
- Take the car ferry from Kagoshima Port to Sakurajima Port
20h 52m¥12,359–32,435Fly Tokyo International Airport to Miyazaki Airport, train, car ferry
- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Miyazaki Airport (KMI)HND - KMI
- Take the train from Minamimiyazaki to Kagoshima
- Take the car ferry from Kagoshima Port to Sakurajima Port
7h 28m¥19,488–50,232Fly Tokyo International Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport, train, car ferry
- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Aso Kumamoto Airport (KMJ)HND - KMJ
- Take the train from Kumamoto to Kagoshima-Chūō
- Take the car ferry from Kagoshima Port to Sakurajima Port
7h 5m¥19,635–51,714
Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Kagoshima Airport (KOJ) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Tokyo to Sakurajima is to train and fly and bus and car ferry which costs ¥11000 - ¥49000 and takes 5h 47m.
The fastest way to get from Tokyo to Sakurajima is to fly and bus and car ferry which takes 4h 59m and costs ¥12000 - ¥41000.
The distance between Tokyo and Sakurajima is 1336 km. The road distance is 1345.6 km.
It takes approximately 7h 51m to get from Tokyo to Sakurajima, including transfers.
Yes, the driving distance between Tokyo to Sakurajima is 1346 km. It takes approximately 16h 50m to drive from Tokyo to Sakurajima.
There are 212+ hotels available in Sakurajima.
What companies run services between Tokyo, Japan and Sakurajima, Kagoshima-ken, Japan?
There is no direct connection from Tokyo to Sakurajima. However, you can take the train to Hakata, take the train to Kagoshima-Chūō, drive to Kagoshima Port, take the car ferry to Sakurajima Port, then drive to Sakurajima. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Tokyo Station Yaesu South Exit to Sakurajima via Tokuyama-eki, Tokuyama, Kagoshima-Chūō, Kagoshima Port, and Sakurajima Port in around 16h 6m.
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- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Kagoshima Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥6,000–41,000
Flights from Narita International Airport to Kagoshima Airport via Osaka Itami
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–65,000
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Miyazaki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–75,000
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Miyazaki Airport via Osaka Itami
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–75,000
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–41,000
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Osaka Itami
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–16,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Kagoshima Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥29,000–80,000
Flights from Narita International Airport to Kagoshima Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥7,500–25,000
Flights from Narita International Airport to Kagoshima Airport via Fukuoka
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥7,500–25,000
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Miyazaki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥28,000–55,000
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥16,000–60,000
- Website
- solaseedair.jp
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Kagoshima Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥10,000–41,000
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Miyazaki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–41,000
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–41,000
- Website
- skymark.co.jp
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Kagoshima Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥11,000–32,000
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to Kagoshima Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥7,500–25,000
- Website
- eastarjet.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to Kagoshima Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–41,000
- Phone
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Tōkyō Station to Hakata
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥23,000–32,000
- 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
- ¥23,000–31,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥26,000–32,000
- Green seat
- ¥33,000–44,000
Train from Hakata to Kagoshima-Chūō
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥6,500–10,000
- 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
- ¥6,500–9,500
- Reserved seat
- ¥8,000–10,000
- Green seat
- ¥10,000–14,000
Train from Tokuyama to Kagoshima-Chūō
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥10,000–15,000
- 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
- ¥10,000–14,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥11,000–15,000
- Green seat
- ¥14,000–20,000
Train from Kumamoto to Kagoshima-Chūō
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥4,900–7,500
- 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
- ¥4,900–6,500
- Reserved seat
- ¥5,500–7,500
- Green seat
- ¥7,000–9,500
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jreast.co.jp
Train from Tōkyō Station to Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Station
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–5,500
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/e/nex/
- Website
- https://www.eki-net.com/en/jreast-train-reservation/Top/Index
- Green Seat (First Class)
- ¥4,300–5,500
- Ordinary Car
- ¥2,700–3,400
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Minamimiyazaki to Kagoshima
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥3,600–5,000
- 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
- ¥4,200–4,800
- Reserved Seat
- ¥3,600–5,000
- Green Seat
- ¥5,000–7,000
- Phone
- 0834-22-7801
- Website
- bochobus.co.jp
Night bus from Tokyo Station Yaesu South Exit to Tokuyama-eki
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–17,000
- Schedules at
- bochobus.co.jp
- Phone
- 099-255-2141
- Website
- nangoku-kotsu.com
Bus from Kagoshima Airport to Tenmonkan
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,300
- Schedules at
- nangoku-kotsu.com
- Phone
- 050-3616-2150
- Website
- nishitetsu.jp
Bus from Kagoshima Airport to Tenmonkan
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥650–900
- Schedules at
- nishitetsu.jp
Night bus from Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal to Hakata Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥9,000–25,000
- Schedules at
- nishitetsu.jp
- Business seat
- ¥9,000–20,000
- Premium seat
- ¥18,000–25,000
Bus from Hakata Bus Terminal to Kagoshima Honkou
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥3,000–7,000
- Schedules at
- nishitetsu.jp
- Phone
- 81992237271
- Website
- city.kagoshima.lg.jp
Car ferry from Kagoshima Port to Sakurajima Port
- Ave. Duration
- 15 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥200
- Schedules at
- city.kagoshima.lg.jp
- Adult
- ¥200
- Child
- ¥100
- Car under 3 meters in length
- ¥1,070
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