There are 7 ways to get from Busan to Niigata by plane, taxi, ferry, train, bus, car ferry, car or night bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Recommended option
Fly from Gimhae • 7h 11m
Cheapest option
Car ferry, train, night bus • 30h 47m
5 alternative options
Taxi to Daegu, fly • 6h 11m
Ferry to Fukuoka, fly • 7h 9m
Ferry, train • 11h 56m
Ferry, bus • 27h 23m
Car ferry, drive • 25h 35m
Gimhae (PUS) to Niigata (KIJ) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Busan to Niigata is to car ferry and drive which costs ₩200,000 - ₩320,000 and takes 25h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Busan to Niigata is to taxi and fly which takes 6h 11m and costs ₩390,000 - ₩800,000.
The distance between Busan and Niigata is 991 km.
The best way to get from Busan to Niigata without a car is to ferry and train which takes 11h 56m and costs ₩330,000 - ₩450,000.
It takes approximately 7h 11m to get from Busan to Niigata, including transfers.
There are 64+ hotels available in Niigata. Prices start at ¥3100 per night.
- Distance: 991.4 km
- Duration: 7h 11m
What companies run services between Busan, South Korea and Niigata, Japan?
Korean Air, Fuji Dream and eight other airlines fly from Busan to Niigata every 2 hours.
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Gimhae to Niigata via Fukuoka
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60000 - ¥140000
Flights from Gimhae to Niigata via New Chitose
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥26000 - ¥80000
Flights from Fukuoka to Niigata
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥23000 - ¥65000
Flights from Fukuoka to Niigata via Osaka Itami
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥23000 - ¥65000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Gimhae to Niigata via Fukuoka
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥36000 - ¥90000
Flights from Fukuoka to Niigata
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥22000 - ¥60000
Flights from Fukuoka to Niigata via Nagoya Airfield
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥22000 - ¥60000
Flights from Fukuoka to Niigata via Osaka Itami
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥31000 - ¥110000
- Website
- ibexair.co.jp
Flights from Gimhae to Niigata via Fukuoka
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60000 - ¥140000
Flights from Fukuoka to Niigata
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥23000 - ¥65000
- Website
- fujidream.co.jp
Flights from Gimhae to Niigata via Fukuoka
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥36000 - ¥90000
Flights from Fukuoka to Niigata
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥22000 - ¥60000
Flights from Fukuoka to Niigata via Nagoya Airfield
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥22000 - ¥60000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Gimhae to Niigata via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥45000 - ¥120000
Flights from Daegu to Niigata via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥55000 - ¥150000
- Website
- flypeach.com
Flights from Gimhae to Niigata via Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥21000 - ¥55000
Flights from Daegu to Niigata via Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥26000 - ¥65000
- Phone
- 050-2016-1603
Train from Hakata to Tōkyō Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥23000 - ¥32000
- Schedules at
- https://japantravel.navitime.com/en/area/jp/route/
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/
- Website
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Website
- https://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
- Website
- https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/
- Unreserved seat
- ¥23000 - ¥31000
- Reserved seat
- ¥26000 - ¥32000
- Green seat
- ¥33000 - ¥44000
Train from Tōkyō Station to Niigata
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥7500 - ¥11000
- Schedules at
- https://japantravel.navitime.com/en/area/jp/route/
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/
- Website
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Website
- https://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
- Website
- https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/
- Unreserved seat
- ¥7500 - ¥11000
- Reserved seat
- ¥9000 - ¥11000
- Green seat
- ¥11000 - ¥15000
- Phone
- 050-3536-3957
- Website
- kintetsu.co.jp
Train from Osaka-Namba to Kintetsu-Nagoya
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥2500 - ¥2800
- Website
- https://www.kintetsu.co.jp/foreign/english/index.html
- Phone
- (050) 5805-0383
- Website
- willerexpress.com
Bus from Osaka WBT Umeda to Nagoya Station Noritake
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥1400 - ¥3700
- Schedules at
- willerexpress.com
- Relax
- ¥1400 - ¥3600
- Standard
- ¥2500 - ¥3600
- Phone
- 076-234-0123
- Website
- hokutetsu.co.jp
Bus from Nagoya Station Shinkansen Exit to Kanazawa Station East Gate BT
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥3600 - ¥5500
- Schedules at
- hokutetsu.co.jp
Bus from Kanazawa to Toppara
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ¥4500 - ¥6500
- Schedules at
- hokutetsu.co.jp
- Phone
- 052-582-5151
- Website
- meitetsu-bus.co.jp
Night bus from Meitetsu Bus Center to Niigata Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ¥5000 - ¥10000
- Schedules at
- meitetsu-bus.co.jp
- Phone
- 051 469 0778
- Website
- jrbeetle.com
Ferry from Busan Port International Terminal to Hakata Port International Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- ¥5000 - ¥5100
- Schedules at
- jrbeetle.com
- Website
- panstar.jp
Car ferry from Busan to Osaka International Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- ¥13000 - ¥21000
- Schedules at
- panstar.jp
- Standard A
- ¥13000
- Standard B
- ¥15000
- Family Room
- ¥19500
- Junior room
- ¥20800
- Deluxe Suite
- ¥23000
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Estimated price
- ¥13000 - ¥16000
Kakao Taxi
- Website
- kakaocorp.com
Deungdae Call
- Phone
- +82 51 600 1000
- Website
- ddcall.co.kr
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