There are 8 ways to get from Cardiff to Kumamoto by train or plane
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Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Aso Kumamoto Airport
best- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Aso Kumamoto Airport (KMJ)plane LHR - KMJ
21h 10m¥80,075–249,661Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Aso Kumamoto Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Aso Kumamoto Airport (KMJ)plane BRS - KMJ
24h 56m¥58,182–206,591Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Fukuoka Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Fukuoka Airport (FUK)plane LGW - FUK
- Take the train from Hakata Fukuoka to Kumamototrain
21h 38m¥90,758–287,938Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Fukuoka Airport, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Fukuoka Airport (FUK)plane LHR - FUK
- Take the train from Hakata Fukuoka to Kumamototrain
21h¥81,705–242,021Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Kagoshima Airport, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Kagoshima Airport (KOJ)plane LHR - KOJ
- Take the train from Kagoshima Chuo to Kumamototrain
21h 29m¥88,025–284,261Fly Cardiff Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Aso Kumamoto Airport (KMJ)plane CWL - KMJ
29h 17m¥71,210–231,544Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Kitakyushu Airport, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Kitakyushu Airport (KKJ)plane LHR - KKJ
- Take the train from Kokura to Kumamototrain
21h 47m¥92,495–293,411Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Saga Airport, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Saga Airport (HSG)plane LHR - HSG
- Take the train from Shin Tosu to Kumamototrain
24h 24m¥81,415–231,751
London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Aso Kumamoto Airport (KMJ) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Kumamoto is to train and fly which costs ¥55000 - ¥210000 and takes 24h 56m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Kumamoto is to train and fly which takes 21h and costs ¥80000 - ¥250000.
The distance between Cardiff and Kumamoto is 9791 km.
It takes approximately 21h 10m to get from Cardiff to Kumamoto, including transfers.
Kumamoto is 9h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 9:16 AM in Cardiff and 6:16 PM in Kumamoto.
There are 531+ hotels available in Kumamoto.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Kumamoto, Japan?
KLM, T'way Air, and six other airlines fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Aso Kumamoto Airport (KMJ) twice daily.
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥100,000–260,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–250,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kagoshima Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥110,000–280,000
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–300,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Munich, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–220,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kitakyushu Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥120,000–310,000
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–600,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–550,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kagoshima Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–650,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kitakyushu Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥95,000–700,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Saga Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–550,000
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–220,000
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Dublin, Beijing Capital, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–230,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Budapest, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–200,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Frankfurt, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–190,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Prague, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–190,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Munich, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–220,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–220,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kagoshima Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–250,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Budapest, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–200,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Prague, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–190,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Munich, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–220,000
- Website
- china-airlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–250,000
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–300,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–140,000
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥47,000–150,000
- Website
- twayair.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 55m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–270,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 50m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–200,000
- Website
- jejuair.net
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kagoshima Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–250,000
- Website
- starlux-airlines.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥95,000–280,000
- Website
- jinair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kitakyushu Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–260,000
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- [email protected]
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–23,000
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥9,500–18,000
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥4,500–8,500
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–23,000
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–23,000
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥3,300–6,000
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–23,000
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–23,000
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
- Phone
- 0570-00-2486
- Website
- JR WEST (West Japan Railway Company)
Train from Hakata Fukuoka to Kumamoto
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥1,400–2,100
- Schedules at
- JR WEST (West Japan Railway Company)
Train from Hakata Fukuoka to Kumamoto
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥1,400–2,100
- Schedules at
- JR WEST (West Japan Railway Company)
Train from Kagoshima Chuo to Kumamoto
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–3,300
- Schedules at
- JR WEST (West Japan Railway Company)
Train from Kokura to Kumamoto
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–3,200
- Schedules at
- JR WEST (West Japan Railway Company)
Train from Shin Tosu to Kumamoto
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–1,600
- Schedules at
- JR WEST (West Japan Railway Company)
- Phone
- 0570-04-1717
- Website
- JR KYUSHU
Train from Hakata Fukuoka to Kumamoto
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Website
- JR KYUSHU
Train from Hakata Fukuoka to Kumamoto
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Website
- JR KYUSHU
Train from Kagoshima Chuo to Kumamoto
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Website
- JR KYUSHU
Train from Shin Tosu to Kumamoto
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Website
- JR KYUSHU
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–4,300
- Website
- Transport for Wales
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ¥3,500–5,500
- Website
- Cross Country
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