There are 6 ways to get from Fukuoka to Amami by plane, train, ferry, bus, car, or car ferry
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Fly
best- Fly from Fukuoka Airport (FUK) to Amami Airport (ASJ)plane FUK - ASJ
1h 36m¥21,744–50,263Bus, ferry
cheapest- Take the bus from Hakata Bus Terminal to Kagoshima Honkoubus Sakurajima
- Take the ferry from 鹿児島新港 新港待合所 to 名瀬港 船客待合所ferry フェリーあけぼの / ...
17h 15m¥12,000–28,000Train, ferry
- Take the train from Hakata Fukuoka to Kagoshima Chuotrain Sakura / ...
- Take the ferry from 鹿児島新港 新港待合所 to 名瀬港 船客待合所ferry フェリーあけぼの / ...
14h 19m¥12,786–26,252Drive, car ferry, ferry
- Drive from Fukuoka to Kamoike Portcar
- Take the car ferry from Kamoike Port to Tarumizu Portcarferry
- Take the car ferry from Sakurajima Port to Kagoshima Portcarferry
- Take the ferry from 鹿児島新港 新港待合所 to 名瀬港 船客待合所ferry
17h 22m¥15,055–29,461Train, car ferry
- Take the train from Hakata Fukuoka to Kagoshima Chuotrain Sakura / ...
- Take the car ferry from Kagoshima to Nazecarferry
18h 47m¥13,956–27,422Bus, car ferry
- Take the bus from Hakata Bus Terminal to Kumamoto Sakuramachi Bus Terminalbus
- Take the bus from Kumamoto Sakuramachi BT to Kagoshima Honkōbus
- Take the car ferry from Kagoshima to Nazecarferry
23h 31m¥16,205–28,961
Fukuoka to Amami by train, bus, foot, and ferry
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Fukuoka to Amami is to train and ferry which costs ¥12000 - ¥27000 and takes 14h 19m.
The fastest way to get from Fukuoka to Amami is to fly which takes 1h 36m and costs ¥21000 - ¥55000.
The distance between Fukuoka and Amami is 608 km.
The best way to get from Fukuoka to Amami without a car is to train and ferry which takes 14h 19m and costs ¥12000 - ¥27000.
It takes approximately 1h 36m to get from Fukuoka to Amami, including transfers.
There are 178+ hotels available in Amami.
What companies run services between Fukuoka, Japan and Amami, Kagoshima-ken, Japan?
Japan Airlines flies from Fukuoka Airport (FUK) to Amami Airport (ASJ) once daily.
Airlines
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Amami Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥15,000–41,000
Train operators
- Phone
- 0570-00-2486
- Website
- westjr.co.jp
Train from Hakata Fukuoka to Kagoshima Chuo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥3,700–5,500
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
Train from Hakata Fukuoka to Kagoshima Chuo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥3,700–5,500
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
- Phone
- 0570-04-1717
- Website
- jrkyushu.co.jp
Train from Hakata Fukuoka to Kagoshima Chuo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
Train from Hakata Fukuoka to Kagoshima Chuo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
Bus operators
- Phone
- 050-3616-2150
- Website
- nishitetsu.jp
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
Bus from Hakata Bus Terminal to Kumamoto Sakuramachi Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 5 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–2,800
- Schedules at
- nishitetsu.jp
- Phone
- 0570-09-3533
- Website
- sankobus.jp
Bus from Kumamoto Sakuramachi BT to Kagoshima Honkō
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥4,200
- Schedules at
- sankobus.jp
Ferry operators
- Phone
- 099-226-4141
- Website
- aline-ferry.com
Ferry from 鹿児島新港 新港待合所 to 名瀬港 船客待合所
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- ¥9,500–16,000
- Website
- http://www.aline-ferry.com
- Second Class
- ¥9,500–10,500
- Second Class Sleeper
- ¥11,000–16,000
- First Class
- ¥19,000–21,000
- Premium
- ¥25,778
- Passenger Car
- ¥41,000–60,000
Ferry from 鹿児島新港 新港待合所 to 名瀬港 船客待合所
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- ¥9,500–16,000
- Website
- http://www.aline-ferry.com
- Second Class
- ¥9,500–10,500
- Second Class Sleeper
- ¥11,000–16,000
- First Class
- ¥19,000–21,000
- Premium
- ¥25,778
- Passenger Car
- ¥41,000–60,000
Ferry from 鹿児島新港 新港待合所 to 名瀬港 船客待合所
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- ¥9,500–16,000
- Website
- http://www.aline-ferry.com
- Second Class
- ¥9,500–10,500
- Second Class Sleeper
- ¥11,000–16,000
- First Class
- ¥19,000–21,000
- Premium
- ¥25,778
- Passenger Car
- ¥41,000–60,000
Car ferry from Kagoshima to Naze
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ¥10,500–22,032
- Schedules at
- aline-ferry.com
- Second Class
- ¥10,500–11,500
- Second Class Sleeper
- ¥12,000–17,000
- First Class
- ¥20,000–22,000
- Premium
- ¥27,821
- Passenger Car
- ¥45,000–65,000
- Second class
- ¥11,016
- First class
- ¥22,032
- Vehicle smaller than 6m
- ¥48,000–75,000
Car ferry from Kagoshima to Naze
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ¥10,500–22,032
- Schedules at
- aline-ferry.com
- Second Class
- ¥10,500–11,500
- Second Class Sleeper
- ¥12,000–17,000
- First Class
- ¥20,000–22,000
- Premium
- ¥27,821
- Passenger Car
- ¥45,000–65,000
- Second class
- ¥11,016
- First class
- ¥22,032
- Vehicle smaller than 6m
- ¥48,000–75,000
- Phone
- 099-225-1551
- Website
- marixline.com
Ferry from 鹿児島新港 新港待合所 to 名瀬港 船客待合所
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- ¥9,000–21,000
- Website
- https://marixline.com/en/
- Second Class Sleeper
- ¥14,000–17,000
- Second Class
- ¥9,000–11,000
- First Class
- ¥19,000–21,000
- Premium
- ¥23,000–26,000
- Passenger car
- ¥42,000–60,000
Ferry from 鹿児島新港 新港待合所 to 名瀬港 船客待合所
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- ¥9,000–21,000
- Website
- https://marixline.com/en/
- Second Class Sleeper
- ¥14,000–17,000
- Second Class
- ¥9,000–11,000
- First Class
- ¥19,000–21,000
- Premium
- ¥23,000–26,000
- Passenger car
- ¥42,000–60,000
Ferry from 鹿児島新港 新港待合所 to 名瀬港 船客待合所
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- ¥9,000–21,000
- Website
- https://marixline.com/en/
- Second Class Sleeper
- ¥14,000–17,000
- Second Class
- ¥9,000–11,000
- First Class
- ¥19,000–21,000
- Premium
- ¥23,000–26,000
- Passenger car
- ¥42,000–60,000
- Phone
- 099-259-2888
- Website
- iwasaki-corp.com
Car ferry from Kamoike Port to Tarumizu Port
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥500
- Schedules at
- iwasaki-corp.com
- Passenger
- ¥500
- Car under 6m
- ¥1,300–2,700
- Phone
- 81992237271
- Website
- city.kagoshima.lg.jp
Car ferry from Sakurajima Port to Kagoshima 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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