There are 6 ways to get from Glasgow to Osaka by bus, plane, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Kansai International Airport, train
best- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Terminalbus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Kansai International Airport (KIX)plane EDI - KIX
- Take the train from Kansai Airport to Shin-Ōsaka Stationtrain
20h 57m¥97,624–133,402Fly Glasgow Airport to Osaka International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Osaka International Airport (ITM)plane GLA - ITM
20h 57m¥51,184–191,508Fly Glasgow Airport to Kansai International Airport, train
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Kansai International Airport (KIX)plane GLA - KIX
- Take the train from Kansai Airport to Shin-Ōsaka Stationtrain
19h 13m¥51,834–182,258Bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Osaka International Airport
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Terminalbus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Osaka International Airport (ITM)plane EDI - ITM
21h 56m¥51,974–162,652Bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Kobe
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Terminalbus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Kobe (UKB)plane EDI - UKB
22h 24m¥57,394–163,262Fly Glasgow Airport to Kobe
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Kobe (UKB)plane GLA - UKB
21h¥71,604–222,118
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Kansai International Airport (KIX) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Glasgow to Osaka is to bus and fly which costs ¥55000 - ¥170000 and takes 22h 24m.
The fastest way to get from Glasgow to Osaka is to fly and train which takes 19h 13m and costs ¥50000 - ¥190000.
The distance between Glasgow and Osaka is 9350 km.
It takes approximately 20h 57m to get from Glasgow to Osaka, including transfers.
Osaka is 8h ahead of Glasgow. It is currently 5:34 AM in Glasgow and 1:34 PM in Osaka.
There are 9533+ hotels available in Osaka.
What companies run services between Glasgow, Scotland and Osaka, Japan?
British Airways, Japan Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Osaka International Airport (ITM) 3 times a day.
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kobe via Frankfurt, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–240,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kobe via Prague, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–240,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kobe via Copenhagen, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–160,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kobe via London Heathrow, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–240,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kobe via Prague, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–240,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kobe via Amsterdam Schiphol, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–220,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kobe via Frankfurt, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–240,000
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kansai International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 58m
- When
- Friday, Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥47,000–150,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Osaka International Airport via London Heathrow, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–190,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Osaka International Airport via London Heathrow, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 47m
- When
- Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–200,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kansai International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 58m
- When
- Friday, Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥47,000–150,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Osaka International Airport via London Heathrow, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–200,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Osaka International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–210,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Osaka International Airport via London Heathrow, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 22m
- When
- Sunday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–210,000
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kansai International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥48,000–150,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Osaka International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–390,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Osaka International Airport via Frankfurt, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–380,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Osaka International Airport via Munich, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–410,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Osaka International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–410,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Osaka International Airport via Beijing Capital, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–160,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kobe via Beijing Capital, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 45m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–210,000
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kansai International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 58m
- When
- Friday, Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥47,000–150,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kansai International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–180,000
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kansai International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–180,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Osaka International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–200,000
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kobe via Frankfurt, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–290,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kobe via Munich, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–280,000
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kansai International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥48,000–150,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kansai International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥48,000–150,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Osaka International Airport via Frankfurt, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–400,000
- Website
- jinair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kobe via Beijing Capital, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–200,000
- Website
- skymark.co.jp
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kobe via Beijing Capital, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–210,000
- Website
- twayair.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kobe via London Heathrow, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–240,000
- Phone
- 0570-00-2486
- Website
- jr-odekake.net
Train from Kansai Airport to Shin-Ōsaka Station
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–1,300
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
Train from Kansai Airport to Shin-Ōsaka Station
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–1,300
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- [email protected]
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–3,100
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
- Single
- ¥1,600–3,100
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–3,100
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
- Single
- ¥1,600–3,100
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–3,100
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
- Single
- ¥1,600–3,100
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- [email protected]
- Website
- Ember
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–2,100
- Website
- Ember
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–2,100
- Website
- Ember
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–2,100
- Website
- Ember
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