There are 9 ways to get from Japan to Gangneung by plane, train, car ferry, night bus, ferry, or night train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Fukuoka Airport to Incheon International Airport, train
best- Fly from Fukuoka Airport (FUK) to Incheon International Airport (ICN)plane FUK - ICN
- Take the train from Incheon Int'l Airport T1 to Seoul Stationtrain
- Take the train from Seoul Station to Gangneung Stationtrain
7h 14m₩101,438–353,223Fly Fukuoka Airport to Cheongju International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Fukuoka Airport (FUK) to Cheongju International Airport (CJJ)plane FUK - CJJ
- Take the train from Cheongju Airport Station to Jecheon Stationtrain
- Take the train from Jecheon Station to Seowonju Stationtrain
- Take the train from Seowonju Station to Gangneung Stationtrain
8h 44m₩90,038–293,223Train, car ferry
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Hakata Fukuokatrain
- Take the carferry from Hakata Port International Terminal to Busan port Int'l Passenger Terminalcarferry
- Take the train from Busan Station to Gyeongju Stationtrain
- Take the train from Gyeongju Station to Gangneung Stationtrain
16h 35mNight bus, ferry, train
- Take the nightbus from Tokyo Station Yaesu South Exit to Matsue Sta.nightbus
- Take the ferry from Sakaiminato to Donghaeferry
- Take the train from Donghae Station to Gangneung Stationtrain
30h 37m₩215,876–315,264Fly Fukuoka Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport, train
- Fly from Fukuoka Airport (FUK) to Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS)plane FUK - PUS
- Take the train from Busan Station to Gyeongju Stationtrain
- Take the train from Gyeongju Station to Gangneung Stationtrain
7h 34m₩113,538–427,223Fly Tokyo International Airport to Gimpo International Airport, train
- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Gimpo International Airport (GMP)plane HND - GMP
- Take the train from Seoul Station to Gangneung Stationtrain
8h 2m₩281,664–715,516Fly Fukuoka Airport to Daegu International Airport, train
- Fly from Fukuoka Airport (FUK) to Daegu International Airport (TAE)plane FUK - TAE
- Take the train from Dongdaegu Station to Pohong Stationtrain
- Take the train from Pohong Station to Gangneung Stationtrain
7h 40m₩130,038–429,223Night train, ferry, train
- Take the nighttrain from Tōkyō Station to Yonagonighttrain
- Take the ferry from Sakaiminato to Donghaeferry
- Take the train from Donghae Station to Gangneung Stationtrain
30h 49m₩248,349–296,055Train, ferry
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Yonagotrain
- Take the ferry from Sakaiminato to Donghaeferry
- Take the train from Donghae Station to Gangneung Stationtrain
30h 50m₩246,432–282,561
Fukuoka Airport (FUK) to Incheon International Airport (ICN) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Japan to Gangneung is to fly and train which costs ₩100,000 - ₩360,000 and takes 7h 14m.
The fastest way to get from Japan to Gangneung is to fly and train which takes 7h 14m and costs ₩100,000 - ₩360,000.
The distance between Japan and Gangneung is 846 km.
The best way to get from Japan to Gangneung without a car is to train and car ferry which takes 16h 35m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 14m to get from Japan to Gangneung, including transfers.
There are 256+ hotels available in Gangneung.
What companies run services between Japan and Gangneung, South Korea?
There is no direct connection from Japan to Gangneung. However, you can take the subway to Fukuoka Airport, walk to Fukuoka Airport (FUK) airport, fly to Incheon International Airport (ICN), walk to Incheon Int'l Airport T1, take the train to Seoul Station, then take the train to Gangneung Station. Alternatively, you can take a train from Tōkyō Station to Gangneung Station via Hakata Fukuoka, Hakata Port International Terminal, Busan port Int'l Passenger Terminal, Busan Station, and Gyeongju Station in around 16h 35m.
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩90,000–360,000
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩70,000–270,000
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Gimpo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩240,000–850,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩90,000–290,000
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Gimpo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩270,000–700,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩140,000–290,000
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Gimpo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩270,000–700,000
- Website
- twayair.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩130,000–260,000
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩75,000–290,000
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Daegu International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩90,000–270,000
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Cheongju International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩65,000–230,000
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩90,000–290,000
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Gimpo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩240,000–850,000
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Gimpo International Airport via Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩240,000–550,000
- Website
- eastarjet.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩55,000–230,000
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩65,000–230,000
- Website
- jejuair.net
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩75,000–310,000
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩65,000–240,000
- Website
- en.airbusan.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩120,000–360,000
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩70,000–270,000
- Website
- jinair.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩90,000–260,000
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩95,000–330,000
- Website
- flyairseoul.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩75,000–260,000
- Website
- aerok.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Cheongju International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩270,000–490,000
- Phone
- +82 1599 7788
- Website
- Arex
Train from Incheon Int'l Airport T1 to Seoul Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩4,400–6,000
- Website
- Arex
- Phone
- +82 1599 7777
- Website
- Korail
Train from Seoul Station to Gangneung Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₩25,000–55,000
- Website
- Korail
- Economy
- ₩25,000–34,000
- First Class
- ₩35,000–55,000
Train from Busan Station to Gyeongju Station
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩10,000–19,000
- Website
- Korail
- Economy
- ₩10,000–15,000
- First Class
- ₩13,000–19,000
Train from Gyeongju Station to Gangneung Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₩29,000–60,000
- Website
- Korail
- Economy
- ₩29,000–40,000
- First Class
- ₩41,000–60,000
- Economy Class
- ₩42,013
Train from Donghae Station to Gangneung Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ₩4,800–11,000
- Website
- Korail
- Economy
- ₩7,000–9,500
- First Class
- ₩7,000–11,000
Train from Busan Station to Gyeongju Station
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩10,000–19,000
- Website
- Korail
- Economy
- ₩10,000–15,000
- First Class
- ₩13,000–19,000
Train from Gyeongju Station to Gangneung Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₩29,000–60,000
- Website
- Korail
- Economy
- ₩29,000–40,000
- First Class
- ₩41,000–60,000
- Economy Class
- ₩42,013
Train from Seoul Station to Gangneung Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₩25,000–55,000
- Website
- Korail
- Economy
- ₩25,000–34,000
- First Class
- ₩35,000–55,000
Train from Dongdaegu Station to Pohong Station
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₩9,000–19,000
- Website
- Korail
- Economy
- ₩11,000–15,000
- First Class
- ₩13,000–19,000
Train from Pohong Station to Gangneung Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₩25,000–50,000
- Website
- Korail
- Economy
- ₩25,000–34,000
- First Class
- ₩35,000–50,000
- Economy Class
- ₩35,660
Train from Cheongju Airport Station to Jecheon Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₩12,000–22,000
- Website
- Korail
- Economy
- ₩12,000–17,000
- First Class
- ₩15,000–22,000
Train from Jecheon Station to Seowonju Station
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ₩7,000–11,000
- Website
- Korail
- Economy
- ₩7,000–10,000
- First Class
- ₩7,000–11,000
Train from Seowonju Station to Gangneung Station
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₩14,000–28,000
- Website
- Korail
- Economy
- ₩14,000–20,000
- First Class
- ₩19,000–28,000
Train from Donghae Station to Gangneung Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ₩4,800–11,000
- Website
- Korail
- Economy
- ₩7,000–9,500
- First Class
- ₩7,000–11,000
Train from Donghae Station to Gangneung Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ₩4,800–11,000
- Website
- Korail
- Economy
- ₩7,000–9,500
- First Class
- ₩7,000–11,000
- Phone
- 050-3772-3910
- Website
- JR CENTRAL
Train from Tōkyō Station to Hakata Fukuoka
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- JR CENTRAL
- Schedules at
- JR West Timetable & Route Finder
- Phone
- +82 1800 1472
- Website
- SRT
Train from Busan Station to Gyeongju Station
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₩12,000–37,000
- Website
- SRT
- Standard Class
- ₩12,000–37,000
- First Class
- ₩18,000–30,000
Train from Busan Station to Gyeongju Station
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₩12,000–37,000
- Website
- SRT
- Standard Class
- ₩12,000–37,000
- First Class
- ₩18,000–30,000
Train from Dongdaegu Station to Pohong Station
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₩12,000–37,000
- Website
- SRT
- Standard Class
- ₩12,000–37,000
- First Class
- ₩18,000–30,000
- Phone
- +82 1599 7777
- Website
- Korail
Train from Dongdaegu Station to Pohong Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₩5,400–5,700
- Website
- Korail
- Economy Class
- ₩5,400–5,700
Train from Cheongju Airport Station to Jecheon Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ₩6,300–6,500
- Website
- Korail
- Economy Class
- ₩6,300–6,500
Train from Jecheon Station to Seowonju Station
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₩3,000–3,300
- Website
- Korail
- Economy Class
- ₩3,000–3,300
- Phone
- 0570-00-2486
- Website
- jr-odekake.net
Night train from Tōkyō Station to Yonago
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 38m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₩100,000–150,000
- Schedules at
- jorudan.co.jp
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- JR EAST
Train from Tōkyō Station to Yonago
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₩100,000–140,000
- Website
- JR EAST
- Phone
- 0570-010-666
- Website
- chugoku-jrbus.co.jp
Night bus from Tokyo Station Yaesu South Exit to Matsue Sta.
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₩49,000–140,000
- Schedules at
- chugoku-jrbus.co.jp.e.aec.hp.transer.com
- 4 seats in a row
- ₩49,000–130,000
- 3 seats in a row
- ₩55,000–140,000
- Phone
- 092-262-2323
- Website
- camellia-line.co.jp
Car ferry from Hakata Port International Terminal to Busan port Int'l Passenger Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₩95,144–127,411
- Schedules at
- camellia-line.co.jp
- Suite
- ₩212,351
- 1st Class
- ₩127,411
- 2nd Class Berth
- ₩114,670
- 2nd Class
- ₩101,929
- Phone
- +82 33 521 0661
- [email protected]
- Website
- dwship.co.kr
Ferry from Sakaiminato to Donghae
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₩136,892
- Schedules at
- dwship.co.kr
- Royal Suite
- ₩1,223,972
- First Class
- ₩210,706
- Second Class
- ₩169,102
- Economy Class
- ₩136,892
Ferry from Sakaiminato to Donghae
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₩136,892
- Schedules at
- dwship.co.kr
- Royal Suite
- ₩1,223,972
- First Class
- ₩210,706
- Second Class
- ₩169,102
- Economy Class
- ₩136,892
Ferry from Sakaiminato to Donghae
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₩136,892
- Schedules at
- dwship.co.kr
- Royal Suite
- ₩1,223,972
- First Class
- ₩210,706
- Second Class
- ₩169,102
- Economy Class
- ₩136,892
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