There are 5 ways to get from Kuala Lumpur to Yakushima (Island) by train, plane, bus, or ferry
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Train to Kuala Lumpur International Airport, fly to Yakushima Airport
best- Take the train from Bandar Tasik Selatan to Klia T2train
- Fly from Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL) to Yakushima Airport (KUM)plane KUL - KUM
17h 51m¥50,267–142,638Train to Kuala Lumpur International Airport, fly to Kagoshima Airport, bus, ferry
cheapest- Take the train from Bandar Tasik Selatan to Klia T2train
- Fly from Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL) to Kagoshima Airport (KOJ)plane KUL - KOJ
- Take the bus from Kagoshima Airport to Kagoshima City Hallbus
- Take the ferry from Kagoshima to Yakushimaferry
18h 52m¥41,767–116,138Fly Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah to Yakushima Airport
- Fly from Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah (SZB) to Yakushima Airport (KUM)plane SZB - KUM
23h 6m¥80,114–190,123Train, bus to Singapore Changi Airport, fly to Yakushima Airport
- Take the train from Bdr Tasek Selatan to Jb Sentraltrain
- Take the bus from Johor Bahru CIQ to Expo Stnbus
- Fly from Singapore Changi Airport (SIN) to Yakushima Airport (KUM)plane SIN - KUM
19h 31m¥56,120–334,762Train to Kuala Lumpur International Airport, fly to Fukuoka Airport, train, ferry
- Take the train from Bandar Tasik Selatan to Klia T2train
- Fly from Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL) to Fukuoka Airport (FUK)plane KUL - FUK
- Take the train from Hakata Fukuoka to Kagoshima Chuotrain
- Take the ferry from Kagoshima to Yakushimaferry
16h 51m¥53,557–75,758
Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL) to Yakushima Airport (KUM) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kuala Lumpur to Yakushima (Island) is to train and fly and ferry which costs ¥50000 - ¥80000 and takes 16h 51m.
The fastest way to get from Kuala Lumpur to Yakushima (Island) is to train and fly and ferry which takes 16h 51m and costs ¥50000 - ¥80000.
The distance between Kuala Lumpur and Yakushima (Island) is 4383 km.
It takes approximately 17h 51m to get from Kuala Lumpur to Yakushima (Island), including transfers.
Yakushima (Island) is 1h ahead of Kuala Lumpur. It is currently 3:21 AM in Kuala Lumpur and 4:21 AM in Yakushima (Island).
There are 87+ hotels available in Yakushima (Island).
What companies run services between Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Yakushima (Island), Japan?
Malindo Airways, Singapore Airlines, and six other airlines fly from Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah (SZB) to Yakushima Airport (KUM) 3 times a day.
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Yakushima Airport via Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–180,000
Flights from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Yakushima Airport via Fukuoka Airport, Kagoshima Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–180,000
Flights from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Yakushima Airport via Singapore Changi Airport, Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–320,000
Flights from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Yakushima Airport via Tan Son Nhat, Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–140,000
Flights from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Yakushima Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan, Kagoshima Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–260,000
Flights from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Yakushima Airport via Osaka Kansai, Kagoshima Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–150,000
Flights from Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah to Yakushima Airport via Hong Kong, Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–190,000
Flights from Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah to Yakushima Airport via Don Muang, Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–190,000
Flights from Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah to Yakushima Airport via Senai, Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–280,000
Flights from Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah to Yakushima Airport via Penang, Taiwan Taoyuan, Kagoshima Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥90,000–370,000
Flights from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Kagoshima Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥41,000–150,000
Flights from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Kagoshima Airport via Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥35,000–120,000
Flights from Singapore Changi Airport to Yakushima Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan, Kagoshima Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–290,000
Flights from Singapore Changi Airport to Yakushima Airport via Fukuoka Airport, Kagoshima Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–330,000
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Yakushima Airport via Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–180,000
Flights from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Yakushima Airport via Singapore Changi Airport, Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–320,000
Flights from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Yakushima Airport via Tan Son Nhat, Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–140,000
Flights from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Yakushima Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan, Kagoshima Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–260,000
Flights from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Yakushima Airport via Osaka Kansai, Kagoshima Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–150,000
Flights from Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah to Yakushima Airport via Singapore Changi Airport, Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–450,000
Flights from Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah to Yakushima Airport via Hong Kong, Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–190,000
Flights from Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah to Yakushima Airport via Don Muang, Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–190,000
Flights from Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah to Yakushima Airport via Senai, Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–280,000
Flights from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Kagoshima Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥49,000–320,000
Flights from Singapore Changi Airport to Yakushima Airport via Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–330,000
Flights from Singapore Changi Airport to Yakushima Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan, Kagoshima Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–290,000
- Website
- china-airlines.com
Flights from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Kagoshima Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥43,000–180,000
Flights from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Kagoshima Airport via Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥35,000–120,000
Flights from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥27,000–90,000
- Website
- flypeach.com
Flights from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Kagoshima Airport via Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥28,000–100,000
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥27,000–95,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥27,000–95,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Kagoshima Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥42,000–130,000
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Kagoshima Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥41,000–120,000
- Website
- malaysiaairlines.com
Flights from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥27,000–90,000
- Website
- philippineairlines.com
Flights from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Manila
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥29,000–110,000
- Phone
- +603 2267 8000
- [email protected]
- Website
- KLIA Ekspres
Train from Bandar Tasik Selatan to Klia T2
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥230–2,600
- Website
- KLIA Ekspres
Train from Bandar Tasik Selatan to Klia T2
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥230–2,600
- Website
- KLIA Ekspres
Train from Bandar Tasik Selatan to Klia T2
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥230–2,600
- Website
- KLIA Ekspres
- Phone
- +603 - 9779 1200
- [email protected]
- Website
- KTMB
Train from Bdr Tasek Selatan to Jb Sentral
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥340–1,800
- Website
- KTMB
- Shuttle
- ¥340–490
- Express
- ¥1,200–1,800
- Phone
- 0570-00-2486
- Website
- JR WEST (West Japan Railway Company)
Train from Hakata Fukuoka to Kagoshima Chuo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥3,700–5,500
- Schedules at
- JR WEST (West Japan Railway Company)
- Phone
- 0570-04-1717
- Website
- JR KYUSHU
Train from Hakata Fukuoka to Kagoshima Chuo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Website
- JR KYUSHU
- Phone
- 099-255-2141
- Website
- nangoku-kotsu.com
Bus from Kagoshima Airport to Kagoshima City Hall
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,300
- Schedules at
- nangoku-kotsu.com
- Phone
- +65 6295 9009
- [email protected]
- Website
- transtar.travel
Bus from Johor Bahru CIQ to Expo Stn
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥600–2,800
- Schedules at
- transtar.travel
- Phone
- 0992260128
- Website
- tykousoku.jp
Ferry from Kagoshima to Yakushima
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,200
- Schedules at
- tykousoku.jp
Ferry from Kagoshima to Yakushima
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,200
- Schedules at
- tykousoku.jp
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