There are 7 ways to get from Kyushu to Okayama by train, bus, car, or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from Kumamoto to Okayamatrain Sakura
5h 57m¥7,200–10,300Bus, train
- Take the bus from Aso Station to Mashiki ICbus
- Take the bus from Mashiki IC to Hakata Bus Terminalbus
- Take the train from Hakata Fukuoka to Okayamatrain
6h 32mDrive 483.4 km
- Drive from Kyushu to Okayamacar 483.4 km
6h 37m¥8,304–11,995Train to Aso Kumamoto Airport, fly to Osaka International Airport, train
- Take the train from Aso(Kumamoto) to Higoozutrain
- Fly from Aso Kumamoto Airport (KMJ) to Osaka International Airport (ITM)plane KMJ - ITM
- Take the train from Shin Osaka to Okayamatrain
5h 59mBus, train via Onomichi
- Take the bus from Aso Station to Beppu Station Honmachibus
- Take the train from Beppu to Kokuratrain
- Take the train from Kokura to Shin Onomichitrain
- Take the train from Shin Onomichi to Okayamatrain
10h 23mTrain, bus to Oita Airport, fly to Osaka International Airport
- Take the train from Aso(Kumamoto) to Oitatrain
- Take the bus from Ōita Station to Ōita Airportbus
- Fly from Oita Airport (OIT) to Osaka International Airport (ITM)plane OIT - ITM
- Take the train from Shin Osaka to Okayamatrain
8h 10mTrain to Fukuoka Airport, fly to Tokushima Airport, bus, train
- Take the train from Kumamoto to Hakata Fukuokatrain
- Fly from Fukuoka Airport (FUK) to Tokushima Airport (TKS)plane FUK - TKS
- Take the bus from Matsushige to Takamatsu Stationbus
- Take the train from Takamatsu(Kagawa) to Okayamatrain
8h 56m¥21,870–41,600
Aso Kumamoto Airport (KMJ) to Osaka International Airport (ITM) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kyushu to Okayama is to train which costs ¥7000 - ¥11000 and takes 5h 57m.
The fastest way to get from Kyushu to Okayama is to train which takes 5h 57m and costs ¥7000 - ¥11000.
No, there is no direct train from Kyushu to Okayama. However, there are services departing from Aso(Kumamoto) and arriving at Okayama via Higoozu and Kumamoto. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 5h 57m.
The distance between Kyushu and Okayama is 543 km. The road distance is 483.4 km.
The best way to get from Kyushu to Okayama without a car is to train which takes 5h 57m and costs ¥7000 - ¥11000.
It takes approximately 5h 57m to get from Kyushu to Okayama, including transfers.
Kyushu to Okayama train services, operated by JR WEST (West Japan Railway Company), depart from Kumamoto station.
Kyushu to Okayama train services, operated by JR WEST (West Japan Railway Company), arrive at Okayama station.
Yes, the driving distance between Kyushu to Okayama is 483 km. It takes approximately 6h 37m to drive from Kyushu to Okayama.
There are 425+ hotels available in Okayama.
What companies run services between Kyushu, Japan and Okayama, Japan?
JR WEST (West Japan Railway Company) operates a train from Kumamoto to Okayama every 3 hours. Tickets cost ¥7,000–10,000 and the journey takes 2h 34m.
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Aso Kumamoto Airport to Osaka International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–230,000
Flights from Oita Airport to Osaka International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥39,000–170,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Aso Kumamoto Airport to Osaka International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–45,000
Flights from Oita Airport to Osaka International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–25,000
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Tokushima Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥15,000–33,000
- Website
- amx.co.jp
Flights from Aso Kumamoto Airport to Osaka International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥22,000–45,000
- Phone
- 0570-00-2486
- Website
- westjr.co.jp
Train from Kumamoto to Okayama
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥7,000–10,000
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
Train from Hakata Fukuoka to Okayama
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥5,500–8,000
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
Train from Shin Osaka to Okayama
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–3,300
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
Train from Kokura to Shin Onomichi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥3,800–5,500
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
Train from Shin Onomichi to Okayama
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–1,600
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
Train from Shin Osaka to Okayama
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–3,300
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
Train from Kumamoto to Hakata Fukuoka
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥1,400–2,100
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
- Phone
- 050-3772-3910
- Website
- jr-central.co.jp
Train from Hakata Fukuoka to Okayama
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Schedules at
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
Train from Shin Osaka to Okayama
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Schedules at
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
Train from Kokura to Shin Onomichi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Schedules at
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
Train from Shin Onomichi to Okayama
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Schedules at
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
Train from Shin Osaka to Okayama
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Schedules at
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
- Phone
- 0570-04-1717
- Website
- jrkyushu.co.jp
Train from Aso(Kumamoto) to Higoozu
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
Train from Beppu to Kokura
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
Train from Aso(Kumamoto) to Oita
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
Train from Kumamoto to Hakata Fukuoka
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Takamatsu(Kagawa) to Okayama
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–1,700
- Website
- https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/index.html
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Website
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
- Phone
- 0570-00-4592
- Website
- jr-shikoku.co.jp
Train from Takamatsu(Kagawa) to Okayama
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- jr-shikoku.co.jp
- Phone
- 0570-09-3533
- Website
- sankobus.jp
Bus from Aso Station to Mashiki IC
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Schedules at
- sankobus.jp
Bus from Aso Station to Beppu Station Honmachi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥5,000
- Schedules at
- sankobus.jp
- Phone
- 050-3616-2150
- Website
- nishitetsu.jp
Bus from Mashiki IC to Hakata Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–3,600
- Schedules at
- nishitetsu.jp
- Phone
- 097-534-7455
- Website
- oitakotsu.co.jp
Bus from Ōita Station to Ōita Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,550
- Schedules at
- oitakotsu.co.jp
- Website
- tokubus.co.jp
Bus from Matsushige to Takamatsu Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥2,150
- Schedules at
- tokubus.co.jp
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