There are 8 ways to get from London to Yakushima by plane, unknown, ferry, bus, or train
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Fly London Heathrow Airport to Yakushima Airport, travel
best- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Yakushima Airport (KUM)plane LHR - KUM
- Walk from Yakushima Airport (KUM) to Yakushimaunknown
20h 9mFly London Heathrow Airport to Tanegashima, ferry, travel
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Tanegashima (TNE)plane LHR - TNE
- Take the ferry from Tanegashima to Yakushimaferry
- Walk from Yakushima to Yakushimaunknown
22h 52mFly London Heathrow Airport to Kagoshima Airport, bus, ferry, travel
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Kagoshima Airport (KOJ)plane LHR - KOJ
- Take the bus from Kagoshima Airport to Kagoshima City Hallbus
- Take the ferry from Kagoshima to Yakushimaferry
- Walk from Yakushima to Yakushimaunknown
24h 16mTrain to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Yakushima Airport, travel
- Take the train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Yakushima Airport (KUM)plane LGW - KUM
- Walk from Yakushima Airport (KUM) to Yakushimaunknown
22h 17mFly London City Airport to Yakushima Airport, travel
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Yakushima Airport (KUM)plane LCY - KUM
- Walk from Yakushima Airport (KUM) to Yakushimaunknown
25h 32mTrain to Luton Airport, fly to Yakushima Airport, travel
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Yakushima Airport (KUM)plane LTN - KUM
- Walk from Yakushima Airport (KUM) to Yakushimaunknown
26h 21mTrain to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Fukuoka Airport, train, ferry, travel
- Take the train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Fukuoka Airport (FUK)plane LGW - FUK
- Take the train from Hakata Fukuoka to Kagoshima Chuotrain
- Take the ferry from Kagoshima to Yakushimaferry
- Walk from Yakushima to Yakushimaunknown
24h 38mFly London Heathrow Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport, train, ferry, travel
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Aso Kumamoto Airport (KMJ)plane LHR - KMJ
- Take the train from Shin Yatsushiro to Kagoshima Chuotrain
- Take the ferry from Kagoshima to Yakushimaferry
- Walk from Yakushima to Yakushimaunknown
25h 6m
London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Yakushima Airport (KUM) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The distance between London and Yakushima is 9777 km.
It takes approximately 20h 9m to get from London to Yakushima, including transfers.
There are 91+ hotels available in Yakushima.
What companies run services between London, England and Yakushima, Japan?
There is no direct connection from London to Yakushima. However, you can take the train to Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3, walk to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) airport, fly to Yakushima Airport (KUM), then travel to Yakushima. Alternatively, you can take the train to Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3, walk to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) airport, fly to Tanegashima (TNE), drive to Tanegashima, take the ferry to Yakushima, then travel to Yakushima.
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Yakushima Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Kagoshima Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥120,000–450,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Yakushima Airport via Incheon, Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥110,000–420,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Yakushima Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥120,000–420,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Tanegashima via Tokyo Haneda, Kagoshima Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥140,000–550,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kagoshima Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–270,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Yakushima Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–270,000
Flights from London City Airport to Yakushima Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Incheon, Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥150,000–480,000
Flights from London City Airport to Yakushima Airport via Zurich, Incheon, Kagoshima Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 31m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥150,000–550,000
Flights from London City Airport to Yakushima Airport via Frankfurt, Incheon, Kagoshima Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥160,000–600,000
Flights from London City Airport to Yakushima Airport via Dublin, Shanghai Pudong, Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥140,000–370,000
Flights from Luton Airport to Yakushima Airport via Budapest, Incheon, Kagoshima Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥100,000–340,000
Flights from Luton Airport to Yakushima Airport via Prague, Incheon, Kagoshima Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥100,000–330,000
Flights from Luton Airport to Yakushima Airport via Zurich, Incheon, Kagoshima Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34h
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥100,000–350,000
Flights from Luton Airport to Yakushima Airport via Munich, Incheon, Kagoshima Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥110,000–400,000
Flights from Luton Airport to Yakushima Airport via Warsaw Chopin, Incheon, Kagoshima Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 40m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥100,000–360,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–250,000
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Yakushima Airport via Incheon, Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥110,000–420,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kagoshima Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–550,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Yakushima Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–270,000
Flights from London City Airport to Yakushima Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Incheon, Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥150,000–480,000
Flights from London City Airport to Yakushima Airport via Frankfurt, Incheon, Kagoshima Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥160,000–600,000
Flights from London City Airport to Yakushima Airport via Zurich, Incheon, Kagoshima Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥150,000–550,000
Flights from London City Airport to Yakushima Airport via Dublin, Shanghai Pudong, Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥140,000–370,000
Flights from Luton Airport to Yakushima Airport via Munich, Incheon, Kagoshima Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥110,000–400,000
Flights from Luton Airport to Yakushima Airport via Warsaw Chopin, Incheon, Kagoshima Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 40m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥100,000–360,000
Flights from Luton Airport to Yakushima Airport via Zurich, Incheon, Kagoshima Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥100,000–350,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–490,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥49,000–130,000
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥49,000–130,000
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kagoshima Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–230,000
- Website
- eastarjet.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kagoshima Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–230,000
- Website
- jejuair.net
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kagoshima Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–250,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–210,000
- Phone
- +44 (0)3457 282930
- Website
- Southern
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–4,200
- Website
- Southern
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–4,200
- Website
- Southern
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- Website
- Gatwick Express
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥3,700–5,500
- Website
- Gatwick Express
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥3,700–5,500
- Website
- Gatwick Express
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥3,200–4,200
- Website
- Thameslink
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–3,900
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
- 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)
Train from Shin Yatsushiro to Kagoshima Chuo
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–2,700
- 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
Train from Shin Yatsushiro to Kagoshima Chuo
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- 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
- 0992260128
- Website
- tykousoku.jp
Ferry from Tanegashima to Yakushima
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥6,200
- Schedules at
- tykousoku.jp
Ferry from Kagoshima to Yakushima
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000
- Schedules at
- tykousoku.jp
Ferry from Kagoshima to Yakushima
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000
- Schedules at
- tykousoku.jp
Ferry from Kagoshima to Yakushima
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000
- Schedules at
- tykousoku.jp
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