There are 5 ways to get from Melbourne to Ōsaka by 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.
Fly to Kansai International Airport
best- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Kansai International Airport (KIX)plane MEL - KIX
15h 35m¥58,863–94,013Fly to Osaka International Airport
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Osaka International Airport (ITM)plane MEL - ITM
16h 26m¥93,423–183,503Fly to Kobe, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Kobe (UKB)plane MEL - UKB
- Take the train from Sannomiya(Jr) to Kitashinchitrain
16h 31m¥68,973–224,313Fly to Chūbu Centrair International Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO)plane MEL - NGO
- Take the train from Nagoya to Shin Osakatrain
17h 27mFly to Takamatsu Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Takamatsu Airport (TAK)plane MEL - TAK
- Take the train from Takamatsu(Kagawa) to Okayamatrain
- Take the train from Okayama to Shin Osakatrain
19h 7m¥77,473–169,163
Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Kansai International Airport (KIX) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Melbourne to Ōsaka is to fly which costs ¥55000 - ¥95000 and takes 15h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Melbourne to Ōsaka is to fly which takes 15h 35m and costs ¥55000 - ¥95000.
The distance between Melbourne and Ōsaka is 8133 km.
It takes approximately 15h 35m to get from Melbourne to Ōsaka, including transfers.
Ōsaka is 2h behind Melbourne. It is currently 2:11 PM in Melbourne and 12:11 PM in Ōsaka.
There are 9420+ hotels available in Ōsaka.
What companies run services between Melbourne, VIC, Australia and Ōsaka, Japan?
Qantas, Jetstar, and 10 other airlines fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Kansai International Airport (KIX) every 3 hours.
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Kansai International Airport via Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–160,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Kansai International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–190,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Osaka International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥90,000–170,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–190,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Takamatsu Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–210,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Takamatsu Airport via Sydney, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–210,000
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Kansai International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–180,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–190,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Takamatsu Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–200,000
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Osaka International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥90,000–170,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Osaka International Airport via Sydney, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–360,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Kobe via Sydney, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–460,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–190,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Takamatsu Airport via Sydney, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–400,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Kansai International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–180,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Kobe via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–220,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–180,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Takamatsu Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–190,000
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Kansai International Airport via Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–160,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Kansai International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–260,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Osaka International Airport via Sydney, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–250,000
- Website
- philippineairlines.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Kansai International Airport via Manila
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–150,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Osaka International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥90,000–170,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Osaka International Airport via Sydney, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–360,000
- Website
- china-airlines.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Kansai International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–190,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–190,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Takamatsu Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–160,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Kansai International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥45,000–130,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥46,000–130,000
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Kansai International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥48,000–140,000
- Website
- cebupacificair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Kansai International Airport via Manila
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–150,000
- Website
- hkairlines.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Kansai International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–170,000
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Osaka International Airport via Sydney, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–360,000
- Website
- evaair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Kobe via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–240,000
- Website
- starlux-airlines.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Kobe via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–240,000
- Website
- flyairseoul.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Takamatsu Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–190,000
- Phone
- 0570-00-2486
- Website
- JR WEST (West Japan Railway Company)
Train from Sannomiya(Jr) to Kitashinchi
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥700–1,000
- Schedules at
- JR WEST (West Japan Railway Company)
Train from Okayama to Shin Osaka
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–3,300
- Schedules at
- JR WEST (West Japan Railway Company)
- Phone
- 050-3772-3910
- Website
- JR CENTRAL
Train from Nagoya to Shin Osaka
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Website
- JR CENTRAL
- Schedules at
- JR West Timetable & Route Finder
Train from Okayama to Shin Osaka
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- JR CENTRAL
- Schedules at
- JR West Timetable & Route Finder
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- JR HOKKAIDO
Train from Takamatsu(Kagawa) to Okayama
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–1,700
- Website
- JR HOKKAIDO
- Website
- JR EAST
- Website
- JR CENTRAL
- Website
- JR WEST
- Website
- JR SHIKOKU
- Website
- JR KYUSHU
- Phone
- 0570-00-4592
- Website
- JR SHIKOKU (Shikoku Railway Company)
Train from Takamatsu(Kagawa) to Okayama
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- JR SHIKOKU (Shikoku Railway Company)
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