There are 7 ways to get from Melbourne to Osaka by plane or train
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Fly to Osaka International Airport
best- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Osaka International Airport (ITM)plane MEL - ITM
15h 39m¥88,573–173,673Fly to Kansai International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Kansai International Airport (KIX)plane MEL - KIX
- Take the train from Kansai Airport to Shin-Ōsaka Stationtrain
17h 20m¥59,223–144,423Fly to Kobe
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Kobe (UKB)plane MEL - UKB
16h 40m¥73,923–204,223Fly 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
16h 55mFly 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 20m¥82,323–218,973Fly to Okayama Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Okayama Airport (OKJ)plane MEL - OKJ
- Take the train from Okayama to Shin Osakatrain
20h 14m¥80,923–227,223Fly to Narita International Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Narita International Airport (NRT)plane MEL - NRT
- Take the train from 空港第2ビル Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 to Tōkyō Stationtrain
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Shin Osakatrain
17h 49m
Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Osaka International Airport (ITM) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Melbourne to Osaka is to fly and train which costs ¥55000 - ¥150000 and takes 17h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Melbourne to Osaka is to fly which takes 15h 39m and costs ¥85000 - ¥180000.
The distance between Melbourne and Osaka is 8148 km.
It takes approximately 15h 39m to get from Melbourne to Osaka, including transfers.
Osaka is 1h behind Melbourne. It is currently 3:05 PM in Melbourne and 2:05 PM in Osaka.
There are 9500+ hotels available in Osaka.
What companies run services between Melbourne, VIC, Australia and Osaka, Japan?
Japan Airlines, All Nippon Airways, and two other airlines fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Osaka International Airport (ITM) 3 times a day.
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Osaka International Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–170,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Osaka International Airport via Sydney, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–170,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Kansai International Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–190,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–200,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Sydney, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–200,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Takamatsu Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–240,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Takamatsu Airport via Sydney, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–250,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Okayama Airport via Sydney, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–260,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–180,000
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Osaka International Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–170,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Kobe via Sydney, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–550,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Kobe via Taiwan Taoyuan, Okinawa
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–200,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–200,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Okayama Airport via Sydney, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–600,000
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Kansai International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–170,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–180,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Takamatsu Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–210,000
- Website
- china-airlines.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Kansai International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–170,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–180,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Takamatsu Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–210,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Takamatsu Airport via Sydney, Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–210,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Narita International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–170,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Kansai International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥44,000–120,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥48,000–130,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Narita International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–120,000
- Website
- philippineairlines.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Osaka International Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–170,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Kansai International Airport via Manila
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥49,000–180,000
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Osaka International Airport via Sydney, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥100,000–180,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–220,000
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Kansai International Airport via Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥47,000–140,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Narita International Airport via Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–95,000
- Website
- skymark.co.jp
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Kobe via Sydney, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–240,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Kobe via Taiwan Taoyuan, Kagoshima
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–200,000
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Osaka International Airport via Sydney, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥100,000–170,000
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Kansai International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥48,000–130,000
- Website
- cebupacificair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Kansai International Airport via Manila
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–130,000
- Website
- hkairlines.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Kansai International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–140,000
- Website
- evaair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Kobe via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–200,000
- Website
- tigerairtw.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Okayama Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–220,000
- Phone
- 0570-00-2486
- Website
- jr-odekake.net
Train from Kansai Airport to Shin-Ōsaka Station
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–1,300
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
Train from Okayama to Shin Osaka
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–3,300
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
Train from Okayama to Shin Osaka
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–3,300
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
- Phone
- 050-3772-3910
- Website
- jr-central.co.jp
Train from Nagoya to Shin Osaka
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Schedules at
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
Train from Okayama to Shin Osaka
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Schedules at
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
Train from Okayama to Shin Osaka
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Schedules at
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
Train from Tōkyō Station to Shin Osaka
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Schedules at
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
- 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
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jreast.co.jp
Train from 空港第2ビル Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 to Tōkyō Station
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–1,600
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/
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