There are 9 ways to get from Naoshima to Shirakawa by ferry, train, bus, night bus, car ferry, car, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Ferry, train
best- Take the ferry from Kimura to Unoferry
- Take the train from Okayama to Tōkyō Stationtrain
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Shin-Shirakawatrain
9h 43mFerry, bus
cheapest- Take the ferry from Kimura to Unoferry
- Take the bus from Okayama Station West Exit to Osaka Station JR Express BTbus
- Take the bus from Ōsaka Station JR Express Bus Terminal to Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminalbus
- Take the bus from Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal to Sukagawa Eigyōshobus
20h 28m¥11,685–22,515Ferry, bus, night bus
- Take the ferry from Kimura to Unoferry
- Take the bus from Okayama Station West Exit to Osaka Station JR Express BTbus
- Take the nightbus from Osaka Station to Sukagawanightbus
18h 49m¥15,585–18,015Car ferry, drive
- Take the carferry from Naoshima to Unocarferry Uno – Naoshima
- Drive from Uno to Shirakawacar
10h 35m¥13,334–22,649Ferry, train, train to Osaka International Airport, fly to Fukushima
- Take the ferry from Kimura to Unoferry
- Take the train from Uno to Okayamatrain
- Take the train from Okayama to Shin Osakatrain
- Fly from Osaka International Airport (ITM) to Fukushima (FKS)plane ITM - FKS
6h 41m¥34,475–80,015Ferry, train to Takamatsu Airport, fly to Tokyo International Airport, train
- Take the ferry from Kimura to Unoferry
- Take the train from Chayamachi to Takamatsu(Kagawa)train
- Fly from Takamatsu Airport (TAK) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane TAK - HND
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Shin-Shirakawatrain
9h 3m¥19,635–44,565Ferry, train, bus to Tokushima Airport, fly to Tokyo International Airport
- Take the ferry from Kimura to Unoferry
- Take the train from Chayamachi to Takamatsu(Kagawa)train
- Take the bus from Takamatsu Station to Matsushigebus
- Fly from Tokushima Airport (TKS) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane TKS - HND
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Shin-Shirakawatrain
9h 57m¥23,035–51,415Ferry, train, train to Okayama Airport, fly to Tokyo International Airport
- Take the ferry from Kimura to Unoferry
- Take the train from Uno to Okayamatrain
- Take the train from Okayama to Kurashikitrain
- Fly from Okayama Airport (OKJ) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane OKJ - HND
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Shin-Shirakawatrain
9h 52m¥18,155–30,335Ferry, train to Takamatsu Airport, fly to Narita International Airport, train
- Take the ferry from Kimura to Unoferry
- Take the train from Chayamachi to Takamatsu(Kagawa)train
- Fly from Takamatsu Airport (TAK) to Narita International Airport (NRT)plane TAK - 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-Shirakawatrain
9h 58m¥13,685–28,295
Osaka International Airport (ITM) to Fukushima (FKS) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Naoshima to Shirakawa is to car ferry and drive which costs ¥13000 - ¥23000 and takes 10h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Naoshima to Shirakawa is to ferry and train and fly which takes 6h 41m and costs ¥34000 - ¥80000.
The distance between Naoshima and Shirakawa is 893 km.
The best way to get from Naoshima to Shirakawa without a car is to ferry and train which takes 9h 43m and costs .
It takes approximately 9h 43m to get from Naoshima to Shirakawa, including transfers.
There are 74+ hotels available in Shirakawa.
What companies run services between Naoshima, Japan and Shirakawa, Japan?
There is no direct connection from Naoshima to Shirakawa. However, you can take the ferry to Uno, walk to Chikkoginza, take the bus to Okayama Sta., walk to Okayama, take the train to Tōkyō Station, take the train to Shin-Shirakawa, then take the train to Kutano. Alternatively, you can take a ferry from Kimura to Kutano via Uno, Chikkoginza, Okayama Sta., Okayama Station West Exit, Osaka Station JR Express BT, Ōsaka Station JR Express Bus Terminal, Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal, Sukagawa Eigyōsho, and Sukagawa in around 20h 28m.
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Takamatsu Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–37,000
Flights from Tokushima Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–39,000
Flights from Okayama Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–23,000
Flights from Takamatsu Airport to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥7,500–20,000
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Fukushima
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥48,000–85,000
Flights from Takamatsu Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–110,000
Flights from Tokushima Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–120,000
Flights from Okayama Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–110,000
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Takamatsu Airport to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥7,500–20,000
- Phone
- 050-3772-3910
- Website
- JR CENTRAL
Train from Okayama to Tōkyō Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- 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 EAST
Train from Tōkyō Station to Shin-Shirakawa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–3,400
- Website
- JR EAST
Train from Tōkyō Station to Shin-Shirakawa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–3,400
- Website
- JR EAST
Train from Tōkyō Station to Shin-Shirakawa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–3,400
- Website
- JR EAST
Train from Okayama to Kurashiki
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥320–450
- Website
- JR EAST
Train from Tōkyō Station to Shin-Shirakawa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–3,400
- Website
- JR EAST
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
- JR EAST
Train from Tōkyō Station to Shin-Shirakawa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–3,400
- Website
- JR EAST
- Phone
- 0570-00-2486
- Website
- JR WEST (West Japan Railway Company)
Train from Uno to Okayama
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥500–750
- 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)
Train from Uno to Okayama
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥500–750
- Schedules at
- JR WEST (West Japan Railway Company)
Train from Okayama to Kurashiki
- Ave. Duration
- 17 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥280–390
- Schedules at
- JR WEST (West Japan Railway Company)
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- JR HOKKAIDO
Train from Chayamachi to Takamatsu(Kagawa)
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–1,400
- Website
- JR HOKKAIDO
- Website
- JR EAST
- Website
- JR CENTRAL
- Website
- JR WEST
- Website
- JR SHIKOKU
- Website
- JR KYUSHU
Train from Chayamachi to Takamatsu(Kagawa)
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–1,400
- Website
- JR HOKKAIDO
- Website
- JR EAST
- Website
- JR CENTRAL
- Website
- JR WEST
- Website
- JR SHIKOKU
- Website
- JR KYUSHU
Train from Chayamachi to Takamatsu(Kagawa)
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–1,400
- Website
- JR HOKKAIDO
- Website
- JR EAST
- Website
- JR CENTRAL
- Website
- JR WEST
- Website
- JR SHIKOKU
- Website
- JR KYUSHU
- Phone
- 0570-010-666
- Website
- chugoku-jrbus.co.jp
Bus from Okayama Station West Exit to Osaka Station JR Express BT
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥3,400
- Schedules at
- chugoku-jrbus.co.jp.e.aec.hp.transer.com
- Book at
- kousokubus.net
Bus from Okayama Station West Exit to Osaka Station JR Express BT
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥3,400
- Schedules at
- chugoku-jrbus.co.jp.e.aec.hp.transer.com
- Book at
- kousokubus.net
- Phone
- 0570-048905
- Website
- jrbuskanto.co.jp
Bus from Ōsaka Station JR Express Bus Terminal to Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 6m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,200–12,000
- Schedules at
- time.jrbuskanto.co.jp.e.wn.hp.transer.com
- Phone
- 0570ー000448
- Website
- jrbustohoku.co.jp
Bus from Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal to Sukagawa Eigyōsho
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥3,900–5,500
- Schedules at
- jrbustohoku.co.jp
- Phone
- 0570-001631
- Website
- kintetsu-bus.co.jp
Night bus from Osaka Station to Sukagawa
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥11,000–13,000
- Schedules at
- kintetsu-bus.co.jp
- Website
- tokubus.co.jp
Bus from Takamatsu Station to Matsushige
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥2,150
- Schedules at
- tokubus.co.jp
- Phone
- 087-892-3104
- Website
- shikokukisen.com
Ferry from Kimura to Uno
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥366
- Schedules at
- shikokukisen.com
Ferry from Kimura to Uno
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥366
- Schedules at
- shikokukisen.com
Ferry from Kimura to Uno
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥366
- Schedules at
- shikokukisen.com
Car ferry from Naoshima to Uno
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥300–2,600
- Schedules at
- shikokukisen.com
- Passenger
- ¥300
- Bicycle (A passenger fare is required)
- ¥310
- Motorcycle (A passenger fare is required)Bicycle (A passenger fare is required)
- ¥600–1,000
- Car less than 6m length (inc. driver's fare)
- ¥1,500–2,600
Ferry from Kimura to Uno
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥366
- Schedules at
- shikokukisen.com
Ferry from Kimura to Uno
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥366
- Schedules at
- shikokukisen.com
Ferry from Kimura to Uno
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥366
- Schedules at
- shikokukisen.com
Ferry from Kimura to Uno
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥366
- Schedules at
- shikokukisen.com
Ferry from Kimura to Uno
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥366
- Schedules at
- shikokukisen.com
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