There are 9 ways to get from Okayama to Yakushima by train, plane, unknown, ferry, bus, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Osaka International Airport, fly, travel
best- Take the train from Okayama to Shin Osakatrain
- Fly from Osaka International Airport (ITM) to Yakushima Airport (KUM)plane ITM - KUM
- Walk from Yakushima Airport (KUM) to Yakushimaunknown
4h 21mTrain, ferry, travel
- Take the train from Okayama to Kagoshima Chuotrain
- Take the ferry from Kagoshima to Yakushimaferry
- Walk from Yakushima to Yakushimaunknown
8h 14mTrain, bus, ferry, travel
- Take the train from Okayama to Hakata Fukuokatrain
- Take the bus from Hakata Bus Terminal to Kagoshima Honkoubus
- Take the ferry from Kagoshima to Ibusukiferry
- Take the ferry from Ibusuki to Yakushimaferry
- Walk from Yakushima to Yakushimaunknown
11h 30mDrive, ferry, travel
- Drive from Okayama to Kagoshimacar
- Take the ferry from Kagoshima to Yakushimaferry
- Walk from Yakushima to Yakushimaunknown
12h 23mTrain to Matsuyama Airport, fly, travel
- Take the train from Okayama to Matsuyama(Ehime)train
- Fly from Matsuyama Airport (MYJ) to Yakushima Airport (KUM)plane MYJ - KUM
- Walk from Yakushima Airport (KUM) to Yakushimaunknown
9h 16mTrain, bus to Tokushima Airport, fly, travel
- Take the train from Okayama to Takamatsu(Kagawa)train
- Take the bus from Takamatsu Station to Matsushigebus
- Fly from Tokushima Airport (TKS) to Yakushima Airport (KUM)plane TKS - KUM
- Walk from Yakushima Airport (KUM) to Yakushimaunknown
7h 35mTrain to Kochi Airport, fly, travel
- Take the train from Okayama to Kochi(Kochi)train
- Fly from Kochi Airport (KCZ) to Yakushima Airport (KUM)plane KCZ - KUM
- Walk from Yakushima Airport (KUM) to Yakushimaunknown
9h 8mTrain to Kobe, fly, travel
- Take the train from Okayama to Shin Kobetrain
- Fly from Kobe (UKB) to Yakushima Airport (KUM)plane UKB - KUM
- Walk from Yakushima Airport (KUM) to Yakushimaunknown
5h 24mTrain, train to Tajima Airport, fly, travel
- Take the train from Okayama to Himejitrain
- Take the train from Himeji to Ebaratrain
- Fly from Tajima Airport (TJH) to Yakushima Airport (KUM)plane TJH - KUM
- Walk from Yakushima Airport (KUM) to Yakushimaunknown
12h 54m
Osaka International Airport (ITM) to Yakushima Airport (KUM) flights
Questions & Answers
The distance between Okayama and Yakushima is 848 km.
The best way to get from Okayama to Yakushima without a car is to train and ferry and travel which takes 8h 14m and costs .
It takes approximately 4h 21m to get from Okayama to Yakushima, including transfers.
There are 87+ hotels available in Yakushima.
What companies run services between Okayama, Japan and Yakushima, Japan?
There is no direct connection from Okayama to Yakushima. However, you can take the train to Shin Osaka, walk to Shin-Osaka Station, take the bus to Osaka Itami Airport South Terminal, walk to Osaka International Airport (ITM) airport, fly to Yakushima Airport (KUM), then travel to Yakushima. Alternatively, you can take a train from Okayama to Yakushima via Kagoshima Chuo, Kagoshimachuoekimae, Izurodori, Kagoshima, and Yakushima in around 8h 14m.
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Yakushima Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥34,000–70,000
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Yakushima Airport via Kagoshima
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥34,000–70,000
Flights from Matsuyama Airport to Yakushima Airport via Fukuoka
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–60,000
Flights from Matsuyama Airport to Yakushima Airport via Osaka International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–60,000
Flights from Matsuyama Airport to Yakushima Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Kagoshima
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–60,000
Flights from Matsuyama Airport to Yakushima Airport via Fukuoka, Kagoshima
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–60,000
Flights from Tokushima Airport to Yakushima Airport via Fukuoka
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥31,000–140,000
Flights from Tokushima Airport to Yakushima Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Kagoshima
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥35,000–210,000
Flights from Kochi Airport to Yakushima Airport via Fukuoka
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥35,000–140,000
Flights from Kochi Airport to Yakushima Airport via Osaka International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥36,000–170,000
Flights from Kochi Airport to Yakushima Airport via Fukuoka, Kagoshima
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥35,000–140,000
Flights from Kochi Airport to Yakushima Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Kagoshima
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥40,000–250,000
Flights from Kobe to Yakushima Airport via Kagoshima
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥23,000–60,000
Flights from Kobe to Yakushima Airport via Ibaraki, Fukuoka
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥38,000–85,000
Flights from Tajima Airport to Yakushima Airport via Osaka International Airport, Kagoshima
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥23,000–100,000
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Yakushima Airport via Kagoshima
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–350,000
Flights from Tokushima Airport to Yakushima Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Kagoshima
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥130,000–600,000
Flights from Kochi Airport to Yakushima Airport via Osaka International Airport, Kagoshima
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥130,000–600,000
Flights from Kobe to Yakushima Airport via Kagoshima
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥23,000–60,000
Flights from Kobe to Yakushima Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Kagoshima
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥100,000–460,000
Flights from Kobe to Yakushima Airport via Ibaraki, Fukuoka
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥38,000–85,000
- Phone
- 050-3772-3910
- Website
- jr-central.co.jp
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 Hakata Fukuoka
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Schedules at
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
Train from Okayama to Shin Kobe
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Schedules at
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
Train from Okayama to Himeji
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Schedules at
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
- Phone
- 0570-00-2486
- Website
- 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 Kagoshima Chuo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥9,000–14,000
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
Train from Okayama to Hakata Fukuoka
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥5,500–8,000
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
Train from Okayama to Shin Kobe
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–2,700
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
Train from Okayama to Himeji
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–1,600
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
Train from Himeji to Ebara
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–1,800
- Schedules at
- jorudan.co.jp
- Phone
- 0570-00-4592
- Website
- jr-shikoku.co.jp
Train from Okayama to Matsuyama(Ehime)
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- jr-shikoku.co.jp
Train from Okayama to Takamatsu(Kagawa)
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- jr-shikoku.co.jp
Train from Okayama to Kochi(Kochi)
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- jr-shikoku.co.jp
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Okayama to Takamatsu(Kagawa)
- Ave. Duration
- 55 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
- 050-3616-2150
- Website
- nishitetsu.jp
Bus from Hakata Bus Terminal to Kagoshima Honkou
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥3,000–7,000
- Schedules at
- nishitetsu.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
- 0992260128
- Website
- tykousoku.jp
Ferry from Kagoshima to Yakushima
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,200
- Schedules at
- tykousoku.jp
Ferry from Kagoshima to Ibusuki
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥3,500
- Schedules at
- tykousoku.jp
Ferry from Ibusuki to Yakushima
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥9,800
- Schedules at
- tykousoku.jp
Ferry from Kagoshima to Yakushima
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,200
- Schedules at
- tykousoku.jp
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