There are 6 ways to get from Okinawa to Kumamoto (State) by plane, train, taxi, ferry, bus, or car
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Fly to Fukuoka Airport, train
best- Fly from Naha Airport (OKA) to Fukuoka Airport (FUK)plane OKA - FUK
- Take the train from Hakata Fukuoka to Kumamototrain
4h 54m¥8,818–27,571Taxi, ferry, train
- Take the taxi from Okinawa to 本部旅客待合所taxi
- Take the ferry from 本部旅客待合所 to 鹿児島新港 新港待合所ferry
- Take the train from Kagoshima Chuo to Kumamototrain
26h 22m¥28,838–47,268Fly to Amakusa
- Fly from Naha Airport (OKA) to Amakusa (AXJ)plane OKA - AXJ
6h 21m¥11,898–51,661Line 28 bus, fly to Aso Kumamoto Airport
- Take the bus from Jagaru Iriguchi to Naha bus Terminalbus
- Fly from Naha Airport (OKA) to Aso Kumamoto Airport (KMJ)plane OKA - KMJ
5h 21m¥25,948–63,471Fly to Kagoshima Airport, train
- Fly from Naha Airport (OKA) to Kagoshima Airport (KOJ)plane OKA - KOJ
- Take the train from Kagoshima Chuo to Kumamototrain
5h 28m¥19,648–70,821Drive, ferry
- Drive from Okinawa to 本部旅客待合所car
- Take the ferry from 本部旅客待合所 to 宮之浦ferry
- Take the ferry from Yakushima to Kagoshimaferry
- Drive from Kagoshima to Kumamotocar
26h 58m¥29,154–40,022
Naha Airport (OKA) to Fukuoka Airport (FUK) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Okinawa to Kumamoto (State) is to fly and train which costs ¥8500 - ¥28000 and takes 4h 54m.
The fastest way to get from Okinawa to Kumamoto (State) is to fly and train which takes 4h 54m and costs ¥8500 - ¥28000.
The distance between Okinawa and Kumamoto (State) is 990 km.
The best way to get from Okinawa to Kumamoto (State) without a car is to taxi and ferry and train which takes 26h 22m and costs ¥28000 - ¥48000.
It takes approximately 4h 54m to get from Okinawa to Kumamoto (State), including transfers.
There are 494+ hotels available in Kumamoto (State).
What companies run services between Okinawa, Japan and Kumamoto (State), Japan?
All Nippon Airways, Amakusa Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Naha Airport (OKA) to Amakusa (AXJ) 4 times a day.
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Naha Airport to Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥11,000–210,000
Flights from Naha Airport to Amakusa via Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥11,000–260,000
Flights from Naha Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–220,000
Flights from Naha Airport to Kagoshima Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥16,000–31,000
Flights from Naha Airport to Kagoshima Airport via Okino Erabu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥29,000–80,000
- Website
- jal.co.jp
Flights from Naha Airport to Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–210,000
- Website
- flypeach.com
Flights from Naha Airport to Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥6,000–20,000
- Website
- skymark.co.jp
Flights from Naha Airport to Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥7,500–22,000
- Website
- solaseedair.jp
Flights from Naha Airport to Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥11,000–20,000
Flights from Naha Airport to Kagoshima Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥16,000–31,000
- Website
- amx.co.jp
Flights from Naha Airport to Amakusa via Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥11,000–85,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Naha Airport to Kagoshima Airport via Okino Erabu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥29,000–80,000
- Phone
- 0570-00-2486
- Website
- westjr.co.jp
Train from Hakata Fukuoka to Kumamoto
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥1,400–2,100
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
Train from Kagoshima Chuo to Kumamoto
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–3,300
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
Train from Kagoshima Chuo to Kumamoto
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–3,300
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
- Phone
- 0570-04-1717
- Website
- jrkyushu.co.jp
Train from Hakata Fukuoka to Kumamoto
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
Train from Kagoshima Chuo to Kumamoto
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
Train from Kagoshima Chuo to Kumamoto
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
- Phone
- 098-862-6737
- Website
- okinawabus.com
Bus from Jagaru Iriguchi to Naha bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥460–850
- Website
- https://okinawabus.com/en/
- Phone
- 099-226-4141
- Website
- aline-ferry.com
Ferry from 本部旅客待合所 to 鹿児島新港 新港待合所
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- ¥13,500–21,000
- Website
- http://www.aline-ferry.com
- Second Class
- ¥13,500–14,500
- Second Class Sleeper
- ¥16,000–21,000
- First Class
- ¥26,000–29,000
- Premium
- ¥34,403
- Passenger Car
- ¥55,000–80,000
Ferry from 本部旅客待合所 to 宮之浦
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ¥13,500–22,000
- Website
- http://www.aline-ferry.com
- Second Class
- ¥13,500–15,000
- Second Class Sleeper
- ¥16,000–22,000
- First Class
- ¥27,000–29,000
- Premium
- ¥34,816
- Passenger Car
- ¥55,000–85,000
- Phone
- 099-225-1551
- Website
- marixline.com
Ferry from 本部旅客待合所 to 鹿児島新港 新港待合所
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- ¥16,000–28,000
- Website
- https://marixline.com/en/
- Second Class Sleeper
- ¥18,000–21,000
- Second Class
- ¥16,000–19,000
- First Class
- ¥26,000–28,000
- Premium
- ¥33,000–35,000
- Passenger car
- ¥55,000–80,000
- Phone
- 0992260128
- Website
- tykousoku.jp
Ferry from Yakushima to Kagoshima
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,200
- Schedules at
- tykousoku.jp
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–16,000
Higashi Taxi
- Phone
- +81 98-868-3666
- Website
- higashi-taxi.com
Okinawa Kotsu
- Phone
- +81 98-861-2224
- Website
- okinawa-kotsu-grp.co.jp
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