There are 12 ways to get from Sendai to Iwakuni by train, bus, night bus, car, plane, or ferry
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Train
best- Take the train from Sendai to Tōkyō Stationtrain
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Hiroshimatrain
- Take the train from Hiroshima to Iwakunitrain
7h 7mBus
cheapest- Take the bus from Sendai Miyakoh Bus Center to Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminalbus
- Take the bus from Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal to Hiroshima Bus Centerbus
- Take the bus from Hiroshima BC to Iwakuni Shiyakushobus
20h 56m¥12,350–30,550Night bus
- Take the night bus from Sendai Station to Ōsakanightbus Forest
- Take the night bus from Ōsaka to Iwakuni Stationnightbus Karst
20h 52m¥17,800–24,400Drive 1,112.3 km
- Drive from Sendai to Iwakunicar 1,112.3 km
14h 24m¥19,298–27,874Train via Sendai
- Take the train from Sendai to Tōkyō Stationtrain
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Hiroshimatrain
- Take the train from Hiroshima to Iwakunitrain
7h 37mFly Sendai Airport to Fukuoka Airport, train
- Fly from Sendai Airport (SDJ) to Fukuoka Airport (FUK)plane SDJ - FUK
- Take the train from Hakata Fukuoka to Hiroshimatrain
- Take the train from Hiroshima to Iwakunitrain
6h 21m¥25,014–53,326Fly Sendai Airport to Osaka International Airport, train
- Fly from Sendai Airport (SDJ) to Osaka International Airport (ITM)plane SDJ - ITM
- Take the train from Shin Osaka to Hiroshimatrain
- Take the train from Hiroshima to Iwakunitrain
6h 11m¥19,044–49,626Fly Sendai Airport to Matsuyama Airport, ferry, train
- Fly from Sendai Airport (SDJ) to Matsuyama Airport (MYJ)plane SDJ - MYJ
- Take the ferry from Matsuyama to Hiroshima Portferry
- Take the train from Hiroshima to Iwakunitrain
9h 38m¥40,724–82,186Fly Sendai Airport to Kobe, train
- Fly from Sendai Airport (SDJ) to Kobe (UKB)plane SDJ - UKB
- Take the train from Shin Kobe to Hiroshimatrain
- Take the train from Hiroshima to Iwakunitrain
6h 26m¥17,594–28,036Bus to Yamagata Airport, fly to Iwakuni Kintaikyo Airport
- Take the bus from Hirose dori Ichiban-cho to Yamagata Kencho-maebus
- Fly from Yamagata Airport (GAJ) to Iwakuni Kintaikyo Airport (IWK)plane GAJ - IWK
10h 56m¥50,843–322,061Fly Sendai Airport to Oita Airport, train
- Fly from Sendai Airport (SDJ) to Oita Airport (OIT)plane SDJ - OIT
- Take the train from Beppu to Kokuratrain
- Take the train from Kokura to Hiroshimatrain
- Take the train from Hiroshima to Iwakunitrain
10h 1mBus to Yamagata Airport, fly to Matsuyama Airport, ferry, train
- Take the bus from Hirose dori Ichiban-cho to Yamagata Kencho-maebus
- Fly from Yamagata Airport (GAJ) to Matsuyama Airport (MYJ)plane GAJ - MYJ
- Take the ferry from Matsuyama to Hiroshima Portferry
- Take the train from Hiroshima to Iwakunitrain
11h 35m¥29,023–98,571
Sendai Airport (SDJ) to Fukuoka Airport (FUK) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sendai to Iwakuni is to fly and train which costs ¥17000 - ¥28000 and takes 6h 26m.
The fastest way to get from Sendai to Iwakuni is to fly and train which takes 6h 11m and costs ¥19000 - ¥50000.
No, there is no direct bus from Sendai to Iwakuni. However, there are services departing from Sendai Miyakoh Bus Center and arriving at Iwakuni Shiyakusho via Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal and Hiroshima BC. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 20h 56m.
No, there is no direct train from Sendai to Iwakuni. However, there are services departing from Sendai and arriving at Iwakuni via Tōkyō Station and Hiroshima. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 7h 7m.
The distance between Sendai and Iwakuni is 1182 km. The road distance is 1112.3 km.
The best way to get from Sendai to Iwakuni without a car is to train which takes 7h 7m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 7m to get from Sendai to Iwakuni, including transfers.
Sendai to Iwakuni bus services, operated by Keio Dentetsu Bus, depart from Sendai Miyakoh Bus Center station.
Sendai to Iwakuni train services, operated by JR EAST (East Japan Railway Company), depart from Sendai station.
The best way to get from Sendai to Iwakuni is to train which takes 7h 7m and costs . Alternatively, you can bus, which costs ¥12000 - ¥31000 and takes 20h 56m.
What companies run services between Sendai, Japan and Iwakuni, Japan?
You can take a train from Sendai to Iwakuni via Tōkyō Station and Hiroshima in around 7h 7m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Sendai Miyakoh Bus Center to Iwakuni Shiyakusho via Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal and Hiroshima BC in around 20h 56m.
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Sendai Airport to Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥22,000–48,000
Flights from Sendai Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Chūbu Centrair
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥23,000–49,000
Flights from Sendai Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Osaka International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–260,000
Flights from Sendai Airport to Fukuoka Airport via New Chitose
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–320,000
Flights from Sendai Airport to Osaka International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–230,000
Flights from Sendai Airport to Matsuyama Airport via Osaka International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–280,000
Flights from Yamagata Airport to Iwakuni Kintaikyo Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥150,000–700,000
Flights from Yamagata Airport to Iwakuni Kintaikyo Airport via New Chitose, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥49,000–320,000
Flights from Yamagata Airport to Iwakuni Kintaikyo Airport via Osaka International Airport, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥180,000–850,000
Flights from Sendai Airport to Oita Airport via Osaka International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–300,000
Flights from Yamagata Airport to Matsuyama Airport via Osaka International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥18,000–85,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Sendai Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Osaka International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥16,000–80,000
Flights from Sendai Airport to Fukuoka Airport via New Chitose
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥17,000–120,000
Flights from Sendai Airport to Osaka International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–41,000
Flights from Sendai Airport to Matsuyama Airport via Osaka International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥17,000–80,000
Flights from Sendai Airport to Oita Airport via Osaka International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥19,000–90,000
Flights from Sendai Airport to Oita Airport via New Chitose, Osaka International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥21,000–140,000
Flights from Yamagata Airport to Matsuyama Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥19,000–90,000
- Website
- fujidream.co.jp
Flights from Sendai Airport to Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥26,000–46,000
- Website
- starflyer.jp
Flights from Sendai Airport to Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥22,000–48,000
- Website
- flypeach.com
Flights from Sendai Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥20,000–36,000
- Website
- skymark.co.jp
Flights from Sendai Airport to Kobe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–20,000
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jreast.co.jp
Train from Sendai to Tōkyō Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥4,700–6,500
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/
Train from Sendai to Tōkyō Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥4,700–6,500
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/
- Phone
- 050-3772-3910
- Website
- jr-central.co.jp
Train from Tōkyō Station to Hiroshima
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Schedules at
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
Train from Tōkyō Station to Hiroshima
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Schedules at
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
Train from Hakata Fukuoka to Hiroshima
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Schedules at
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
Train from Shin Osaka to Hiroshima
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Schedules at
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
Train from Shin Kobe to Hiroshima
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Schedules at
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
Train from Kokura to Hiroshima
- Ave. Duration
- 44 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
- jr-odekake.net
Train from Hiroshima to Iwakuni
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥650–900
- Schedules at
- jr-odekake.net
Train from Hiroshima to Iwakuni
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥650–900
- Schedules at
- jr-odekake.net
Train from Hakata Fukuoka to Hiroshima
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥3,600–5,500
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
Train from Hiroshima to Iwakuni
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥650–900
- Schedules at
- jr-odekake.net
Train from Shin Osaka to Hiroshima
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥4,400–6,500
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
Train from Hiroshima to Iwakuni
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥650–900
- Schedules at
- jr-odekake.net
Train from Hiroshima to Iwakuni
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥650–900
- Schedules at
- jr-odekake.net
Train from Shin Kobe to Hiroshima
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥4,000–6,000
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
Train from Hiroshima to Iwakuni
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥650–900
- Schedules at
- jr-odekake.net
Train from Kokura to Hiroshima
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–4,000
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
Train from Hiroshima to Iwakuni
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥650–900
- Schedules at
- jr-odekake.net
Train from Hiroshima to Iwakuni
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥650–900
- Schedules at
- jr-odekake.net
- Phone
- 0570-04-1717
- Website
- jrkyushu.co.jp
Train from Beppu to Kokura
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
- Phone
- 042-352-3700
- Website
- keio-bus.com
Bus from Sendai Miyakoh Bus Center to Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ¥3,900–4,600
- Schedules at
- highwaybus.com
- [email protected]
- Website
- travel.willer.co.jp
Bus from Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal to Hiroshima Bus Center
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥7,500–25,000
- Website
- https://willer-travel.com/en/
- Website
- iwakuni-bus.com
Bus from Hiroshima BC to Iwakuni Shiyakusho
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥950
- Schedules at
- iwakunibus.notion.site
- Phone
- 0570-001631
- Website
- kintetsu-bus.co.jp
Night bus from Sendai Station to Ōsaka
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥9,500–15,000
- Schedules at
- kintetsu-bus.co.jp
Night bus from Ōsaka to Iwakuni Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥8,000–10,000
- Schedules at
- kintetsu-bus.co.jp
- Adult
- ¥8,000–10,000
- Website
- yamakobus.co.jp
Bus from Hirose dori Ichiban-cho to Yamagata Kencho-mae
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥850–1,100
- Schedules at
- yamakobus.jp
Bus from Hirose dori Ichiban-cho to Yamagata Kencho-mae
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥850–1,100
- Schedules at
- yamakobus.jp
- Phone
- 082-253-1212
- [email protected]
- Website
- setonaikaikisen.co.jp
Ferry from Matsuyama to Hiroshima Port
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥7,500–9,500
- Schedules at
- setonaikaikisen.co.jp
Ferry from Matsuyama to Hiroshima Port
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥7,500–9,500
- Schedules at
- setonaikaikisen.co.jp
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Sendai to Iwakuni bus services, operated by Keio Dentetsu Bus, arrive at Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal station.
Sendai to Iwakuni train services, operated by JR EAST (East Japan Railway Company), arrive at Tōkyō Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Sendai to Iwakuni is 1112 km. It takes approximately 14h 24m to drive from Sendai to Iwakuni.
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