There are 6 ways to get from Tianjin to Kobe by plane, train, car ferry, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Tianjin Binhai to Kobe
best- Fly from Tianjin Binhai (TSN) to Kobe (UKB)plane TSN - UKB
7h 23m¥23,257–85,463Train, car ferry
cheapest- Take the train from Tianjin Station to Shanghai stationtrain Jilin
- Take the carferry from Shanghai to Kobe Port Terminalcarferry
2d 13h¥23,178–32,318Train, car ferry via Xinjing
- Take the train from Tianjin West Station to Shanghai Hongqiaotrain Tianjin West / ...
- Take the carferry from Shanghai to Kobe Port Terminalcarferry
2d 7h¥32,669–38,648Train to Beijing Capital International Airport, fly to Kansai International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Tianjin Station to Beijing Southtrain
- Fly from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Kansai International Airport (KIX)plane PEK - KIX
- Take the bus from Kansai Airport Terminal 1 to Kobe Sannomiyabus
7h 48m¥33,586–64,471Train to Beijing Capital International Airport, fly to Kobe
- Take the train from Tianjin Station to Beijing Southtrain
- Fly from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Kobe (UKB)plane PEK - UKB
8h 43m¥51,896–102,521Fly Tianjin Binhai to Chūbu Centrair International Airport, train
- Fly from Tianjin Binhai (TSN) to Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO)plane TSN - NGO
- Take the train from Nagoya to Shin Kobetrain
8h
Tianjin Binhai (TSN) to Kobe (UKB) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Tianjin to Kobe is to train and car ferry which costs ¥23000 - ¥33000 and takes 2 days 13h.
The fastest way to get from Tianjin to Kobe is to fly which takes 7h 23m and costs ¥23000 - ¥90000.
The distance between Tianjin and Kobe is 1689 km.
The best way to get from Tianjin to Kobe without a car is to train and car ferry via Xinjing which takes 2 days 7h and costs ¥32000 - ¥39000.
It takes approximately 7h 23m to get from Tianjin to Kobe, including transfers.
Kobe is 1h ahead of Tianjin. It is currently 5:50 AM in Tianjin and 6:50 AM in Kobe.
There are 330+ hotels available in Kobe.
What companies run services between Tianjin, China and Kobe, Japan?
Korean Air, Air China, and three other airlines fly from Tianjin Binhai (TSN) to Kobe (UKB) 4 times a day.
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Tianjin Binhai to Kobe via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥36,000–95,000
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Kansai International Airport via Seoul Gimpo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥29,000–75,000
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Kansai International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥29,000–75,000
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Kobe via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥26,000–100,000
Flights from Tianjin Binhai to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥30,000–80,000
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Tianjin Binhai to Kobe via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥34,000–95,000
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Kansai International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥27,000–75,000
Flights from Tianjin Binhai to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥28,000–80,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Kansai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥20,000–75,000
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Kansai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥20,000–75,000
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Kobe via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–140,000
- Website
- jinair.com
Flights from Tianjin Binhai to Kobe via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥23,000–85,000
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Kobe via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥26,000–70,000
- Website
- skymark.co.jp
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Kobe via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥30,000–80,000
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Kansai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥18,000–50,000
- Website
- sda.cn
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Kansai International Airport via Qingdao
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥17,000–46,000
- Website
- evaair.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Kobe via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥34,000–95,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Tianjin Binhai to Chūbu Centrair International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥41,000–110,000
Train from Tianjin West Station to Shanghai Hongqiao
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥12,500–14,000
- Schedules at
- 12306.cn
- Book at
- 12306.cn
- 2nd Class Seat
- ¥12,500–14,000
- 1st Class Seat
- ¥20,000–23,000
- Business Class Seat
- ¥30,000–42,000
Train from Tianjin Station to Beijing South
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ¥1,300–1,500
- Schedules at
- 12306.cn
- Book at
- 12306.cn
- 2nd Class Seat
- ¥1,300–1,500
- 1st Class Seat
- ¥2,100–2,300
- Business Class Seat
- ¥2,900–4,100
Train from Tianjin Station to Beijing South
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ¥1,300–1,500
- Schedules at
- 12306.cn
- Book at
- 12306.cn
- 2nd Class Seat
- ¥1,300–1,500
- 1st Class Seat
- ¥2,100–2,300
- Business Class Seat
- ¥2,900–4,100
Train from Tianjin Station to Beijing South
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–1,500
- Schedules at
- 12306.cn
- Book at
- 12306.cn
- Adult - second class
- ¥1,000–1,500
Train from Tianjin Station to Beijing South
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–1,500
- Schedules at
- 12306.cn
- Book at
- 12306.cn
- Adult - second class
- ¥1,000–1,500
- Phone
- 050-3772-3910
- Website
- JR CENTRAL
Train from Nagoya to Shin Kobe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- JR CENTRAL
- Schedules at
- JR West Timetable & Route Finder
- Phone
- 06-6844-1124
- Website
- hankyu-kankobus.co.jp
Bus from Kansai Airport Terminal 1 to Kobe Sannomiya
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–2,200
- Schedules at
- okkbus.co.jp
- Phone
- 06-6536-6541
- Website
- shinganjin.com
Car ferry from Shanghai to Kobe Port Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 47h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ¥20,000–25,000
- Schedules at
- shinganjin.com
- 2nd Class B
- ¥20,000
- 1st Class
- ¥25,000
- Special Class
- ¥40,000
- VIP
- ¥100,000
Car ferry from Shanghai to Kobe Port Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 47h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ¥20,000–25,000
- Schedules at
- shinganjin.com
- 2nd Class B
- ¥20,000
- 1st Class
- ¥25,000
- Special Class
- ¥40,000
- VIP
- ¥100,000
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