There are 6 ways to get from Yamaguchi to Himeji by train, car, plane, or bus
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Train
best- Take the train from Yamaguchi to Shin-Yamaguchitrain Yamaguchi / ...
- Take the train from Shin Yamaguchi to Himejitrain Sakura
2h 41m¥5,234–7,325Train via Hiroshima
cheapest- Take the train from Shin Yamaguchi to Hiroshimatrain Sakura / ...
- Take the train from Hiroshima to Himejitrain Nozomi / ...
2h 44m¥5,199–7,476Drive 366.3 km
- Drive from Yamaguchi to Himejicar 366.3 km
4h 31m¥6,354–9,178Train, fly to Osaka International Airport
- Take the train from Shin Yamaguchi to Hakata Fukuokatrain
- Fly from Fukuoka Airport (FUK) to Osaka International Airport (ITM)plane FUK - ITM
- Take the train from Shin Osaka to Himejitrain
5h 8m¥14,904–24,525Bus, train
- Take the bus from 山口県庁前 to 防府駅bus 防長線
- Take the train from Tokuyama to Himejitrain Kodama
5h 18mTrain, fly to Tokushima Airport, bus
- Take the train from Shin Yamaguchi to Hakata Fukuokatrain
- Fly from Fukuoka Airport (FUK) to Tokushima Airport (TKS)plane FUK - TKS
- Take the bus from Kousoku Naruto to Kousoku Maikobus
5h 46m¥25,954–46,625
Fukuoka Airport (FUK) to Osaka International Airport (ITM) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Yamaguchi to Himeji is to train via Hiroshima which costs ¥5000 - ¥7500 and takes 2h 44m.
The fastest way to get from Yamaguchi to Himeji is to train which takes 2h 41m and costs ¥5000 - ¥7500.
No, there is no direct train from Yamaguchi to Himeji. However, there are services departing from Yamaguchi and arriving at Himeji via Shin Yamaguchi. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2h 41m.
The distance between Yamaguchi and Himeji is 356 km. The road distance is 366.3 km.
The best way to get from Yamaguchi to Himeji without a car is to train which takes 2h 41m and costs ¥5000 - ¥7500.
It takes approximately 2h 41m to get from Yamaguchi to Himeji, including transfers.
Yamaguchi to Himeji train services, operated by JR WEST (West Japan Railway Company), depart from Yamaguchi station.
Yamaguchi to Himeji train services, operated by JR WEST (West Japan Railway Company), arrive at Shin-Yamaguchi station.
Yes, the driving distance between Yamaguchi to Himeji is 366 km. It takes approximately 4h 31m to drive from Yamaguchi to Himeji.
There are 99+ hotels available in Himeji.
What companies run services between Yamaguchi, Japan and Himeji, Japan?
You can take a train from Yamaguchi to Himeji via Shin Yamaguchi in around 2h 41m.
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Osaka International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥11,000–20,000
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Osaka International Airport via Matsuyama
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥11,000–20,000
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Osaka International Airport via Miyazaki
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥11,000–20,000
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Osaka International Airport via Izumo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥11,000–20,000
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Osaka International Airport via Kagoshima
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥11,000–20,000
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Tokushima Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥15,000–33,000
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Osaka International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥39,000–180,000
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Osaka International Airport via Miyazaki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥42,000–190,000
- Phone
- 0570-00-2486
- Website
- jr-odekake.net
Train from Yamaguchi to Shin-Yamaguchi
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥230–330
- Schedules at
- jr-odekake.net
Train from Shin Yamaguchi to Himeji
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥5,000–7,000
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
Train from Shin Yamaguchi to Hakata Fukuoka
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–2,600
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
Train from Shin Osaka to Himeji
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–1,800
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
Train from Shin Yamaguchi to Hiroshima
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–2,600
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
Train from Hiroshima to Himeji
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥3,200–4,600
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
Train from Shin Yamaguchi to Hakata Fukuoka
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–2,600
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
- Phone
- 050-3772-3910
- Website
- jr-central.co.jp
Train from Shin Yamaguchi to Himeji
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Schedules at
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
Train from Shin Yamaguchi to Hakata Fukuoka
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Schedules at
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
Train from Shin Osaka to Himeji
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Schedules at
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
Train from Shin Yamaguchi to Hiroshima
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Schedules at
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
Train from Hiroshima to Himeji
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Schedules at
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
Train from Tokuyama to Himeji
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Schedules at
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
Train from Shin Yamaguchi to Hakata Fukuoka
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Schedules at
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
- Phone
- 0570-666-012
- Website
- chugoku-jrbus.co.jp
Bus from 山口県庁前 to 防府駅
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥160–1,900
- Schedules at
- chugoku-jrbus.co.jp
- Phone
- 088-664-6030
- Website
- honshi-bus.co.jp
Bus from Kousoku Naruto to Kousoku Maiko
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥3,600
- Schedules at
- honshi-bus.co.jp
- Phone
- 087-823-3083
- Website
- jr-shikokubus.co.jp
Bus from Kousoku Naruto to Kousoku Maiko
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥3,164
- Schedules at
- jr-shikokubus.co.jp
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