There are 8 ways to get from Edinburgh to Sendai by plane, train, 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 Edinburgh Airport to Sendai Airport
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Sendai Airport (SDJ)plane EDI - SDJ
23h 28m¥67,513–152,703Fly Edinburgh Airport to Yamagata Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Yamagata Airport (GAJ)plane EDI - GAJ
- Take the bus from Yamagata Kencho-mae to Hirose dori Ichiban-chobus
23h 41m¥53,843–174,093Fly Edinburgh Airport to Narita International Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Narita International Airport (NRT)plane EDI - NRT
- Take the train from Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 to Nipporitrain
- Take the train from Omiya Station to Sendaitrain
22h 44m¥102,863–170,763Fly Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane EDI - HND
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Sendaitrain
22h 53m¥97,263–209,383Fly Edinburgh Airport to Akita Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Akita Airport (AXT)plane EDI - AXT
- Take the train from Akita to Sendai(Miyagi/Jr)train
24h 37m¥72,263–218,963Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Sendai Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Sendai Airport (SDJ)plane GLA - SDJ
36h 28m¥82,881–287,912Fly Edinburgh Airport to Shonai Airport, bus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Shonai Airport (SYO)plane EDI - SYO
- Take the bus from S-mall Bus terminal(2 platform) to Kenchou maebus
- Take the bus from Yamagata Kencho-mae to Hirose dori Ichiban-chobus
27h 58m¥59,693–185,813Train to Newcastle, fly to Tokyo International Airport, train
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane NCL - HND
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Sendaitrain
22h 54m¥112,004–205,263
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Sendai Airport (SDJ) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Sendai is to fly which costs ¥65000 - ¥160000 and takes 23h 28m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Sendai is to fly and train which takes 22h 44m and costs ¥100000 - ¥180000.
The distance between Edinburgh and Sendai is 9051 km.
It takes approximately 23h 28m to get from Edinburgh to Sendai, including transfers.
Sendai is 9h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 3:10 PM in Edinburgh and 12:10 AM in Sendai.
There are 264+ hotels available in Sendai.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Sendai, Japan?
KLM, Peach Aviation Limited, and seven other airlines fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Sendai Airport (SDJ) twice daily.
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sendai Airport via Frankfurt, Chūbu Centrair
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥90,000–320,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–190,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Akita Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–650,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Akita Airport via Beijing Capital, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–230,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Akita Airport via London Heathrow, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–210,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Shonai Airport via London Heathrow, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–240,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Shonai Airport via Frankfurt, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–550,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Shonai Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–550,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Shonai Airport via Beijing Capital, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–190,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Narita International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–140,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Yamagata Airport via London Heathrow, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–230,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Yamagata Airport via Beijing Capital, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–180,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Yamagata Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–550,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Yamagata Airport via Frankfurt, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–220,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–150,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Akita Airport via London Heathrow, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–280,000
Flights from Newcastle to Tokyo International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–230,000
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Narita International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–140,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Yamagata Airport via London Heathrow, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–170,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Yamagata Airport via Frankfurt, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–220,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Yamagata Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–550,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–150,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Akita Airport via London Heathrow, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥110,000–280,000
Flights from Newcastle to Tokyo International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–230,000
- Website
- jejuair.net
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sendai Airport via Copenhagen, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–150,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sendai Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–290,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Sendai Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–280,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Sendai Airport via Zurich, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–300,000
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Narita International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–190,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥48,000–110,000
Flights from Newcastle to Tokyo International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–120,000
- Website
- flypeach.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sendai Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 52m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–290,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sendai Airport via Beijing Capital, Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–260,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–190,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Stockholm, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–140,000
Flights from Newcastle to Tokyo International Airport via Copenhagen, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–170,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Sendai Airport via Budapest, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥100,000–290,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Sendai Airport via Prague, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 37m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥90,000–290,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Narita International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–190,000
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Sendai Airport via Budapest, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥100,000–290,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Sendai Airport via Prague, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 44h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥100,000–290,000
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Narita International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–180,000
- Phone
- 0570-081-160
- Website
- Keisei Electric Railway
Train from Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 to Nippori
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–2,600
- Website
- Keisei Electric Railway
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- JR EAST
Train from Omiya Station to Sendai
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥4,200–5,500
- Website
- JR EAST
Train from Tōkyō Station to Sendai
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥4,700–6,500
- Website
- JR EAST
Train from Akita to Sendai(Miyagi/Jr)
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥4,300–6,000
- Website
- JR EAST
Train from Tōkyō Station to Sendai
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥4,700–6,500
- Website
- JR EAST
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥3,800–6,500
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- 0345 528 0409
- [email protected]
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–2,800
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥8,500–12,000
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥11,000–17,000
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥7,500–13,000
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ¥5,500–8,000
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Website
- yamakobus.co.jp
Bus from Yamagata Kencho-mae to Hirose dori Ichiban-cho
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥850–1,100
- Schedules at
- yamakobus.jp
Bus from S-mall Bus terminal(2 platform) to Kenchou mae
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–1,900
- Schedules at
- Yamako Bus
Bus from Yamagata Kencho-mae to Hirose dori Ichiban-cho
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥850–1,100
- Schedules at
- yamakobus.jp
- Website
- Shonai Kotsu
Bus from S-mall Bus terminal(2 platform) to Kenchou mae
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥190–2,800
- Schedules at
- Shonai Kotsu
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