Tokyo to Kitakyushu train

Trains from Tokyo to Kitakyushu start at €104.29 and take 6h 28m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Tokyo to Kitakyushu starts at €104.29 and takes 6h 28m door to door, run by 1 operator over 833 km, with around 12 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked 12 September 2026Priced for 29 September 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 6h 28mDoor to door
  • 5h 44mMoving
  • €104.29From
  • 27.5 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 29 September 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Lowest CO2€109.79
  1. Central Japan Railway Company CJ677606:156h 20m12:35Tokyo StationKitakyūshū Freight Terminal

Door to door 7h 4mCO2 27.5 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Train operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Central Japan Railway Company€88.346h 21m140 km/hRefundablePower sockets, Wi-Fi
  • Central Japan Railway Company

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Booking window

When to book Tokyo to Kitakyushu

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €85.6990 days
  2. €60.3260 days
  3. €61.5045 days
  4. €60.9130 days
  5. €85.1021 days
  6. €92.7714 days
  7. €108.707 days
  8. €105.163 days
  9. €152.361 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €60.32.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 153 percent. The dearest point is €152.36, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €101.03Sun
  2. €89.23Mon
  3. €86.28Tue
  4. €91.59Wed
  5. €113.42Thu
  6. €105.75Fri
  7. €92.77Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Tokyo

Rail
  • Tokyo Station
  • Tōkyō Shijō Station
  • JR East Tokyo Station

Kitakyushu

Rail
  • Kitakyūshū Freight Terminal
  • Anō Station
  • Jōno Station
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

How far it really runs
The route covers 833 km against 833 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Tokyo at 06:15 and the last at 20:40, across 12 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Trains against the other ways to make this journey

The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight4h 40m1h 30m3h 10m€86.28211.1 kg40
Train6h 28m5h 44m44m€104.2927.5 kg12

Questions about Tokyo to Kitakyushu

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Train from Tokyo to Kitakyushu take?

The Train from Tokyo to Kitakyushu takes 6h 28m door to door, of which 5h 44m is spent moving. The route runs 833 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Train from Tokyo to Kitakyushu cost?

The Train from Tokyo to Kitakyushu starts at €104.29 for one passenger, checked on 12 September 2026. A typical fare is €110.89. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Train from Tokyo to Kitakyushu?

1 operators run the Train from Tokyo to Kitakyushu: Central Japan Railway Company. Between them they file around 12 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Train from Tokyo to Kitakyushu use?

The Train from Tokyo to Kitakyushu leaves from Tokyo Station and arrives at Kitakyūshū Freight Terminal. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

Is the Train the best way from Tokyo to Kitakyushu?

Travelling from Tokyo to Kitakyushu by Flight costs €86.28 and takes 4h 40m door to door, against 6h 28m by Train. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.

When should I book the Train from Tokyo to Kitakyushu?

Fares for the Train from Tokyo to Kitakyushu bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €60.32. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 153 percent, measured on 12 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Tokyo to Kitakyushu produce?

The Train from Tokyo to Kitakyushu produces about 27.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 833 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Train from Tokyo to Kitakyushu?

Operators on the Train from Tokyo to Kitakyushu publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 6h 28m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Tokyo to Kitakyushu on 12 September 2026: 833 km of route against 833 km in a straight line, 12 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €104.29, and 6h 28m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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