Cheapest€24.93
- 株式会社高知駅前観光 S-928006:336h 31m13:04Ōta bus stationKobe Station Bus Terminus
Door to door 7h 15mCO2 13.1 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Ōta-ku to Kobe bus
Buses from Ōta-ku to Kobe start at €27.13 and take 7h 15m at their fastest.
The Buses from Ōta-ku to Kobe starts at €27.13 and takes 7h 15m door to door, run by 1 operator over 487 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 7h 15mDoor to door
- 6h 31mMoving
- €27.13From
- 13.1 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 株式会社高知駅前観光 | €24.93 | 7h 7m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi |
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When to book Ōta-ku to Kobe
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €23.8390 days
- €27.1360 days
- €22.7345 days
- €26.0330 days
- €24.9321 days
- €27.1314 days
- €35.387 days
- €52.983 days
- €50.781 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €22.73.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 133 percent. The most expensive point is €52.98, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €37.58Sun
- €28.23Mon
- €27.13Tue
- €33.88Wed
- €43.63Thu
- €36.48Fri
- €43.63Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Kobe
Bus
- Kobe Station Bus Terminus
- 筑紫が丘西
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 487 km against 423 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Sagamihara, Hirakata, Toyota, Nagoya. The gap between arriving and leaving is 63 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Ōta-ku at 06:33 and the last at 07:30, across 2 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Buses against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 4h 6m | 3h 22m | 44m | €33.88 | 16.1 kg | 4 |
| Coach | 7h 15m | 6h 31m | 44m | €27.13 | 13.1 kg | 2 |
Questions about Ōta-ku to Kobe
The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Coach from Ōta-ku to Kobe take?
The Coach from Ōta-ku to Kobe takes 7h 15m door to door, of which 6h 31m is spent moving. The route runs 487 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 Coach from Ōta-ku to Kobe cost?
The Coach from Ōta-ku to Kobe starts at €27.13 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €31.80. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Coach from Ōta-ku to Kobe?
1 operators run the Coach from Ōta-ku to Kobe: 株式会社高知駅前観光. Between them they file around 2 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 Coach from Ōta-ku to Kobe use?
The Coach from Ōta-ku to Kobe leaves from Ōta bus station and arrives at Kobe Station Bus Terminus. 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 Coach the best way from Ōta-ku to Kobe?
Traveling from Ōta-ku to Kobe by Train costs €33.88 and takes 4h 6m door to door, against 7h 15m by Coach. 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 Coach from Ōta-ku to Kobe?
Fares for the Coach from Ōta-ku to Kobe bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €22.73. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 133 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Ōta-ku to Kobe produce?
The Coach from Ōta-ku to Kobe produces about 13.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 487 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Coach from Ōta-ku to Kobe?
Operators on the Coach from Ōta-ku to Kobe publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 7h 15m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
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 modeled 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 Ōta-ku to Kobe on September 8, 2026: 487 km of route against 423 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €27.13, and 7h 15m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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