Cheapest€26.19
- 奄美海運 S-820606:1611h 17m17:33Kagoshima (Taniyama port)名瀬新港フェリーターミナル
Door to door 12h 47mCO2 42.4 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Kagoshima to Amami ferry
Ferries from Kagoshima to Amami start at €26.74 and take 12h 47m at their fastest.
The Ferries from Kagoshima to Amami starts at €26.74 and takes 12h 47m door to door, run by 1 operator over 369 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 12h 47mDoor to door
- 11h 17mMoving
- €26.74From
- 42.4 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 30, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Ferry 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 奄美海運 | €26.19 | 12h 14m | 33 km/h | Changeable | Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms |
That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Amami is not something we sell.
A room in Amami for the night the ferry gets in
Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.
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When to book Kagoshima to Amami
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €26.1990 days
- €20.1460 days
- €21.2445 days
- €22.8930 days
- €34.9921 days
- €44.8914 days
- €44.897 days
- €50.393 days
- €64.691 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €20.14.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 221 percent. The most expensive point is €64.69, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €36.64Sun
- €36.09Mon
- €31.14Tue
- €33.89Wed
- €44.89Thu
- €34.99Fri
- €39.94Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Kagoshima
Ferry
- Kagoshima (Taniyama port)
- 持木港(持木港)
Amami
Ferry
- 名瀬新港フェリーターミナル
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 369 km against 369 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Kagoshima at 06:16 and the last at 14:29, across 2 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Ferries 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 6m | 56m | 3h 10m | €45.57 | 93.5 kg | 1 |
| Ferry | 12h 47m | 11h 17m | 1h 30m | €26.74 | 42.4 kg | 2 |
Questions about Kagoshima to Amami
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 Ferry from Kagoshima to Amami take?
The Ferry from Kagoshima to Amami takes 12h 47m door to door, of which 11h 17m is spent moving. The route runs 369 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 Ferry from Kagoshima to Amami cost?
The Ferry from Kagoshima to Amami starts at €26.74 for one passenger, checked on September 30, 2026. A typical fare is €27.57. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Ferry from Kagoshima to Amami?
1 operators run the Ferry from Kagoshima to Amami: 奄美海運. 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 Ferry from Kagoshima to Amami use?
The Ferry from Kagoshima to Amami leaves from Kagoshima (Taniyama port) and arrives at 名瀬新港フェリーターミナル. Allow about 1h 30m 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 Ferry the best way from Kagoshima to Amami?
Traveling from Kagoshima to Amami by Flight costs €45.57 and takes 4h 6m door to door, against 12h 47m by Ferry. 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 Ferry from Kagoshima to Amami?
Fares for the Ferry from Kagoshima to Amami bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €20.14. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 221 percent, measured on September 30, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Kagoshima to Amami produce?
The Ferry from Kagoshima to Amami produces about 42.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 369 km, which works out at roughly 115 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 Ferry from Kagoshima to Amami?
Operators on the Ferry from Kagoshima to Amami publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 12h 47m 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 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 Kagoshima to Amami on September 10, 2026: 369 km of route against 369 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €26.74, and 12h 47m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Related journeys
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Day trips out of Amami and across Japan
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