Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Tokyo to Kobe. From €30.03, fastest 3h 38m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.
Traveling from Tokyo to Kobe costs €30.03 at the cheapest and takes 3h 38m door to door at the fastest, across 2 modes and 3 operators. The route covers 432 km. Cheapest is by Train, fastest is by Train.
Journey times below are door to door, so they include getting to the terminal and away from it at the other end. Fares are the cheapest we currently sell on September 29, 2026.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 3h 48m | 3h 4m | 44m | €38.28 | 14.0 kg | 8 |
| Flight | 4h 8m | 58m | 3h 10m | €48.52 | 107.5 kg | 8 |
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Changes at Sagamihara, with 87 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.
Door to door 8h 45mCO2 13.5 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee
Door to door 3h 48mCO2 14.0 kgChanges 0Refundable
Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.
| Operator | Service | Departs | Arrives | Takes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JR東日本 JR East2 changes | JT | 08:07 | 11:07 | 3h 6m |
| JR東日本 JR East4 changes | JT | 08:07 | 11:10 | 3h 3m |
| JR東日本 JR East2 changes | JT | 08:17 | 11:22 | 3h 11m |
| JR東日本 JR East5 changes | JT | 08:17 | 11:22 | 3h 5m |
| JR東日本 JR East3 changes | JJ | 08:27 | 11:22 | 3h 9m |
| JR東日本 JR East4 changes | JJ | 08:27 | 11:30 | 3h 3m |
Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of traveling are marked.
| Cheapest fare by mode and day for Tokyo to Kobe | FriSep 11 | SatSep 12 | SunSep 13 | MonSep 14 | TueSep 15 | WedSep 16 | ThuSep 17 | FriSep 18 | SatSep 19 | SunSep 20 | MonSep 21 | TueSep 22 | WedSep 23 | ThuSep 24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | €60.84 | €75.69 | €49.84 | €44.89 | €43.24 | €40.49 | €45.98 | €41.04 | €45.98 | €39.93 | €38.28 | €38.83 | €40.48 | €45.43 |
| Coach | €55.18 | €59.58 | €60.68 | €40.33 | €52.98 | €41.42 | €49.67 | €40.33 | €50.22 | €38.67 | €44.17 | €43.62 | €38.67 | €46.38 |
| Flight | €92.77 | €87.46 | €73.30 | €63.27 | €61.50 | €61.50 | €70.94 | €59.73 | €59.73 | €56.78 | €57.37 | €48.52 | €53.83 | €59.73 |
Cheapest day: 2026-09-29 · €30.03
Kobe sits on the water, which usually settles which side of town you want to wake up on. Rooms are not ours to sell.
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Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 All Nippon Airways | €43.21 | 4h 8m | 740 km/h | Fixed fare | Not published |
 Central Japan Railway Company | €45.99 | 3h 38m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
 Skymark Airlines | €46.16 | 4h 8m | 740 km/h | Fixed fare | Not published |
Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.
| Part | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Operator fare | €25.49 | 85% |
| Taxes | €2.55 | 8% |
| Our service fee | €1.99 | 7% |
| Total you pay | €30.03 | 100% |
We cannot promise Kōbe Station still has a baggage check, because plenty of stations closed theirs.
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The fastest journey from Tokyo to Kobe takes 3h 38m door to door, of which 3h 4m is spent moving, on the Train. Most services take around 4h 4m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
The cheapest fare from Tokyo to Kobe is €30.03, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €68.58. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
The cheapest way from Tokyo to Kobe is by Train, at €38.28 for one passenger on September 29, 2026. That journey takes 3h 48m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
The fastest way from Tokyo to Kobe is by Train, at 3h 48m door to door. Only 3h 4m of that is spent moving; the remaining 44m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €38.28.
Fares from Tokyo to Kobe bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €28.22. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 96 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Tokyo to Kobe, at €38.28. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 29, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Tokyo to Kobe, at €29.32 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
3 operators sell services from Tokyo to Kobe across 2 modes: All Nippon Airways, Central Japan Railway Company, Skymark Airlines. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
76 percent of the services we sell from Tokyo to Kobe are direct. The rest connect at Toyota, Nagoya, Hirakata, Sagamihara, with about 73 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Traveling from Tokyo to Kobe by Train produces about 14.0 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 107.5 kg, roughly 8 times as much for one passenger.
Services from Tokyo to Kobe by Train leave from Tokyo Station and arrive at Kōbe Station. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
1 of the 3 operators we sell from Tokyo to Kobe allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
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.
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