Fukuoka to Sakai train

Trains from Fukuoka to Sakai start at €55.89 and take 4h 52m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Fukuoka to Sakai starts at €55.89 and takes 4h 52m door to door, run by 2 operators over 549 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 17, 2026Priced for October 6, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 4h 52mDoor to door
  • 4h 8mMoving
  • €72.39 to €154.89From
  • 06:02 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 6Per day
  • 18.1 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 6, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€72.39 to €154.89 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.

Central Japan Railway Company runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.

Buying this trip

Bookaway lists departures for Fukuoka to Sakai on your date, and you pay on their side.

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €153.24Fri18
  2. about €137.29Sat19
  3. about €154.89Sun20
  4. about €88.89Mon21
  5. about €87.78Tue22
  6. about €91.09Wed23
  7. about €132.34Thu24
  8. about €100.44Fri25
  9. about €92.74Sat26
  10. about €78.99Sun27
  11. about €72.39Mon28
  12. about €86.13Tue29
  13. about €82.29Wed30
  14. about €91.64Thu1

Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 6, 2026

Cheapest€55.89
  1. West Japan Railway WJ965507:301h 34m09:04Minami-Fukuoka StationMatsuyama Station
  2. West Japan Railway WJ715210:372h 21m12:58Matsuyama StationSakai Station

Changes at Matsuyama, with 93 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 6h 12mCO2 17.2 kgChanges 1Refundable

Fastest€64.69
  1. West Japan Railway WJ489506:024h 8m10:10Minami-Fukuoka StationSakai Station

Door to door 4h 52mCO2 18.1 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Rail operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastest
Central Japan Railway Company€59.194h 31m
West Japan Railway€64.144h 30m

The train gets you into Sakai. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Sakai for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from Sakai Station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Fukuoka to Sakai

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

  1. €64.6990 days
  2. €45.9960 days
  3. €59.1945 days
  4. €64.6930 days
  5. €74.0421 days
  6. €91.6414 days
  7. €132.347 days
  8. €154.893 days
  9. €153.241 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €45.99.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 237 percent. The most expensive point is €154.89, 3 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. €78.99Sun
  2. €72.39Mon
  3. €86.13Tue
  4. €82.29Wed
  5. €91.64Thu
  6. €100.44Fri
  7. €92.74Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Fukuoka

Rail
  • Minami-Fukuoka Station
  • Fukuoka Freight Terminal
  • Nishitetsu Fukuoka (Tenjin) Station

Sakai

Rail
  • Sakai Station
  • Sakaishi Station
  • Sakaihigashi Station
The journey

What the journey looks like

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 549 km against 478 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 Takamatsu, Kitakyushu, Fukuyama, Matsuyama. The gap between arriving and leaving is 50 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Fukuoka at 06:02 and the last at 07:30, across 6 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Fukuoka to Sakai

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 Train from Fukuoka to Sakai take?

The Train from Fukuoka to Sakai takes 4h 52m door to door, of which 4h 8m is spent moving. The route runs 549 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 Fukuoka to Sakai cost?

The Train from Fukuoka to Sakai starts at €55.89 for one passenger, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare is €61.12. 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 Fukuoka to Sakai?

2 operators run the Train from Fukuoka to Sakai: Central Japan Railway Company, West Japan Railway. Between them they file around 6 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 Fukuoka to Sakai use?

The Train from Fukuoka to Sakai leaves from Minami-Fukuoka Station and arrives at Sakai Station. 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.

When should I book the Train from Fukuoka to Sakai?

Fares for the Train from Fukuoka to Sakai bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €45.99. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 237 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Fukuoka to Sakai produce?

The Train from Fukuoka to Sakai produces about 18.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 549 km, which works out at roughly 33 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 Train from Fukuoka to Sakai?

Operators on the Train from Fukuoka to Sakai publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 52m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

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.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Fukuoka to Sakai on September 17, 2026: 549 km of route against 478 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €55.89, and 4h 52m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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