Trains in Japan

12,384 routes and 47 operators. Fares below are the cheapest we currently sell on each.

We sell 12,384 Trains routes in Japan, serving 482 places through 47 operators. 0 of those routes cross a border. The cheapest fare is €11.88 and the median route runs 78 km.

Checked September 30, 2026Priced for September 30, 2026One passenger, all fees included

The network

Trains in Japan, in numbers

What we actually sell, counted rather than claimed.

  • 12,384Routes we sell
  • 482Places served
  • 47Operators
  • 12,384Domestic routes
  • 0Cross border routes
  • 78 kmMedian route
  • 879 kmLongest route
  • 0Countries
Routes

The busiest Trains routes in Japan

Priced from the same engine that answers the search box, on the next three weeks of departures.

The routes we sell in Japan, busiest first, priced over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Kyoto to Osaka train€11.881h 10m43 km
Osaka to Kyoto train€11.881h 10m43 km
Ōta-ku to Sagamihara train€11.881h 10m43 km
Sagamihara to Ōta-ku train€11.881h 10m43 km
Sagamihara to Tokyo train€11.881h 10m43 km
Tokyo to Sagamihara train€11.881h 10m43 km
Higashiosaka to Kyoto train€11.881h 10m42 km
Kyoto to Higashiosaka train€11.881h 10m42 km
Fujisawa to Tokyo train€11.881h 9m43 km
Tokyo to Fujisawa train€11.881h 9m43 km
Kawasaki to Sagamihara train€11.881h 10m43 km
Sagamihara to Kawasaki train€11.881h 10m43 km
Aihara to Yokosuka train€11.881h 12m47 km
Yokosuka to Aihara train€11.881h 12m47 km
Hachiōji to Yokosuka train€11.881h 14m52 km
Yokosuka to Hachiōji train€11.881h 14m52 km
Sagamihara to Yokosuka train€11.881h 13m50 km
Yokosuka to Sagamihara train€11.881h 14m50 km
Tokyo to Yokosuka train€11.881h 11m45 km
Yokosuka to Tokyo train€11.881h 11m45 km
Fukuoka to Kitakyushu train€11.881h 12m49 km
Kitakyushu to Fukuoka train€11.881h 13m49 km
Fujisawa to Shinjuku train€11.881h 10m43 km
Shinjuku to Fujisawa train€11.881h 10m43 km
Fujisawa to Nakano City train€11.881h 10m43 km
Nakano City to Fujisawa train€11.881h 10m43 km
Hamamatsu to Shizuoka train€11.881h 21m67 km
Shizuoka to Hamamatsu train€11.881h 21m67 km
Nagoya to Suzuka train€11.881h 10m44 km
Suzuka to Nagoya train€11.881h 11m44 km
Kobe to Minato train€11.881h 14m53 km
Minato to Kobe train€11.881h 15m53 km

The trip is the easy half to plan. The days in Tokyo are the half people leave until last.

A guided tour group

What to book in Tokyo before you go

Day trips that leave Tokyo in the morning and cover a good part of Japan by evening.

Partner links. We do not sell tours or tickets. We earn a commission on a booking, and it never changes the price.

Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell by Trains, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km10,84088%Asakura, 40 km
200 to 600 km1,46012%Imabari, 200 km
600 to 1,500 km841%Fukuoka, 621 km
Carriers

Rail operators

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

Train destinations

Common questions about Trains in Japan

What Trains routes are there in Japan?

We sell 12384 Trains routes in Japan, serving 482 places, run by 47 operators. Every one of those routes has an operator that actually serves it, so the count is the network we can sell rather than every pair of places on a map.

How much do Trains tickets in Japan cost?

The cheapest Trains fare in Japan is €11.88 for one passenger, across the 12,384 routes we sell there. The median route runs 78 km in a straight line, which is the distance that fare should be read against before comparing it to anywhere else.

Can I travel out of Japan by Trains?

0 of the Trains routes we sell touching Japan cross a border and 12384 stay inside it, reaching 0 other countries including . Cross border routes are usually the ones where the fare and the journey time differ most between operators.

Which operators run Trains services in Japan?

47 operators run Trains services on routes we sell in Japan: Abukuma Express, Ainokaze Toyama Railway, Aoimori Railway Company, Central Japan Railway Company, East Japan Railway Company. Each is a real carrier from the published operator catalog, and each has its own fares and conditions. The operator table on this page compares them on speed, flexibility and what is on board.

What is the longest Trains route in Japan?

The longest Trains route we sell touching Japan runs from Fukuoka to Tokyo, 879 km in a straight line. The median route in the country is 78 km, so this one is a considerable outlier and the fares on it behave differently from the rest.

Where these numbers come from

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 Catchment, Fares, Distances

Other ways to travel here

The wider region

Tokyo is big enough that where you sleep decides what the days look like. We sell the seat, not the room.

A hotel room

Rooms within reach of Tokyo Station

Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.

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