Cheapest€67.99
- West Japan Railway WJ228306:325h 3m11:35Kagoshima‐Chūō StationSakai Station
Door to door 5h 47mCO2 21.5 kgChanges 0Refundable
Kagoshima to Sakai train
Trains from Kagoshima to Sakai start at €84.49 and take 5h 47m at their fastest.
The Trains from Kagoshima to Sakai starts at €84.49 and takes 5h 47m door to door, run by 1 operator over 653 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 5h 47mDoor to door
- 5h 3mMoving
- €84.49From
- 21.5 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Rail 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Japan Railway | €67.99 | 5h 14m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Sakai. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
Where to stay in Sakai
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 Sakai
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €96.5990 days
- €78.4460 days
- €59.1945 days
- €63.0430 days
- €80.6421 days
- €84.4914 days
- €132.897 days
- €123.543 days
- €167.541 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €59.19.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 183 percent. The most expensive point is €167.54, 1 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.
- €84.49Sun
- €93.29Mon
- €88.89Tue
- €103.19Wed
- €141.69Thu
- €124.64Fri
- €137.29Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Kagoshima
Rail
- Kagoshima‐Chūō Station
- Kagoshima Freight Terminal
- Aira Station
Sakai
Rail
- Sakai Station
- Sakaishi Station
- Sakaihigashi Station
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
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 653 km against 568 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 Himeji, Ōita, Kurashiki, Matsuyama. The gap between arriving and leaving is 61 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 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 Kagoshima at 06:32 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Kagoshima 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 Kagoshima to Sakai take?
The Train from Kagoshima to Sakai takes 5h 47m door to door, of which 5h 3m is spent moving. The route runs 653 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 Kagoshima to Sakai cost?
The Train from Kagoshima to Sakai starts at €84.49 for one passenger, checked on September 13, 2026. A typical fare is €96.04. 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 Kagoshima to Sakai?
1 operators run the Train from Kagoshima to Sakai: West Japan Railway. Between them they file around 5 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 Kagoshima to Sakai use?
The Train from Kagoshima to Sakai leaves from Kagoshima‐Chūō 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 Kagoshima to Sakai?
Fares for the Train from Kagoshima to Sakai bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €59.19. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 183 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Kagoshima to Sakai produce?
The Train from Kagoshima to Sakai produces about 21.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 653 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 Kagoshima to Sakai?
Operators on the Train from Kagoshima to Sakai publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 47m 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 Kagoshima to Sakai on September 13, 2026: 653 km of route against 568 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €84.49, and 5h 47m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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Being on the water gives Sakai a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Things to do in Sakai
Day trips that leave Sakai in the morning and cover a good part of Japan by evening.
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