Getting Around Kobe
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Kobe Airport information
Kansai International Airport (KIX)
For international service, visitors must come from Kansai International Airport (KIX), 50 miles to the southwest around the large curve of Osaka Bay. That airport also has service to all the key Japanese cities and, in addition, to long-haul destinations such as Amsterdam, Dubai, Paris, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Melbourne, and Singapore.
Approximate taxi fare: 22,320 JPY
Kobe Airport (UKB)
Kobe has a small, artificial-island airport, next to Port Island, named Kobe Airport (UKB), which is five miles from the city center to the south but has only domestic service, most notably to Tokyo’s domestic airport, Haneda.
Approximate taxi fare: 3447 JPY
For international service, visitors must come from Kansai International Airport (KIX), 50 miles to the southwest around the large curve of Osaka Bay. That airport also has service to all the key Japanese cities and, in addition, to long-haul destinations such as Amsterdam, Dubai, Paris, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Melbourne, and Singapore.
Approximate taxi fare: 22,320 JPY
Kobe Airport (UKB)
Kobe has a small, artificial-island airport, next to Port Island, named Kobe Airport (UKB), which is five miles from the city center to the south but has only domestic service, most notably to Tokyo’s domestic airport, Haneda.
Approximate taxi fare: 3447 JPY
