Access to Yakushima
Access to Yakushima
Direct flights to Yakushima are available from Itami, Fukuoka and Kagoshima Airport, and ferries to Yakushima are available from Kagoshima only (except chartered ones).
The fares and timetables may change. For further information, please contact each company listed below.
☝List of transportation to Yakushima☝ (Information as of April, 2020)
Transportation |
Name & Web |
Route | Time required and number of services | Inquiries |
Airplane |
Japan Air Commuter https://www.jal.co.jp/en/ |
Kagoshima ⇔ Yakushima |
5 services a day, 40 min. flight |
JAL; 0570-025-071 Yakushima Airport; 0997-42-1200 |
Osaka ⇔ Yakushima |
One service a day, 95 min. flight |
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Fukuoka ⇔ Yakushima |
One service a day 70 min. flight |
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High-speed ship (Jet-foil) |
Toppy & Rocket https://www.tykousoku.jp/ |
Yakushima ⇔ Kagoshima (via Tanegashima/Ibusuki) |
6 round trips per day (including 3 services via Tanegashima and 1 via Ibusuki) |
Reservation center; 099-226-0128 099-223-5688 |
Ferryboat (Car ferry) |
Ferry Yakushima 2 https://ferryyakusima2.com/index.html |
Yakushima ⇔ Kagoshima | One service a day |
Reservation center 099-226-0731 |
Ferry Hibiscus https://www.yakushimaferry.com/ |
Kagoshima ↑↓ Tanegashima (Nishino-omote) ↑↓ Yakushima (Miyanoura) |
One service a day |
Reservation center 099-261-7000 |
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Ferry Taiyo http://www.town.yakushima.kagoshima.jp/en/e-access/ |
Kuchinoerabujima ↑↓ Yakushima (Miyanoura) ↑↓ Tanegashima (Shimama) |
Departure and arrival time is different on odd and even numbered days. |
Yakushima Kairiku Transport; 0997-42-0140 |
〇Airline
JAC (Japan Air Commuter) (From July 1, 2020 to August 31, 2020) |
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[TIMETABLE] Route |
To Yakushima | Route | From Yakushima |
* Direct flights to Yakushima are available from Itami (Osaka), Fukuoka and Kagoshima Airport. * This is the summer schedule, 2020 for JAC. |
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Departure | Arrival | Departure | Arrival | |||
From Kagoshima |
8:45 | 9:25 | To Kagoshima | 9:55 | 10:30 | |
*10:25 | 11:05 | *11:35 | 12:10 | |||
11:35 | 12:15 | 13:35 | 14:10 | |||
15:25 | 16:05 | 16:35 | 17:10 | |||
17:50 | 18:30 | 19:00 | 19:35 | |||
From Fukuoka | 13:00 | 14:10 | To Fukuoka | 12:45 | 13:50 | |
From Osaka | 11:20 | 13:05 | To Osaka | 14:40 | 16:15 |
〇Marine
Jetfoil Toppy & Rocket (From March 7, 2020 to September 22, 2020) |
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[TIMETABLE] | Departure | via | Arrival | Arrival port | Time required |
From Kagoshima To Yakushima |
7:30 | Tanegasima | 10:30 | Miyanoura | 3 hours |
7:45 | Ibusuki | 9:45 | Miyanoura | 2 hours | |
10:20 | Tanegashima | 13:05 | Anbo | 2h 45min. | |
12:00 | 13:50 | Miynaoura | 1h 50min. | ||
13:20 | 15:10 | Miyanoura | 1h 50min. | ||
16:00 | Tanegashima | 16:30 | Anbo | 2h 30min. | |
[TIMETABLE] | Departure | via | Arrival | Departure port | Time required |
From Yakushima To Kagoshima |
7:00 | Tanegashima | 9:35 | Anbo | 2h 35min. |
10:00 | Tanegashima | 12:45 | Miyanoura | 2h 45min. | |
10:45 | 12:35 | Miyanoura | 1h 50min. | ||
13:30 | 15:30 | Anbo | 2 hours | ||
16:00 | Tanegashima | 18:45 | Miyanoura | 2h 45min. | |
16:30 | Ibusuki | 18:35 | Miyanoura | 3 hours | |
Fare |
[Adults] One-way |
[Adults] Round-trip |
* This is the summer schedule, 2020 for Toppy & Rocket. |
*Online reservation can be made through Direct Ferries https://www.directferries.com/tane_yaku_jetfoil.htm |
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Kagoshima ➔Yakushima | 9,200 JPY | 16,600 JPY | |||
Yakushima ➔Kagoshima | 9,200 JPY | 15,000 JPY | |||
Ibusuki ⇔Yakushima | 7,500 JPY | 13,600 JPY | |||
Tanegashima ⇔Yakushima | 4,100 JPY | 7,500 JPY |
〇Marine
Ferry Yakushima 2 | ||||
Route/Fare (fare for second-class) |
Adults | Children | ||
One-way | Round-trip discount | One-way | Round-trip discount | |
Kagoshima ⇔Yakushima | 5,200 JPY | 9,900 JPY | 2,600 JPY | 5,500 JPY |
Length of vehicle /less than 3 meters |
12,300 JPY | 24,600 JPY | * The fare of the driver (one person) is included in the car fares. No appointment necessary for passengers. (Vehicles need a reservation.) | |
Length of vehicle /less than 4 meters |
18,000 JPY | 34,000 JPY | ||
【Timetable】 | Departure | Arrival | ||
From Kagoshima to Yakushima (Miyanoura Port) |
8:30 | 12:30 | ||
From Yakushima (Miyanoura Port) to Kagoshima |
13:30 | 17:40 |
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Ferry Hibiscus | ||||
Route/Fare (fare for second-class) |
Adults | Children | ||
One-way | Round-trip | One-way | Round-trip | |
Kagoshima ⇔Yakushima | 3,900 JPY | 7,800 JPY | 2,000 JPY | 3,900 JPY |
【Timetable】 |
Kagoshima (Taniyama Port) |
Tanegashima (Nishino-omote Port) |
Yakushima (Miyanoura Port) |
*The fare of the driver (one person) is included in the car fares. No appointment necessary for passengers. (Vehicles need reservation.) |
18:00 (DEP)→ | 21:40 (ARR) | |||
(Next morning) 5:00 (DEP) |
→7:00 (ARR) | |||
10:10 (ARR) | ←8:10 (DEP) | |||
14:40 (ARR)← | 11:00 (DEP) |
〇Marine
Ferry Taiyo 2 | |||||||
Route/Fare (fare for second-class) |
Adults | Children | |||||
One-way | Round-trip | One-way | Round-trip | ||||
Yakushima⇔Kuchinoerabujima | 2,140 JPY | 4,280 JPY | 1,070 JPY | 2,140 JPY | |||
Yakushima⇔Tanegashima (Shimama port) | 1,460 JPY | 2,920 JPY | 730 JPY | 1,460 JPY | |||
【Timetable】 | Kuchinoerabu-jima |
Yakushima (MiyanouraPort) |
Tanegashima (Shimama Port) |
* There is no public transportation on Kuchinoerabujima Island. | |||
EVEN DAYS | 9:40 (ARR)← | 8:00 (DEP) | |||||
10:20 (DEP)→ | 12:00 (ARR) | ||||||
13:00 (DEP) | →14:05 (ARR) | ||||||
15:50 (ARR) | ←14:45 (DEP) | Time required | |||||
ODD DAYS | 9:00 (DEP) | →10:05 (ARR) |
Between Yakushima & Kuchinoerabujima [1h 40min.] Between Yakushima and Tanegashima [1h 5min.] |
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11:50 (ARR) | ←10:45 (DEP) | ||||||
14:40 (ARR)← | 13:00 (DEP) | ||||||
15:20 (DEP)→ | 17:00 (ARR) |