JJapan Trips

Yakushima to Osaka

  • February 12, 2026

We’ll be travelling to Yakushima in May and there seems to be a few options to get from Yakushima to Osaka:

  1. Jet foil from Yakushima to Kagoshima. Fly from Kagoshima to Osaka. Cheapest option, but slowest.

  2. Fly from Yakushima to Osaka with a layover in Kagoshima (ranging from 25 min to 70 min). Cheaper option but short layover time could be risky.

  3. Fly directly from Yakushima to Osaka – no layover. Most expensive option and fastest.

A few questions:

  1. Having read that it’s very rainy in Yakushima, I’ve read about there being a very real chance of flights/jetfoil getting delayed/cancelled. For this reason, is it risky to rely on timeliness of the jetfoil or first leg of a flight (Options 1 and 2)?

  2. A 25 min layover seems very short. Is this even realistic, especially given the above concern.

Just wondering how some fellow Redditors have managed their departure from Yakushima.

by gonehalohunting