--- title: "Niigata to Tsuchiura – 3 ways by car, plane, taxi | Mixroutes" description: "Niigata to Tsuchiura is 229 km. Fastest: undefined in 0 min. Cheapest: undefined from –. Real timetables, prices labelled live, quoted or estimated." url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/niigata-to-tsuchiura" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/niigata-to-tsuchiura.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- # How to get from Niigata to Tsuchiura [Plan it for your day](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Niigata&to=Tsuchiura) [Tsuchiura to Niigata](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/tsuchiura-to-niigata) **Fastest:** 4h 40m\ by car, door to door\ **Cheapest:** ¥3,590\ by car\ **Distance:** 229 km\ as the crow flies\ **Departures today:** 2\ 3 ways, Sun 1 Nov\ ## 3 ways to travel 229 km apart. Times are the timetables for Sun 1 Nov, planned from 08:00; every price says whether it is live, the operator's fare or our estimate. We add nothing to any fare. best 1h 55m quicker than flying and ¥93,000 cheaper. - [**Drive** best fastest cheapest 4h 40m¥3,590–4,890 Estimated 326 km · fuel only](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Niigata&to=Tsuchiura) - [**Fly** 6h 33m¥81,350–116,800 Estimated SYO → HND · non-stop · typical times](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Niigata&to=Tsuchiura) - [**Taxi** 4h 40m¥91,300–124,000 Estimated one-way cab](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Niigata&to=Tsuchiura) Data: [Roads © OpenStreetMap contributors, routed by OSRM](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [Typical flight routes from OpenFlights (ODbL), a 2014 snapshot](https://openflights.org/data) · [Places from GeoNames, CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · [All credits and licences](https://www.mixroutes.com/credits) ## Departures today 1. [08:03 → 14:36 6h 33m · direct¥81,350–112,750](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Niigata&to=Tsuchiura&date=2026-11-01&time=08%3A00&it=fly) 2. [08:12 → 15:03 6h 51m · direct¥84,400–116,800](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Niigata&to=Tsuchiura&date=2026-11-01&time=08%3A00&it=fly-1) Timetable data via Transitous and the operators' own GTFS feeds. Live delays arrive when an operator publishes a real-time feed. ## Questions people ask How long does it take to get from Niigata to Tsuchiura? The fastest way is by car: about 4h 40m door to door. The straight-line distance is 229 km. What is the cheapest way from Niigata to Tsuchiura? Drive is the cheapest, from ¥3,590. That figure is an estimate from the operator's fare bands, not a live quote. How long is the flight from Niigata to Tsuchiura? About 1h 8m in the air (SYO → HND), about 6h 33m door to door once you add the ride to the airport, check-in and the cab at the other end. Typical fares run ¥81,350–116,800; live prices are on Flights70. How far is Tsuchiura from Niigata by road? About 326 km, roughly 4h 40m of driving in normal traffic. Fuel alone costs around ¥3,590–4,890; tolls and parking are extra. ## In Tsuchiura City in Kantō, Japan Tsuchiura is a city in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 January 2024, the city has an estimated population of 142,181 people in 66,629 households, and a population density of 1,157 persons per squate kilometre. The proportion of the population aged over 65 was 29.7%. The total area of the city is 122.89 square kilometres (47.45 sq mi). About 3,000 residents are non-Japanese, a large proportion of whom are Filipino, Chinese, or Brazilian. [The Tsuchiura guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/tsuchiura) [Hotels in Tsuchiura Compare prices on Hotels70](https://www.hotels70.com) ## More routes - [Kochi to Bengaluru](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-bengaluru) - [Kochi to Chennai](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-chennai) - [Kochi to Thiruvananthapuram](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-thiruvananthapuram) - [Kochi to Munnar](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-munnar) - [Kochi to Alappuzha](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-alappuzha) - [Kochi to Kozhikode](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-kozhikode) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/niigata-to-tsuchiura, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. Mixroutes is made by Lascade LLC, Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Index of every page: https://www.mixroutes.com/llms.txt