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Kobe, Kyoto & Nara helicopter tours

Helicopter tours in Japan

Kobe, Kyoto & Nara helicopter tours

6 flights · from ¥97,800

These three cities are 30–60 minutes from Osaka by train each way; by helicopter all three fit into one outing. The 30-minute flight runs along the bay to Kobe and back. The 25-minute flight turns inland to Nara. The 65-minute flight is the largest circuit in our Kansai range: Osaka, Kyoto and then Kobe on one flight path. These are sightseeing flights — you see the cities from above and return to the Osaka-area pad, with no landing at the destination. Three night flights of 20–30 minutes fly over Kobe harbour once the port tower and piers are lit; two of them are set up for anniversaries and dates. Every flight is a three-seat helicopter with only your party on board.

Osaka to Kobe and back · 30 minutesLoop flight, lands where it took off

30 minutes airborne· 3 seats

Osaka to Kobe and back · 30 minutes

¥111,800/ per person

Thirty minutes from Osaka along the coast to Kobe and back. The helicopter leaves its Osaka pad, follows the shoreline west to Kobe, turns over the city and returns to the same pad. Nobody gets off in Kobe: this is a sightseeing flight, not a transfer. Three seats in a private cabin, with the departure pad in Osaka confirmed together with your flight date.

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Kyoto and Kobe from Osaka · 65 minutesLoop flight, lands where it took off

65 minutes airborne· 3 seats

Kyoto and Kobe from Osaka · 65 minutes

¥232,600/ per person

Sixty-five minutes, the longest flight we sell out of Osaka, taking in Kyoto and Kobe on one route. The helicopter leaves Osaka, flies to Kyoto, continues to Kobe and returns to the Osaka pad without landing anywhere else. Three seats in a private cabin. The departure pad in Osaka is confirmed together with your flight date, and over an hour in the air the weather can change between one city and the next.

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Ancient Nara from Osaka · 25 minutesLoop flight, lands where it took off

25 minutes airborne· 3 seats

Ancient Nara from Osaka · 25 minutes

¥97,800/ per person

Twenty-five minutes from Osaka to ancient Nara and back. The helicopter leaves its Osaka pad, crosses to Nara, turns over the old capital and returns to the same pad without landing. From above, the scale of the old city and the green around it read very differently from the street. Three seats in a private cabin; the departure pad in Osaka is confirmed together with your flight date.

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Osaka and Kobe after dark for anniversaries · 30 minutes, Fridays and SaturdaysLoop flight, lands where it took off

30 minutes airborne· 3 seats

Osaka and Kobe after dark for anniversaries · 30 minutes, Fridays and Saturdays

¥179,200/ per person

Thirty minutes after dark covering both Osaka and Kobe, offered on Friday and Saturday evenings and built around a special date. The route gives you two cities in one flight: the dense grid of Osaka's lights on one side of the bay, then the long, thin strip of Kobe pressed between the mountains and the water on the other, with the dark bay in between. Meeting time is from late afternoon, since departure follows sunset. Every date on this flight is currently taken as a request: you send the booking, it is checked against the flight schedule, and you hear back before it is final. Three seats, and the exact take-off pad is confirmed together with your flight date.

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Kobe after dark · 20 minutesLoop flight, lands where it took off

20 minutes airborne· 3 seats

Kobe after dark · 20 minutes

¥167,100/ per person

Twenty minutes over Kobe after the city lights come on. Kobe sits on a narrow shelf between the Rokko mountains and the sea, so from the air its lights run in one long bright band, with black water on one side and a black ridge on the other, the port and its cranes marking the outer edge. Meeting time is from late afternoon, with a departure that follows sunset through the year. Three seats in the cabin, and the exact take-off pad in the Kobe area is confirmed together with your flight date.

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Osaka and Kobe after dark, date flight · 30 minutesLoop flight, lands where it took off

30 minutes airborne· 3 seats

Osaka and Kobe after dark, date flight · 30 minutes

¥234,700/ per person

Thirty minutes after dark taking in both Osaka and Kobe, bookable on weekdays as well as weekends. Osaka's lights spread wide and dense across the plain; Kobe's run in a long thin line under the mountains; the bay between them is black, with the bridges drawn across it in light. A three-seat cabin flown for two leaves the third seat empty, which is the point of a date flight. Meeting time is from late afternoon, since departure follows sunset and moves through the year. The exact take-off pad is confirmed together with your flight date.

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Frequently asked questions

What are the seat and weight limits?
Each seat takes up to 120 kg; total passenger weight is capped at 220 kg on a three-seat helicopter and 330 kg on a five-seat one. The pilot balances the aircraft with exactly these numbers, so we ask for every passenger's real weight at booking. A few kilos understated and the flight is cancelled at the pad.
What happens if the weather is bad?
The weather decides the flight, and the decision reaches your inbox at a fixed hour: departures between 09:00 and 12:00 are settled by 18:00 the evening before; from 12:30 by 10:00 on the day; from 16:30 by 15:00 on the day. If weather cancels the flight you choose a full refund or a free move to another date.

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