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Ube → Osaka

Yamaguchi → Ōsaka
Straight line399 km
By road477 km
Driving time5h 30min
Fuel cost¥7,080
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Travel time by mode

Real road routing between Ube and Osaka.

ModeDistanceTime
🚗 Car477 km5h 30min
🚲 Bike477 km31h 47min
🚶 On foot459 km95h 35min

Road distance, driving time and the route below are computed by our routing engine. Fuel cost assumes ~8.3 L/100 km at ¥179/L (regular gasoline, e-Stat national average 2025).

About this route

The distance from Ube (Yamaguchi) to Osaka (Ōsaka) is 399 km in a straight line, or 477 km by road. A car trip takes about 5h 30min for an estimated fuel cost of around ¥7,080. The full driving directions are shown below. Summers are hot (warmest month around 28.2°C); spring and autumn are the most comfortable seasons for this drive.

⇄ Return route: Osaka → Ube →

Driving directions · Ube → Osaka

  1. ↑Continue289 m0min
  2. ←Turn left onto 国道190号190444 m0min
  3. →Turn right onto 国道490号4905.0 km4min
  4. ↰Keep left801 m1min
  5. ↱Keep right3.6 km2min
  6. ↰Keep left3.9 km3min
  7. ↰Keep left310 m0min
  8. →Turn right onto 宇部防府線258.1 km7min
  9. ↑Continue onto 大海秋穂二島線3384.3 km4min
  10. ←Turn left onto 宇部防府線253.3 km3min
  11. →Turn right272 m0min
  12. ←Turn left395 m0min
  13. ↖Turn slight left83 m0min
  14. →Turn right1.5 km2min
  15. →Turn right onto 国道2号26.3 km5min
  16. ↱Keep right400.8 km4h 24min
  17. ↰Keep left onto 山陽自動車道E2355 m0min
  18. ↱Keep right onto 神戸JCTE221.2 km17min
  19. ↰Keep left and drive toward 池田, 豊中, 大阪空港518 m0min
  20. ↰Keep left368 m0min
  21. ↑Continue onto 大阪池田線10175 m0min
  22. ↱Keep right onto 大阪池田線10633 m1min
  23. ↱Keep right onto 11114.4 km3min
  24. ↰Keep left onto 1111324 m0min
  25. ↰Keep left onto 大阪池田線10939 m1min
  26. ←Turn left onto 名神栄町線47 m0min
  27. ↱Keep right onto 名神栄町線153 m0min
  28. →Turn right onto 名神栄町線233 m0min
  29. →Turn right onto 阪急西側南線582 m1min
  30. ←Turn left onto 庄本牛立線152722 m1min
  31. →Turn right onto 国道176号1765.3 km6min
  32. ←Turn left onto 国道176号176747 m1min
  33. ↖Turn slight left onto 御堂筋25, 26, 165442 m1min
  34. ←Turn left onto 中之島通104 m0min
  35. 🏁Arrive at destination0 m0min

Roadside stations (michi-no-eki) along the route

Rest stops with local food and products near this itinerary.

きらら あじす山口県
あいお山口県
潮彩市場防府山口県
ソレーネ周南山口県
クロスロードみつぎ広島県
あいおい白龍城兵庫県
みき兵庫県
淡河兵庫県

Source: MLIT — National Land Numerical Information (P35, 2018)

Distances from Ube

Shimonoseki Shimonoseki28 kmYamaguchi Yamaguchi33 kmHōfu Hōfu31 kmIwakuni Iwakuni93 kmTokuyama Tokuyama54 kmKudamatsu Kudamatsu57 kmHikari Hikari65 kmOnoda Onoda9 kmHagi Hagi53 kmYanai Yanai80 kmOgōri-shimogō Ogōri-shimogō22 kmNagato Nagato49 kmShimonoseki Shimonoseki34 kmMine Mine27 kmSanyōonoda Sanyōonoda13 km

Distances from Osaka

Moriguchi Moriguchi7 kmSuita Suita8 kmHigashi-ōsaka Higashi-ōsaka8 kmKadoma Kadoma8 kmToyonaka Toyonaka10 kmDaitōchō Daitōchō11 kmYao Yao12 kmSettsu Settsu13 kmSakai Sakai13 kmNeyagawa Neyagawa14 kmMatsubara Matsubara15 kmIbaraki Ibaraki15 kmMino Mino15 kmIkeda Ikeda16 kmKashihara Kashihara16 km

Frequently asked questions

How far is it from Ube to Osaka?

About 477 km by road (399 km in a straight line).

How long does it take to drive from Ube to Osaka?

About 5h 30min by car under normal conditions.

How much fuel does the trip cost?

Roughly ¥7,080 one way (≈8.3 L/100 km at ¥179/L).