There are 7 ways to get from Basel to Japan by train or plane
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Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Fukuoka Airport
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Fukuoka Airport (FUK)plane ZRH - FUK
17h 28m¥107,011–189,903Fly Basel to Narita International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Narita International Airport (NRT)plane BSL - NRT
- Take the train from 空港第2ビル Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 to 東京 Tōkyōtrain
22h 47m¥61,722–192,388Fly Basel to Tokyo International Airport
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane BSL - HND
17h 47m¥101,202–171,608Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Tokyo International Airport
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane ZRH - HND
19h 56m¥87,361–190,463Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Kobe
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Kobe (UKB)plane ZRH - UKB
18h 28m¥86,991–269,893Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Narita International Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Narita International Airport (NRT)plane ZRH - NRT
- Take the train from 空港第2ビル Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 to 東京 Tōkyōtrain
17h 45m¥92,881–241,243Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to Tokyo International Airport
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane FRA - HND
18h 2m¥90,595–199,743
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Fukuoka Airport (FUK) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Japan is to train and fly which costs ¥85000 - ¥190000 and takes 19h 56m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Japan is to train and fly which takes 17h 28m and costs ¥100000 - ¥190000.
The distance between Basel and Japan is 9407 km.
It takes approximately 17h 28m to get from Basel to Japan, including transfers.
Japan is 7h ahead of Basel. It is currently 6:40 PM in Basel and 1:40 AM in Japan.
There are 12512+ hotels available in Japan.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Japan?
Lufthansa City and Lufthansa fly from Basel (BSL) to Tokyo International Airport (HND) once daily.
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥95,000–290,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–260,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–220,000
Flights from Basel to Narita International Airport via Munich, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–190,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–750,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–230,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–210,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Narita International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–180,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Tokyo International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥90,000–140,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥95,000–290,000
Flights from Basel to Narita International Airport via Munich, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–190,000
Flights from Basel to Narita International Airport via Warsaw Chopin, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–190,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Tokyo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Monday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–120,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–210,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–260,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kobe via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 52m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–260,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Narita International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–210,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Tokyo International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥95,000–330,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–750,000
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–280,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Narita International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–240,000
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–210,000
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–260,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kobe via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–260,000
- Website
- en.ch.com
Flights from Basel to Narita International Airport via Munich, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–190,000
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥90,000–260,000
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–170,000
- Website
- eastarjet.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–220,000
- Website
- flypeach.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–240,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–220,000
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Basel to Narita International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–250,000
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Basel to Narita International Airport via Munich, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–190,000
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥6,000–18,000
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥6,000–18,000
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥6,000–18,000
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥6,000–18,000
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jreast.co.jp
Train from 空港第2ビル Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 to 東京 Tōkyō
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–1,600
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/
Train from 空港第2ビル Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 to 東京 Tōkyō
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–1,600
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥8,500–30,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–9,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- ¥10,000–18,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ¥10,000–19,000
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- ¥13,000–19,000
- 2nd Class
- ¥10,000–14,000
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥1,400–3,200
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
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