There are 7 ways to get from Basel to Tokyo by plane or train
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Fly Basel to Tokyo International Airport
best- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane BSL - HND
18h 22m¥101,140–231,617Fly 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 Tōkyō Stationtrain
20h 12m¥51,690–162,347Train 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 21m¥76,891–201,521Train 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 Tōkyō Stationtrain
17h 55m¥97,441–192,251Train to Frankfurt, fly to Tokyo International Airport
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane FRA - HND
18h 2m¥75,461–191,978Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Chūbu Centrair International Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO)plane ZRH - NGO
- Take the train from Nagoya to Tōkyō Stationtrain
21h 8mTrain, train to Munich International Airport, fly to Tokyo International Airport
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Pasingtrain
- Take the train from Pasing to Flughafen Münchentrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane MUC - HND
21h 3m¥92,295–193,826
Basel (BSL) to Tokyo International Airport (HND) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Tokyo is to fly and train which costs ¥50000 - ¥170000 and takes 20h 12m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Tokyo is to train and fly which takes 17h 55m and costs ¥95000 - ¥200000.
The distance between Basel and Tokyo is 9651 km.
It takes approximately 18h 22m to get from Basel to Tokyo, including transfers.
Tokyo is 8h ahead of Basel. It is currently 10:10 AM in Basel and 6:10 PM in Tokyo.
There are 12544+ hotels available in Tokyo.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Tokyo, Japan?
Lufthansa, easyJet, and two other airlines 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
- 15h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–220,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–170,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–410,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–190,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–430,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–250,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Tokyo International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–260,000
Flights from Basel to Tokyo International Airport via Munich International Airport, Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–270,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–410,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–430,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–250,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–170,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Narita International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥47,000–150,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Tokyo International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–170,000
Flights from Basel to Narita International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–230,000
Flights from Basel to Narita International Airport via Munich International Airport, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–160,000
Flights from Basel to Narita International Airport via Copenhagen, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–160,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–160,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–200,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–220,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Copenhagen, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–150,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Tokyo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–170,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–260,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–120,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–150,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Narita International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–140,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Tokyo International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–140,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 12m
- When
- Thursday, Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–200,000
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–170,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Narita International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥47,000–150,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Tokyo International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–170,000
Flights from Basel to Narita International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–230,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–160,000
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Basel to Tokyo International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–150,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥46,000–130,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–200,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Narita International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–180,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–190,000
- Website
- flypeach.com
Flights from Basel to Narita International Airport via Munich International Airport, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–240,000
Flights from Basel to Narita International Airport via Munich International Airport, Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–240,000
- Website
- en.ch.com
Flights from Basel to Narita International Airport via Munich International Airport, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–160,000
Flights from Basel to Narita International Airport via Copenhagen, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–160,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–170,000
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Basel to Narita International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–180,000
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–230,000
- Website
- jejuair.net
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–190,000
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥5,500–9,500
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥5,500–9,500
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥5,500–9,500
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- JR EAST
Train from 空港第2ビル Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 to Tōkyō Station
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–1,600
- Website
- JR EAST
Train from 空港第2ビル Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 to Tōkyō Station
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–1,600
- Website
- JR EAST
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥9,500–22,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥5,500–13,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Pasing
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥9,500–21,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- 050-3772-3910
- Website
- JR CENTRAL
Train from Nagoya to Tōkyō Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Website
- JR CENTRAL
- Schedules at
- JR West Timetable & Route Finder
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥6,000–26,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Pasing to Flughafen München
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,400–6,500
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
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