There are 8 ways to get from California to Japan by plane or train
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Fly San Francisco International Airport to Tokyo International Airport
best- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane SFO - HND
14h 22m¥77,249–282,834Fly San Francisco International Airport to Narita International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Narita International Airport (NRT)plane SFO - NRT
- Take the train from Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Station to Tōkyō Stationtrain
14h 37m¥49,359–197,514Fly Los Angeles International Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane LAX - HND
14h 36m¥71,801–1,102,849Fly Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Narita International Airport, train
- Fly from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) to Narita International Airport (NRT)plane SJC - NRT
- Take the train from Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Station to Tōkyō Stationtrain
14h 56m¥68,496–226,296Fly Los Angeles International Airport to Narita International Airport, train
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Narita International Airport (NRT)plane LAX - NRT
- Take the train from Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Station to Tōkyō Stationtrain
15h 6m¥63,911–167,529Fly San Francisco International Airport to Osaka International Airport
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Osaka International Airport (ITM)plane SFO - ITM
16h 43m¥77,249–222,744Fly San Francisco International Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO)plane SFO - NGO
16h 50m¥62,479–93,004Fly San Diego International Airport to Narita International Airport, train
- Fly from San Diego International Airport (SAN) to Narita International Airport (NRT)plane SAN - NRT
- Take the train from Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Station to Tōkyō Stationtrain
15h 22m¥113,098–306,296
San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Tokyo International Airport (HND) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from California to Japan is to fly and train which costs ¥49000 - ¥200000 and takes 14h 37m.
The fastest way to get from California to Japan is to fly which takes 14h 22m and costs ¥75000 - ¥290000.
The distance between California and Japan is 8345 km.
It takes approximately 14h 22m to get from California to Japan, including transfers.
Japan is 16h ahead of California. It is currently 3:57 PM in California and 7:57 AM in Japan.
There are 4080+ hotels available in Japan.
What companies run services between California, USA and Japan?
Japan Airlines, United Airlines, and three other airlines fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Tokyo International Airport (HND) every 4 hours.
Airlines
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–700,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–200,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥42,000–600,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–800,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–220,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–700,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Narita International Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–180,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Osaka International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥48,000–650,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Osaka International Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–650,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Osaka International Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Kochi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–700,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–650,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥48,000–170,000
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Narita International Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–230,000
- Website
- united.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–700,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–750,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥42,000–600,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–800,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–220,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–700,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Narita International Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–180,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Osaka International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥48,000–180,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–650,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥48,000–170,000
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Narita International Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–230,000
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Narita International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–230,000
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥120,000–650,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–210,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Narita International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 46m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥45,000–160,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–2,800,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥90,000–2,800,000
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Narita International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–260,000
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Narita International Airport via Honolulu
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥100,000–390,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–250,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Osaka International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–210,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Osaka International Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–210,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–240,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–240,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Honolulu
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–270,000
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–310,000
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Narita International Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–310,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥120,000–650,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–210,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–2,800,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥90,000–2,800,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–250,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Osaka International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–210,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Osaka International Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–210,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–240,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–240,000
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–310,000
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥120,000–650,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–210,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–2,800,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–250,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Osaka International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–210,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Osaka International Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–210,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–240,000
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–310,000
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Narita International Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–310,000
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–750,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Narita International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥45,000–160,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Osaka International Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–210,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–240,000
- Website
- zipairtokyo.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥45,000–100,000
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–220,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–95,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–240,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–210,000
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–220,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–210,000
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–370,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–240,000
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–200,000
Train operators
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jreast.co.jp
Train from Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Station to Tōkyō Station
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–5,500
- Book at
- jreast.co.jp
- Green Seat (First Class)
- ¥4,300–5,500
- Ordinary Car
- ¥2,700–3,400
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