There are 8 ways to get from Cardiff to Japan by train or plane
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Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Tokyo International Airport
best- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane LHR - HND
18h 16m¥90,661–200,595Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Chūbu Centrair International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO)plane LGW - NGO
23h 14m¥64,975–166,617Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Fukuoka Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Fukuoka Airport (FUK)plane LGW - FUK
20h 31m¥99,395–285,897Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Tokyo International Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane BRS - HND
20h 56m¥103,739–167,478Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Fukuoka Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Fukuoka Airport (FUK)plane LHR - FUK
19h 28m¥75,351–249,995Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Narita International Airport, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Narita International Airport (NRT)plane BRS - NRT
- Take the train from 空港第2ビル Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 to Tōkyō Stationtrain
20h 41m¥94,289–188,208Fly Cardiff Airport to Narita International Airport, train
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Narita International Airport (NRT)plane CWL - NRT
- Take the train from 空港第2ビル Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 to Tōkyō Stationtrain
21h 5m¥72,316–253,151Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Narita International Airport, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Narita International Airport (NRT)plane LHR - NRT
- Take the train from 空港第2ビル Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 to Tōkyō Stationtrain
20h 26m¥96,211–171,325
London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Tokyo International Airport (HND) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Japan is to train and fly which costs ¥65000 - ¥170000 and takes 23h 14m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Japan is to train and fly which takes 18h 16m and costs ¥90000 - ¥210000.
The distance between Cardiff and Japan is 9870 km.
It takes approximately 18h 16m to get from Cardiff to Japan, including transfers.
Japan is 9h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 12:08 PM in Cardiff and 9:08 PM in Japan.
There are 12959+ hotels available in Japan.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Japan?
There is no direct connection from Cardiff to Japan. However, you can take the train to London Paddington, take the train to Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3, walk to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) airport, fly to Tokyo International Airport (HND), walk to 羽田空港第1ターミナル Haneda Airport Terminal 1, take the train to モノレール浜松町 Monorail Hamamatsuchō, then take the train to Tōkyō Station. Alternatively, you can take the train to Reading, take the train to Gatwick Airport, walk to London Gatwick Airport (LGW) airport, fly to Fukuoka Airport (FUK), walk to Fukuoka Airport, then take the subway to Gion.
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–260,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–260,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–220,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–160,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–140,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Narita International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–160,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–130,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–140,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–220,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 13m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–160,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Narita International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–160,000
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–260,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–140,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Narita International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–160,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–220,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Narita International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–220,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Narita International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥49,000–180,000
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Narita International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–250,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–120,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Frankfurt, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–160,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Copenhagen, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–160,000
- Website
- virginatlantic.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–210,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Narita International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–220,000
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–500,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–550,000
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥49,000–150,000
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥46,000–120,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Narita International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ¥49,000–180,000
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–140,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Narita International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–160,000
- Website
- xiamenair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Narita International Airport via Xiamen
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–180,000
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Narita International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–210,000
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–23,000
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥9,500–18,000
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥4,500–8,500
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥3,300–6,000
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–23,000
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥3,300–6,000
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥9,500–18,000
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥4,500–8,500
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–23,000
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–4,300
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–4,300
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ¥3,500–5,500
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ¥3,500–5,500
- Website
- Cross Country
- 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
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
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