There are 8 ways to get from Cologne to Sendai by train, plane, or bus
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Train to Frankfurt, fly to Tokyo International Airport, train
best- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane FRA - HND
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Sendaitrain
17h 49m¥84,294–265,320Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Yamagata Airport, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Yamagata Airport (GAJ)plane DUS - GAJ
- Take the bus from Yamagata Kencho-mae to Hirose dori Ichiban-chobus
23h 36m¥58,880–236,998Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Sendai Airport
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Sendai Airport (SDJ)plane CGN - SDJ
25h 22m¥76,013–321,825Train to Frankfurt, fly to Narita International Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Narita International Airport (NRT)plane FRA - NRT
- Take the train from Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 to Nipporitrain
- Take the train from Ōmiya to Sendaitrain
18h 48m¥84,504–246,750Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Sendai Airport
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Sendai Airport (SDJ)plane DUS - SDJ
22h 18m¥82,550–335,618Train to Frankfurt, fly to Sendai Airport
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Sendai Airport (SDJ)plane FRA - SDJ
19h 19m¥71,204–273,200Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Yamagata Airport, bus
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Yamagata Airport (GAJ)plane CGN - GAJ
- Take the bus from Yamagata Kencho-mae to Hirose dori Ichiban-chobus
28h 36m¥87,343–293,205Train to Frankfurt, fly to Yamagata Airport, bus
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Yamagata Airport (GAJ)plane FRA - GAJ
- Take the bus from Yamagata Kencho-mae to Hirose dori Ichiban-chobus
24h 48m¥72,534–274,580
Frankfurt (FRA) to Tokyo International Airport (HND) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Sendai is to train and fly which costs ¥80000 - ¥250000 and takes 18h 48m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Sendai is to train and fly which takes 17h 49m and costs ¥80000 - ¥270000.
The distance between Cologne and Sendai is 9873 km.
It takes approximately 17h 49m to get from Cologne to Sendai, including transfers.
Sendai is 7h ahead of Cologne. It is currently 8:37 AM in Cologne and 3:37 PM in Sendai.
There are 259+ hotels available in Sendai.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Sendai, Japan?
Eurowings, Swiss, and three other airlines fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Sendai Airport (SDJ) 5 times a week.
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–290,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Yamagata Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–390,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Yamagata Airport via Copenhagen, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–230,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Yamagata Airport via Istanbul, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–1,100,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Yamagata Airport via Frankfurt, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–360,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Yamagata Airport via Munich, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–370,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Yamagata Airport via Rome, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–290,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Yamagata Airport via Istanbul, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–1,100,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Yamagata Airport via Munich, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–360,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Yamagata Airport via Vienna, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 2m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–1,000,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Yamagata Airport via London Heathrow, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥100,000–390,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Yamagata Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–950,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Yamagata Airport via Beijing Capital, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–270,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Yamagata Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–380,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Yamagata Airport via Munich, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–350,000
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Frankfurt to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–850,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Sendai Airport via Zurich, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–320,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Sendai Airport via Zurich, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–330,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Sendai Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–260,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Sendai Airport via Beijing Capital, Chūbu Centrair
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 52m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–270,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Tokyo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–120,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Narita International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–85,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Narita International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–85,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Sendai Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–260,000
- Website
- flypeach.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Sendai Airport via Munich, Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–370,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Sendai Airport via Munich, Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–380,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Sendai Airport via Shenyang, Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–310,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–850,000
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Sendai Airport via Zurich, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–320,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Narita International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–220,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Sendai Airport via Zurich, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–330,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Tokyo International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–180,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Narita International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–110,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Narita International Airport via Shenyang
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥42,000–250,000
- Website
- twayair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Narita International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥90,000–260,000
- Website
- miat.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Narita International Airport via Ulaanbaatar
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–290,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Narita International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–250,000
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥5,500–13,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–3,600
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Tōkyō Station to Sendai
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥8,000–12,000
- Schedules at
- https://japantravel.navitime.com/en/area/jp/route/
- Website
- https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Website
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
- Unreserved seat
- ¥8,000–11,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥9,500–12,000
- Green seat
- ¥12,000–16,000
Train from Ōmiya to Sendai
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥7,500–11,000
- Schedules at
- https://japantravel.navitime.com/en/area/jp/route/
- Website
- https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Website
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
- Unreserved seat
- ¥7,500–11,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥8,500–11,000
- Green seat
- ¥11,000–15,000
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Tōkyō Station to Sendai
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥8,000–12,000
- Schedules at
- https://japantravel.navitime.com/en/area/jp/route/
- Website
- https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Website
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
- Unreserved Seat
- ¥8,500–10,000
- Reserved Seat
- ¥8,000–12,000
- Green Seat
- ¥12,000–17,000
- Phone
- 0570-081-160
- Website
- keisei.co.jp
Train from Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 to Nippori
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–2,600
- Website
- https://www.keisei.co.jp/keisei/tetudou/skyliner/us/index.php
- Phone
- 0570-081-160
- Website
- keisei.co.jp
Train from Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 to Nippori
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥850–1,200
- Website
- https://www.keisei.co.jp/keisei/tetudou/skyliner/us/index.php
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–4,400
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Website
- yamakobus.co.jp
Bus from Yamagata Kencho-mae to Hirose dori Ichiban-cho
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥850–1,100
- Schedules at
- yamakobus.jp
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