There are 8 ways to get from Crete to Japan by plane or train
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Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Narita International Airport, train
best- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Narita International Airport (NRT)plane HER - NRT
- Take the train from Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Station to Tōkyō Stationtrain
18h 53m¥62,854–235,686Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Tokyo International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane HER - HND
21h 33m¥47,744–301,006Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Fukuoka Airport
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Fukuoka Airport (FUK)plane HER - FUK
19h 38m¥50,384–220,446Fly Chania International Airport to Fukuoka Airport
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Fukuoka Airport (FUK)plane CHQ - FUK
22h 11m¥79,455–356,897Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Chūbu Centrair International Airport
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO)plane HER - NGO
21h 11m¥55,974–221,176Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Kansai International Airport, train
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Kansai International Airport (KIX)plane HER - KIX
- Take the train from Kansai Airport to Ōsakatrain
20h 57m¥62,254–283,386Fly Chania International Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane CHQ - HND
22h 51m¥99,815–407,457Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Aso Kumamoto Airport, train
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Aso Kumamoto Airport (KMJ)plane HER - KMJ
- Take the train from Kumamoto to Hakatatrain
23h 26m¥70,154–268,586
Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Narita International Airport (NRT) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Crete to Japan is to fly which costs ¥50000 - ¥220000 and takes 19h 38m.
The fastest way to get from Crete to Japan is to fly and train which takes 18h 53m and costs ¥60000 - ¥240000.
The distance between Crete and Japan is 9726 km.
It takes approximately 18h 53m to get from Crete to Japan, including transfers.
Japan is 6h ahead of Crete. It is currently 1:10 AM in Crete and 7:10 AM in Japan.
There are 11766+ hotels available in Japan.
What companies run services between Crete, Greece and Japan?
Aegean Airlines, Juneyao Airlines, and seven other airlines fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Fukuoka Airport (FUK) twice daily.
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Narita International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–230,000
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Narita International Airport via Athens, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–290,000
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Tokyo International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–950,000
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Tokyo International Airport via Athens, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–330,000
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Athens, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–290,000
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Tel Aviv, Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥95,000–650,000
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Istanbul, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–900,000
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Kansai International Airport via Athens, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–280,000
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Istanbul, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–1,000,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Narita International Airport via Athens, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥44,000–320,000
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Narita International Airport via Istanbul, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥43,000–310,000
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Tokyo International Airport via Athens, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–360,000
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Tokyo International Airport via Athens, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–330,000
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Tokyo International Airport via Warsaw Chopin, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–400,000
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Athens, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥45,000–320,000
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Istanbul, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥45,000–320,000
Flights from Chania International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Warsaw Chopin, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–490,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Fukuoka Airport via Vienna, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–260,000
Flights from Chania International Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Vienna, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–320,000
Flights from Chania International Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Budapest, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–320,000
Flights from Chania International Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Warsaw Chopin, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–340,000
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Istanbul, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–260,000
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Budapest, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–250,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Narita International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–230,000
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Fukuoka Airport via Istanbul, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–210,000
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Tokyo International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–950,000
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Istanbul, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–220,000
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Tel Aviv, Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥95,000–650,000
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Fukuoka Airport via Athens, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 7m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–280,000
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Fukuoka Airport via Istanbul, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–240,000
Flights from Chania International Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Athens, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 2m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–340,000
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Narita International Airport via Athens, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–290,000
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Tokyo International Airport via Athens, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–330,000
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Athens, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–290,000
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Kansai International Airport via Athens, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–280,000
- Website
- elal.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Narita International Airport via Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥90,000–600,000
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Fukuoka Airport via Istanbul, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–210,000
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Istanbul, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–220,000
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Kansai International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–280,000
Flights from Chania International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥95,000–390,000
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Tel Aviv, Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥110,000–700,000
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Narita International Airport via Tel Aviv, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥48,000–270,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Fukuoka Airport via Istanbul, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–220,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Tokyo International Airport via Istanbul, Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥47,000–300,000
- Website
- jejuair.net
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Istanbul, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–240,000
- 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
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/e/nex/
- Website
- https://www.eki-net.com/en/jreast-train-reservation/Top/Index
- Green Seat (First Class)
- ¥4,300–5,500
- Ordinary Car
- ¥2,700–3,400
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Kansai Airport to Ōsaka
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–3,200
- 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
- ¥2,700–3,200
- Reserved Seat
- ¥2,100–2,900
- Green Seat
- ¥2,700–3,600
- Phone
- 0570-00-2486
- Website
- jr-odekake.net
Train from Kansai Airport to Ōsaka
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
- Phone
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Kumamoto to Hakata
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 5 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥3,600–6,000
- 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
- ¥3,600–4,900
- Reserved seat
- ¥4,500–6,000
- Green seat
- ¥5,500–7,500
- Phone
- 0570-04-1717
- Website
- jrkyushu.co.jp
Train from Kumamoto to Hakata
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
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