There are 7 ways to get from Essen to Tokyo by plane or train
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Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Tokyo International Airport
best- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane DUS - HND
17h 49m¥86,922–195,224Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Narita International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Narita International Airport (NRT)plane DUS - NRT
- Take the train from 空港第2ビル Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 to Tōkyō Stationtrain
19h 23m¥52,472–175,954Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Tokyo International Airport
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Koeln/Bonn Flughafentrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane CGN - HND
19h 28m¥103,709–187,164Train to Frankfurt, fly to Tokyo International Airport
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane FRA - HND
17h¥73,781–337,271Train to Münster Osnabrück International Airport, fly to Tokyo International Airport
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Muenster(Westf)Hbftrain
- Fly from Münster Osnabrück International Airport (FMO) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane FMO - HND
19h 27m¥98,165–361,544Train to Frankfurt, fly to Narita International Airport, train
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Narita International Airport (NRT)plane FRA - NRT
- Take the train from 空港第2ビル Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 to Tōkyō Stationtrain
18h 5m¥79,331–148,001Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Narita International Airport
- Take the train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Narita International Airport (NRT)plane AMS - NRT
- Take the train from 空港第2ビル Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 to Tōkyō Stationtrain
19h 36m¥85,032–163,897
Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Tokyo International Airport (HND) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Essen to Tokyo is to fly and train which costs ¥50000 - ¥180000 and takes 19h 23m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to Tokyo is to train and fly which takes 17h and costs ¥70000 - ¥340000.
The distance between Essen and Tokyo is 9388 km.
It takes approximately 17h 49m to get from Essen to Tokyo, including transfers.
Tokyo is 7h ahead of Essen. It is currently 7:07 PM in Essen and 2:07 AM in Tokyo.
There are 12932+ hotels available in Tokyo.
What companies run services between Essen, Germany and Tokyo, Japan?
Scandinavian Airlines and Finnair fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Tokyo International Airport (HND) twice daily.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–460,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Munich, Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–270,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–420,000
Flights from Münster Osnabrück International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥95,000–350,000
Flights from Münster Osnabrück International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Munich, Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥100,000–360,000
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–260,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Munich, Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–270,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–420,000
Flights from Münster Osnabrück International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥95,000–350,000
Flights from Münster Osnabrück International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Munich, Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥100,000–360,000
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–190,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–200,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Narita International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–170,000
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Narita International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–190,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–190,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–200,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Narita International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–170,000
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Narita International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–190,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Munich, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–270,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Tokyo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–330,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Narita International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥48,000–150,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Tokyo International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–140,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Narita International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–130,000
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Narita International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–260,000
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–150,000
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–240,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Narita International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–180,000
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Narita International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–250,000
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Narita International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–210,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–240,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Narita International Airport via Shenyang
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥46,000–150,000
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Narita International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–190,000
- Website
- miat.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Narita International Airport via Ulaanbaatar
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–190,000
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Essen Hbf to Koeln/Bonn Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Essen Hbf to Koeln/Bonn Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ¥3,100–6,500
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥8,000–17,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Essen Hbf to Muenster(Westf)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–5,500
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥8,000–17,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥3,000–6,500
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Essen Hbf to Muenster(Westf)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–9,500
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Essen Hbf to Muenster(Westf)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–3,200
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–3,600
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–3,900
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Essen Hbf to Muenster(Westf)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–1,700
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
- 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
- Phone
- +49 6078 966930
- service@vias-online.eu
- Website
- VIAS Rail GmbH
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥5,466
- Schedules at
- VIAS Rail GmbH
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