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 53m¥82,268–274,782Fly 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 Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Station to Tōkyō Stationtrain
20h 2m¥64,378–249,462Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Tokyo International Airport
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane CGN - HND
19h 5m¥84,258–198,510Train 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 2m¥79,648–260,933Train to Münster Osnabrück International Airport, fly to Tokyo International Airport
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Münster Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Münster Osnabrück International Airport (FMO) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane FMO - HND
19h 39m¥115,365–399,568Train 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 Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Station to Tōkyō Stationtrain
18h 7m¥81,758–245,613Train, 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 Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Station to Tōkyō Stationtrain
19h 49m¥72,412–211,181
Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Tokyo International Airport (HND) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Essen to Tokyo is to train and fly which costs ¥70000 - ¥220000 and takes 19h 49m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to Tokyo is to train and fly which takes 17h 2m and costs ¥75000 - ¥270000.
The distance between Essen and Tokyo is 9387 km.
It takes approximately 17h 53m to get from Essen to Tokyo, including transfers.
Tokyo is 7h ahead of Essen. It is currently 7:34 PM in Essen and 2:34 AM in Tokyo.
There are 11687+ hotels available in Tokyo.
What companies run services between Essen, Germany and Tokyo, Japan?
Scandinavian Airlines, Finnair, and Eurowings 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
- ¥65,000–900,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Munich, Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–340,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–850,000
Flights from Münster Osnabrück International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥100,000–470,000
Flights from Münster Osnabrück International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Munich, Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥110,000–480,000
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–330,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Munich, Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–340,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–850,000
Flights from Münster Osnabrück International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥100,000–470,000
Flights from Münster Osnabrück International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Munich, Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥110,000–480,000
- 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
- ¥50,000–350,000
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
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–280,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Narita International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–240,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–290,000
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Narita International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–280,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–280,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Narita International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–240,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–290,000
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Narita International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–280,000
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Narita International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–260,000
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Narita International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–310,000
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–210,000
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–260,000
- 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
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Narita International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–120,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Narita International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–230,000
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–260,000
- 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
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Narita International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–300,000
- 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
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Narita International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–220,000
- Website
- twayair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Narita International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥90,000–250,000
- 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
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥2,900–7,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥9,000–21,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Münster Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥3,200–7,500
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥3,300–7,500
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Münster Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥4,600–7,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- 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
- 069 450099650
- Kundenservice-Linie10@vias-online.de
- Website
- vias-online.de
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥7,500–9,500
- Schedules at
- vias-online.de
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–4,400
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–4,900
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
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