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
19h 53m¥82,128–234,405Fly 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
19h 42m¥64,238–239,085Train 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
18h 5m¥83,752–167,898Train 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 7m¥78,714–239,067Train 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
18h 44m¥115,002–388,871Train 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 2m¥75,824–243,747Train, 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 40m¥71,984–212,181
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 40m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to Tokyo is to train and fly which takes 17h 7m and costs ¥75000 - ¥240000.
The distance between Essen and Tokyo is 9387 km.
It takes approximately 19h 53m to get from Essen to Tokyo, including transfers.
Tokyo is 8h ahead of Essen. It is currently 9:10 PM in Essen and 5:10 AM in Tokyo.
There are 11490+ hotels available in Tokyo.
What companies run services between Essen, Germany and Tokyo, Japan?
Finnair, Scandinavian Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Tokyo International Airport (HND) 4 times a day.
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–850,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–300,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Munich, Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–300,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–800,000
Flights from Münster Osnabrück International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥100,000–410,000
Flights from Münster Osnabrück International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Munich, Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥100,000–430,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Copenhagen, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–230,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Warsaw Chopin, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–240,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Munich, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–240,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Tokyo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–130,000
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
- 15h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–85,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–850,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–300,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–800,000
Flights from Münster Osnabrück International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–1,200,000
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Narita International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–260,000
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Narita International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–300,000
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–260,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Narita International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–230,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–270,000
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Narita International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–270,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Tokyo International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–180,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Narita International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–110,000
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Narita International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–280,000
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–200,000
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–250,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Narita International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–230,000
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Narita International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–280,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Narita International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–220,000
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–250,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–270,000
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Narita International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–270,000
- Website
- twayair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Narita International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥90,000–260,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Narita International Airport via Shenyang
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥41,000–220,000
- Website
- miat.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Narita International Airport via Ulaanbaatar
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–290,000
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Narita International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–210,000
- 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
- ¥2,600–6,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥8,000–19,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Münster Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥2,900–7,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥2,900–7,000
- 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
- ¥3,500–5,500
- 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
- ¥7,500–11,000
- 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
- ¥1,700–4,300
- 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
- ¥1,900–4,700
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
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