There are 8 ways to get from Europe 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 Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane FRA - HND
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Sendaitrain
20h 37m¥79,060–184,579Train to Frankfurt, fly to Sendai Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Sendai Airport (SDJ)plane FRA - SDJ
21h 56m¥65,970–202,459Train to Frankfurt, fly to Narita International Airport, train
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof 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
21h 25m¥74,270–156,009Train to Frankfurt, fly to Akita Airport, train
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Akita Airport (AXT)plane FRA - AXT
- Take the train from Akita to Sendaitrain
25h 32m¥88,920–303,709Train to Frankfurt, fly to Shonai Airport, bus
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Shonai Airport (SYO)plane FRA - SYO
- Take the bus from S-mall Bus terminal(2 platform) to Kenchou maebus
- Take the bus from Yamagata Kencho-mae to Hirose dori Ichiban-chobus
26h 27m¥93,150–335,559Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly to Tokyo International Airport
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to München Hbftrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane MUC - HND
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Sendaitrain
22h 25m¥88,609–191,393Train to Frankfurt, fly to Odate–Noshiro Airport, train
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Odate–Noshiro Airport (ONJ)plane FRA - ONJ
- Take the train from Takanosu(Jr) to Akitatrain
- Take the train from Akita to Sendaitrain
27h 1m¥101,770–779,759Train to Frankfurt, fly to Yamagata Airport, bus
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof 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
27h 30m¥67,300–203,839
Frankfurt (FRA) to Tokyo International Airport (HND) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Europe to Sendai is to train and fly which costs ¥70000 - ¥160000 and takes 21h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Europe to Sendai is to train and fly which takes 20h 37m and costs ¥75000 - ¥190000.
The distance between Europe and Sendai is 9893 km.
It takes approximately 20h 37m to get from Europe to Sendai, including transfers.
Sendai is 8h ahead of Europe. It is currently 7:59 PM in Europe and 3:59 AM in Sendai.
There are 262+ hotels available in Sendai.
What companies run services between Europe and Sendai, Japan?
There is no direct connection from Europe to Sendai. However, you can take the line 315 bus to Bebra Bahnhof, walk to Bebra Bahnhof, take the train to Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof, take the train to Frankfurt, walk to Frankfurt (FRA) airport, fly to Tokyo International Airport (HND), walk to Haneda Airport Terminal 1, take the train to Monorail Hamamatsuchō, walk to Hamamatsuchō, take the train to Tōkyō Station, then take the train to Sendai. Alternatively, you can take the line 315 bus to Bebra Bahnhof, walk to Bebra Bahnhof, take the train to Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof, take the train to Frankfurt, walk to Frankfurt (FRA) airport, fly to Narita International Airport (NRT), walk to Narita Airport Terminal 2·3, take the train to Nippori, take the train to Ōmiya, then take the train to Sendai.
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Frankfurt to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–550,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Sendai Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–190,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Sendai Airport via Beijing Capital, Chūbu Centrair
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–190,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Akita Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–600,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Akita Airport via Vienna, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–650,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Akita Airport via Munich International Airport, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–650,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Shonai Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–700,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Shonai Airport via Vienna, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–750,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Shonai Airport via Munich International Airport, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–320,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–550,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–260,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Odate–Noshiro Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–750,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Odate–Noshiro Airport via Vienna, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥90,000–800,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Odate–Noshiro Airport via Munich International Airport, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–800,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Tokyo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–130,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Narita International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–130,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Narita International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–130,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Sendai Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–190,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–260,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–95,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–220,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Yamagata Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–600,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Yamagata Airport via Beijing Capital, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–190,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Yamagata Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–190,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Yamagata Airport via Munich International Airport, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–280,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Yamagata Airport via Incheon, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–240,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–550,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Akita Airport via Munich International Airport, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–280,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–550,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Tokyo International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–160,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Narita International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–90,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Tokyo International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–220,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Narita International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–200,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Narita International Airport via Shenyang
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥48,000–180,000
- Website
- twayair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Narita International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–160,000
- Website
- miat.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Narita International Airport via Ulaanbaatar
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–110,000
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Narita International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–190,000
- Website
- flypeach.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Sendai Airport via Shenyang, Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–220,000
- Website
- ibexair.co.jp
Flights from Frankfurt to Sendai Airport via Beijing Capital, Chūbu Centrair
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–190,000
- Website
- tigerairtw.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Akita Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–300,000
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥4,200–10,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥11,000–13,000
- 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
Train from Akita to Sendai
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- 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
- ¥9,000–11,000
- 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
Train from Takanosu(Jr) to Akita
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–3,900
- 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
- ¥3,400–3,900
- Reserved Seat
- ¥2,800–3,900
- Green Seat
- ¥3,900–5,500
- 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
- ¥2,520–2,570
- 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
- +49 561 766396-0
- info@cantus-bahn.de
- Website
- cantus-bahn.de
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–3,100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jreast.co.jp
Train from Takanosu(Jr) to Akita
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥1,300–1,800
- Schedules at
- jreast.co.jp
- Website
- shonaikotsu.jp
Bus from S-mall Bus terminal(2 platform) to Kenchou mae
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥190–2,800
- Schedules at
- shonaikotsu.jp
- Website
- yamakobus.co.jp
Bus from S-mall Bus terminal(2 platform) to Kenchou mae
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–1,900
- Schedules at
- 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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