There are 6 ways to get from Helsinki to Sendai by plane, train, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Tokyo International Airport, train
best- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane HEL - HND
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Sendaitrain
17h 23m¥99,137–183,367Fly to Yamagata Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Yamagata Airport (GAJ)plane HEL - GAJ
- Take the bus from Yamagata Kencho-mae to Hirose dori Ichiban-chobus
22h 47m¥52,377–182,627Fly to Narita International Airport, train
- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Narita International Airport (NRT)plane HEL - NRT
- Take the train from Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 to Nipporitrain
- Take the train from Ōmiya to Sendaitrain
18h 32m¥109,347–144,797Fly to Sendai Airport
- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Sendai Airport (SDJ)plane HEL - SDJ
19h 13m¥56,047–181,247Fly to Akita Airport, train
- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Akita Airport (AXT)plane HEL - AXT
- Take the train from Akita to Sendaitrain
24h 4m¥63,997–192,497Fly to Shonai Airport, bus
- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Shonai Airport (SYO)plane HEL - 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
23h 54m¥63,227–184,347
Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Tokyo International Airport (HND) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Helsinki to Sendai is to fly and bus which costs ¥50000 - ¥190000 and takes 22h 47m.
The fastest way to get from Helsinki to Sendai is to fly and train which takes 17h 23m and costs ¥95000 - ¥190000.
The distance between Helsinki and Sendai is 8197 km.
It takes approximately 17h 23m to get from Helsinki to Sendai, including transfers.
Sendai is 7h ahead of Helsinki. It is currently 2:11 AM in Helsinki and 9:11 AM in Sendai.
There are 253+ hotels available in Sendai.
What companies run services between Helsinki, Finland and Sendai, Japan?
Finnair, Peach Aviation Limited, and All Nippon Airways fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Sendai Airport (SDJ) once daily.
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥47,000–200,000
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Chūbu Centrair
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥48,000–160,000
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥49,000–160,000
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥43,000–150,000
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Yamagata Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–220,000
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Yamagata Airport via Osaka Kansai, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–180,000
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Akita Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–220,000
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Akita Airport via Osaka Kansai, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–190,000
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Akita Airport via Chūbu Centrair, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–180,000
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Sendai Airport via Chūbu Centrair
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–180,000
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Akita Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Chūbu Centrair
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–170,000
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Shonai Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–220,000
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Shonai Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–250,000
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Shonai Airport via Stockholm, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–650,000
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Shonai Airport via Osaka Kansai, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–230,000
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Shonai Airport via Copenhagen, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–180,000
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥47,000–200,000
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Chūbu Centrair
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥48,000–160,000
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥49,000–160,000
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥43,000–150,000
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Akita Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–220,000
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Akita Airport via Osaka Kansai, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–190,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–150,000
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Narita International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 42m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥49,000–140,000
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–180,000
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Narita International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥49,000–140,000
- Website
- flypeach.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Sendai Airport via Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 37m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–180,000
- Website
- orc-air.co.jp
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Akita Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Chūbu Centrair
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–170,000
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–150,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Narita International Airport via Zhengzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥48,000–140,000
- 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
- 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
- Website
- 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
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
- 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
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