There are 8 ways to get from Istanbul to Japan by plane or train
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Fly to Kansai International Airport, train
best- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Kansai International Airport (KIX)plane IST - KIX
- Take the train from Kansai Airport to Ōsakatrain
14h 37m¥69,048–186,487Fly to Fukuoka Airport
cheapest- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Fukuoka Airport (FUK)plane IST - FUK
16h 43m¥39,999–114,382Fly to Tokyo International Airport
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane IST - HND
14h 43m¥62,015–180,661Fly to Chūbu Centrair International Airport
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO)plane IST - NGO
17h 6m¥62,470–85,704Fly to Narita International Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Narita International Airport (NRT)plane IST - NRT
- Take the train from Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Station to Tōkyō Stationtrain
15h 33m¥62,845–136,558Fly to Kobe
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Kobe (UKB)plane IST - UKB
17h 14m¥58,805–204,682Fly to Kitakyushu Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Kitakyushu Airport (KKJ)plane IST - KKJ
- Take the train from Kokura to Hakatatrain
18h 32m¥54,454–181,901Fly to Aso Kumamoto Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Aso Kumamoto Airport (KMJ)plane IST - KMJ
- Take the train from Kumamoto to Hakatatrain
18h 58m¥53,289–179,567
Istanbul (IST) to Kansai International Airport (KIX) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Istanbul to Japan is to fly which costs ¥60000 - ¥90000 and takes 17h 6m.
The fastest way to get from Istanbul to Japan is to fly and train which takes 14h 37m and costs ¥65000 - ¥190000.
The distance between Istanbul and Japan is 8841 km.
It takes approximately 14h 37m to get from Istanbul to Japan, including transfers.
Japan is 6h ahead of Istanbul. It is currently 6:44 AM in Istanbul and 12:44 PM in Japan.
There are 10842+ hotels available in Japan.
What companies run services between Istanbul, Turkey and Japan?
Turkish Airlines, All Nippon Airways, and two other airlines fly from Istanbul (IST) to Tokyo International Airport (HND) 5 times a day.
Airlines
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Istanbul to Kansai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥43,000–160,000
Flights from Istanbul to Kansai International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥45,000–380,000
Flights from Istanbul to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–410,000
Flights from Istanbul to Tokyo International Airport via Kansai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–180,000
Flights from Istanbul to Fukuoka Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–430,000
Flights from Istanbul to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥49,000–410,000
Flights from Istanbul to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥47,000–170,000
Flights from Istanbul to Kobe via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–550,000
Flights from Istanbul to Kitakyushu Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–550,000
Flights from Istanbul to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 46m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–460,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Istanbul to Kansai International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥43,000–160,000
Flights from Istanbul to Fukuoka Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥45,000–160,000
Flights from Istanbul to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 27m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥44,000–170,000
Flights from Istanbul to Narita International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥47,000–170,000
Flights from Istanbul to Kobe via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–210,000
Flights from Istanbul to Kitakyushu Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 17m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–190,000
Flights from Istanbul to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥49,000–180,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Istanbul to Kansai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥43,000–160,000
Flights from Istanbul to Kansai International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥45,000–380,000
Flights from Istanbul to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–410,000
Flights from Istanbul to Tokyo International Airport via Kansai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–180,000
Flights from Istanbul to Fukuoka Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥42,000–150,000
Flights from Istanbul to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥44,000–160,000
Flights from Istanbul to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥47,000–170,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Istanbul to Kansai International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥39,000–120,000
Flights from Istanbul to Fukuoka Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥39,000–170,000
Flights from Istanbul to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥43,000–180,000
Flights from Istanbul to Narita International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥43,000–130,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Istanbul to Kansai International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥36,000–120,000
Flights from Istanbul to Tokyo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥42,000–180,000
Flights from Istanbul to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥40,000–130,000
Flights from Istanbul to Narita International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥40,000–130,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Istanbul to Fukuoka Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥46,000–170,000
Flights from Istanbul to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥44,000–160,000
Flights from Istanbul to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–180,000
Flights from Istanbul to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥49,000–170,000
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Istanbul to Fukuoka Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥42,000–150,000
Flights from Istanbul to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥44,000–160,000
Flights from Istanbul to Narita International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥44,000–160,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Istanbul to Kansai International Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥36,000–130,000
Flights from Istanbul to Tokyo International Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–120,000
- Website
- miat.com
Flights from Istanbul to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥44,000–160,000
Flights from Istanbul to Narita International Airport via Ulaanbaatar
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–95,000
- Website
- hkairlines.com
Flights from Istanbul to Fukuoka Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–180,000
- Website
- evaair.com
Flights from Istanbul to Fukuoka Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥49,000–170,000
- Website
- skymark.co.jp
Flights from Istanbul to Kobe via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–550,000
- Website
- jinair.com
Flights from Istanbul to Kitakyushu Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–180,000
Train operators
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Kansai Airport to Ōsaka
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–3,200
- 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
- ¥2,700–3,200
- Reserved Seat
- ¥2,100–2,900
- Green Seat
- ¥2,700–3,600
Train from Kokura to Hakata
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–3,200
- 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
- ¥2,800–3,200
- Reserved Seat
- ¥2,100–3,000
- Green Seat
- ¥2,700–3,700
- Phone
- 0570-00-2486
- Website
- jr-odekake.net
Train from Kansai Airport to Ōsaka
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
- 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
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Kokura to Hakata
- Ave. Duration
- 16 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–4,400
- 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
- ¥2,800–3,800
- Reserved seat
- ¥3,600–4,400
- Green seat
- ¥4,300–6,000
Train from Kumamoto to Hakata
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 5 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥3,600–6,000
- 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
- ¥3,600–4,900
- Reserved seat
- ¥4,500–6,000
- Green seat
- ¥5,500–7,500
- Phone
- 0570-04-1717
- Website
- jrkyushu.co.jp
Train from Kokura to Hakata
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
Train from Kumamoto to Hakata
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
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