There are 6 ways to get from Japan to Athens by plane or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Fukuoka Airport
best- Fly from Fukuoka Airport (FUK) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane FUK - ATH
21h 9m€360–710Train to Saga Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Hakata to Sagatrain
- Fly from Saga Airport (HSG) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane HSG - ATH
23h 58m€251–679Train to Kansai International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Ōsaka to Kansai Airporttrain
- Fly from Kansai International Airport (KIX) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane KIX - ATH
19h 9m€410–1,526Fly from Tokyo International Airport
- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane HND - ATH
19h 25m€351–714Fly from Chūbu Centrair International Airport
- Fly from Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane NGO - ATH
22h 40m€423–764Train to Narita International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Stationtrain
- Fly from Narita International Airport (NRT) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane NRT - ATH
20h 59m€294–529
Fukuoka Airport (FUK) to Athens International Airport (ATH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Japan to Athens is to train and fly which costs €290 - €550 and takes 20h 59m.
The fastest way to get from Japan to Athens is to train and fly which takes 19h 9m and costs €410 - €1600.
The distance between Japan and Athens is 9063 km.
It takes approximately 21h 9m to get from Japan to Athens, including transfers.
Athens is 7h behind Japan. It is currently 7:55 AM in Japan and 12:55 AM in Athens.
There are 12252+ hotels available in Athens.
What companies run services between Japan and Athens, Greece?
China Eastern Airlines, Juneyao Airlines, and seven other airlines fly from Fukuoka Airport (FUK) to Athens International Airport (ATH) 5 times a day.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Athens International Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–850
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Athens International Airport via Incheon, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–850
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Athens International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–750
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Athens International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–1,900
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Athens International Airport via Incheon, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–850
Flights from Narita International Airport to Athens International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190–700
Flights from Saga Airport to Athens International Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €260–900
Flights from Saga Airport to Athens International Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €240–850
Flights from Saga Airport to Athens International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €250–900
Flights from Saga Airport to Athens International Airport via Incheon, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €230–850
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Athens International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €220–650
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Athens International Airport via Incheon, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €220–850
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Athens International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €210–600
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Athens International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €230–650
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Athens International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €240–700
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Athens International Airport via Incheon, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €230–850
Flights from Saga Airport to Athens International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €230–650
Flights from Saga Airport to Athens International Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €260–900
Flights from Saga Airport to Athens International Airport via Incheon, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €230–850
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Athens International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 7m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €220–650
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Athens International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 57m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €210–600
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Athens International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €230–650
Flights from Saga Airport to Athens International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €230–650
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Athens International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €220–650
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Athens International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 57m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €210–600
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Athens International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €230–650
Flights from Saga Airport to Athens International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €230–650
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Athens International Airport via Dalian, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €190–600
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Athens International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €340–450
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Athens International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €190–600
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Athens International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €290–1,000
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Athens International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €330–1,100
Flights from Narita International Airport to Athens International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €270–950
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Athens International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €290–950
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Athens International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €320–1,000
Flights from Narita International Airport to Athens International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €270–900
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Athens International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–650
Flights from Saga Airport to Athens International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan, Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €240–700
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Athens International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €260–950
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Athens International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €450–480
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Athens International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €240–2,000
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to Athens International Airport via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €290–850
- Website
- elal.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to Athens International Airport via Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €290–950
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to Athens International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €200–750
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to Athens International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €200–600
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Ōsaka to Kansai Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- 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
- €15–17
- Reserved Seat
- €11–16
- Green Seat
- €14–20
Train from Hakata to Saga
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- 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
- €15–17
- Reserved Seat
- €11–16
- Green Seat
- €14–20
- Phone
- 0570-00-2486
- Website
- jr-odekake.net
Train from Ōsaka to Kansai Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jreast.co.jp
Train from Tōkyō Station to Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Station
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €14–30
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/e/nex/
- Website
- https://www.eki-net.com/en/jreast-train-reservation/Top/Index
- Green Seat (First Class)
- €23–30
- Ordinary Car
- €14–19
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