There are 8 ways to get from Japan to Bulgaria by plane, train, shuttle, 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 Tokyo International Airport to Sofia Airport
best- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane HND - SOF
20h 19m$655–1,706Fly Tokyo International Airport to Istanbul, bus
cheapest- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Istanbul (IST)plane HND - IST
- Take the bus from Istanbul Airport Bus to Silivri Otogarbus
- Take the bus from Silivri to Burgas Westbus
23h 54m$455–1,539Fly Tokyo International Airport to Varna Airport
- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Varna Airport (VAR)plane HND - VAR
20h 26m$839–1,835Train to Narita International Airport, fly to Varna Airport
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Stationtrain
- Fly from Narita International Airport (NRT) to Varna Airport (VAR)plane NRT - VAR
20h 55m$552–1,864Fly Tokyo International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane HND - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
20h 54m$724–1,985Fly Fukuoka Airport to Istanbul, bus
- Fly from Fukuoka Airport (FUK) to Istanbul (IST)plane FUK - IST
- Take the bus from Istanbul Airport Bus to Silivri Otogarbus
- Take the bus from Silivri to Burgas Westbus
24h 38m$522–1,236Train to Kansai International Airport, fly to Istanbul, bus
- Take the train from Ōsaka to Kansai Airporttrain
- Fly from Kansai International Airport (KIX) to Istanbul (IST)plane KIX - IST
- Take the bus from Istanbul Airport Bus to Silivri Otogarbus
- Take the bus from Silivri to Burgas Westbus
23h 43mTrain to Narita International Airport, fly to Istanbul, bus
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Stationtrain
- Fly from Narita International Airport (NRT) to Istanbul (IST)plane NRT - IST
- Take the bus from Istanbul Airport Bus to Silivri Otogarbus
- Take the bus from Silivri to Burgas Westbus
24h 18m$458–1,168
Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Japan to Bulgaria is to train and fly and bus which costs $450 - $1,200 and takes 24h 18m.
The fastest way to get from Japan to Bulgaria is to fly which takes 20h 19m and costs $650 - $1,800.
The distance between Japan and Bulgaria is 9225 km.
It takes approximately 20h 19m to get from Japan to Bulgaria, including transfers.
Bulgaria is 6h behind Japan. It is currently 12:18 AM in Japan and 6:18 PM in Bulgaria.
There are 341+ hotels available in Bulgaria.
What companies run services between Japan and Bulgaria?
Turkish Airlines, All Nippon Airways, and four other airlines fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Sofia Airport (SOF) every 4 hours.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Sofia Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–4,900
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Varna Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 3m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–6,500
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Varna Airport via Kansai International Airport, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Narita International Airport to Varna Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 53m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,700
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–5,000
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Istanbul via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–4,300
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Istanbul via Kansai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,100
Flights from Narita International Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–5,500
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $480–5,500
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–5,500
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $490–5,500
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–6,000
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Istanbul via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–4,900
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–4,300
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Istanbul via Kansai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,100
Flights from Narita International Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–5,500
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–5,500
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–6,000
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–6,000
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Istanbul via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Istanbul via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Istanbul via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,000
Flights from Narita International Airport to Istanbul via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Sofia Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,100
Flights from Narita International Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Narita International Airport to Istanbul via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,300
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $480–5,500
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Varna Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–7,500
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $490–5,500
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Sofia Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,400
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Istanbul via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,300
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Istanbul via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,300
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Istanbul via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Istanbul via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Narita International Airport to Istanbul via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Istanbul via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,500
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Istanbul via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,200
- Website
- elal.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to Varna Airport via Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $700–4,200
- Website
- evaair.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Istanbul via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Istanbul via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,300
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Istanbul via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,100
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Istanbul via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,100
- 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
- $17–35
- Book at
- jreast.co.jp
- Green Seat (First Class)
- $27–35
- Ordinary Car
- $17–21
- Phone
- 0570-00-2486
- Website
- jr-odekake.net
Train from Ōsaka to Kansai Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Book at
- westjr.co.jp
- Phone
- +359 89 345 5533
- info@atlastaxi.eu
- Website
- atlastaxi.eu
Shuttle from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $120–280
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
- Phone
- 0850 888 33 34
- info@hava.ist
- Website
- hava.ist
Bus from Istanbul Airport Bus to Silivri Otogar
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $3–9
- Website
- https://hava.ist/?lang=en
- Phone
- 0850 222 34 55
- Website
- metroturizm.com.tr
Bus from Silivri to Burgas West
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $18–25
- Website
- https://www.metroturizm.com.tr/en
- Standard
- $18–25
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