There are 8 ways to get from Japan to Bulgaria 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 Tokyo International Airport to Sofia Airport
best- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane HND - SOF
20h 24m$505–1,006Fly Fukuoka Airport to Istanbul, bus
cheapest- Fly from Fukuoka Airport (FUK) to Istanbul (IST)plane FUK - IST
- Take the bus from Istanbul to Burgasbus
23h 38m$420–840Fly Tokyo International Airport to Varna Airport
- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Varna Airport (VAR)plane HND - VAR
21h 6m$689–1,225Train to Narita International Airport, fly to Varna Airport
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to 空港第2ビル Narita Airport Terminal 2·3train
- Fly from Narita International Airport (NRT) to Varna Airport (VAR)plane NRT - VAR
21h 13m$502–1,530Fly Tokyo International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni, bus
- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane HND - OTP
- Take the bus from Buchurest to Rusebus
22h 4m$512–1,421Fly Tokyo International Airport to Istanbul, bus
- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Istanbul (IST)plane HND - IST
- Take the bus from Istanbul to Burgasbus
23h 15m$472–993Train to Kansai International Airport, fly to Istanbul, bus
- Take the train from Shin-Imamiya to Kansai Airporttrain
- Fly from Kansai International Airport (KIX) to Istanbul (IST)plane KIX - IST
- Take the bus from Istanbul to Burgasbus
23h 23m$544–797Train to Narita International Airport, fly to Istanbul, bus
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to 空港第2ビル Narita Airport Terminal 2·3train
- Fly from Narita International Airport (NRT) to Istanbul (IST)plane NRT - IST
- Take the bus from Istanbul to Burgasbus
23h 46m$485–948
Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Japan to Bulgaria is to train and fly and bus which costs $480 - $950 and takes 23h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Japan to Bulgaria is to fly which takes 20h 24m and costs $500 - $1,100.
The distance between Japan and Bulgaria is 9225 km.
It takes approximately 20h 24m to get from Japan to Bulgaria, including transfers.
Bulgaria is 6h behind Japan. It is currently 6:31 AM in Japan and 12:31 AM in Bulgaria.
There are 2300+ 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 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–2,300
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Varna Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $470–3,000
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Varna Airport via Kansai International Airport, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,600
Flights from Narita International Airport to Varna Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,400
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–2,400
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Istanbul via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–2,200
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Istanbul via Kansai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,100
Flights from Narita International Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,000
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–2,600
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $400–2,400
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–2,500
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $410–2,500
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–2,700
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Istanbul via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,300
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Istanbul via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,300
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–2,200
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Istanbul via Kansai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,100
Flights from Narita International Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–2,600
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–2,500
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Varna Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–3,500
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Varna Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–3,600
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–2,700
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–2,600
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Sofia Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,200
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,200
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
Flights from Narita International Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,000
Flights from Narita International Airport to Istanbul via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,100
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Istanbul via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Istanbul via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Istanbul via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,100
Flights from Narita International Airport to Istanbul via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $400–2,400
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Varna Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 57m
- When
- Thursday, Monday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–3,300
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $410–2,500
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Sofia Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–1,500
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Istanbul via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,500
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Istanbul via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,400
Flights from Narita International Airport to Istanbul via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,300
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Istanbul via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,100
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Istanbul via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,100
Flights from Narita International Airport to Istanbul via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–950
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–850
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Istanbul via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–850
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Varna Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,100
- Website
- evaair.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Istanbul via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,300
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Istanbul via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–800
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Istanbul via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–950
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- JR EAST
Train from Tōkyō Station to 空港第2ビル Narita Airport Terminal 2·3
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- JR EAST
Train from Tōkyō Station to 空港第2ビル Narita Airport Terminal 2·3
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- JR EAST
- Phone
- 050-3090-2608
- Website
- Nankai Electric Railway
Train from Shin-Imamiya to Kansai Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $5–7
- Website
- Nankai Electric Railway
- Phone
- +359 899199328
- omega_group@abv.bg
- Website
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Buchurest to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $7–11
- Schedules at
- bgrazpisanie.com
- Phone
- +38(098) 343 8282
- callcenter@likebus.ua
- Website
- likebus.ua
Bus from Istanbul to Burgas
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $34
- Schedules at
- likebus.ua
Bus from Istanbul to Burgas
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $34
- Schedules at
- likebus.ua
Bus from Istanbul to Burgas
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $34
- Schedules at
- likebus.ua
Bus from Istanbul to Burgas
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $34
- Schedules at
- likebus.ua
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