There are 7 ways to get from Japan to Bulgaria by plane, train, bus, or night 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 Tokyo International Airport to Varna Airport
best- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Varna Airport (VAR)plane HND - VAR
20h 52m$603–1,105Fly Tokyo International Airport to Sofia Airport
cheapest- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane HND - SOF
20h 59m$504–1,006Train to Narita International Airport, fly to Sofia 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 Sofia Airport (SOF)plane NRT - SOF
21h 21m$558–811Fly Tokyo International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni, train
- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane HND - OTP
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Rusetrain
24h 22m$567–1,325Fly Fukuoka Airport to Istanbul Airport, bus, night train
- Fly from Fukuoka Airport (FUK) to Istanbul Airport (IST)plane FUK - IST
- Take the bus from Istanbul Airport Bus to Çerkezköybus
- Take the nighttrain from Çerkezköy to Stara Zagoranighttrain
24h 48mTrain to Kansai International Airport, fly to Istanbul Airport, bus, night train
- Take the train from Shin-Imamiya to Kansai Airporttrain
- Fly from Kansai International Airport (KIX) to Istanbul Airport (IST)plane KIX - IST
- Take the bus from Istanbul Airport Bus to Çerkezköybus
- Take the nighttrain from Çerkezköy to Stara Zagoranighttrain
24h 3mFly Tokyo International Airport to Istanbul Airport, bus, night train
- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Istanbul Airport (IST)plane HND - IST
- Take the bus from Istanbul Airport Bus to Çerkezköybus
- Take the nighttrain from Çerkezköy to Stara Zagoranighttrain
24h 10m
Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Varna Airport (VAR) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Japan to Bulgaria is to fly which costs $500 - $1,100 and takes 20h 59m.
The fastest way to get from Japan to Bulgaria is to fly which takes 20h 52m and costs $600 - $1,200.
The distance between Japan and Bulgaria is 8905 km.
It takes approximately 20h 52m to get from Japan to Bulgaria, including transfers.
Bulgaria is 7h behind Japan. It is currently 7:51 PM in Japan and 12:51 PM in Bulgaria.
There are 2295+ hotels available in Bulgaria.
What companies run services between Japan and Bulgaria?
Turkish Airlines, All Nippon Airways, and three other airlines fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Varna Airport (VAR) 3 times a day.
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–2,800
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–2,600
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–2,800
Flights from Narita International Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–2,800
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–2,700
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Istanbul Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Istanbul Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Istanbul Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–2,300
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Istanbul Airport via Kansai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Varna Airport via Istanbul Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $450–3,100
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Varna Airport via Kansai International Airport, Istanbul Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,500
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Sofia Airport via Istanbul Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–2,500
Flights from Narita International Airport to Sofia Airport via Istanbul Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,000
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Istanbul Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–2,500
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Istanbul Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Istanbul Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–2,300
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Varna Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–3,600
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Varna Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–3,700
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–2,800
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–2,800
Flights from Narita International Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–2,800
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Varna Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–3,500
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–2,600
Flights from Narita International Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–900
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–2,700
- 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
- $460–1,400
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–1,400
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Istanbul Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,400
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Istanbul Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,400
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Istanbul Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Istanbul Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Istanbul Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,100
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Istanbul Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,100
- 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 Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–650
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Varna Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $370–950
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to Sofia Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $280–950
- Website
- elal.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to Sofia Airport via Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,200
- Website
- evaair.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Istanbul Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Istanbul Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–800
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Istanbul Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- 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
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $13–15
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- bdz_passengers@bdz.bg
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
Night train from Çerkezköy to Stara Zagora
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $4–8
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $4–7
- 1st Class
- $5–8
Night train from Çerkezköy to Stara Zagora
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $4–8
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $4–7
- 1st Class
- $5–8
Night train from Çerkezköy to Stara Zagora
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $4–8
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $4–7
- 1st Class
- $5–8
- 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
- 0850 222 59 59
- info@istanbulseyahat.com.tr
- Website
- istanbulseyahat.com.tr
Bus from Istanbul Airport Bus to Çerkezköy
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- istanbulseyahat.com.tr
Bus from Istanbul Airport Bus to Çerkezköy
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- istanbulseyahat.com.tr
Bus from Istanbul Airport Bus to Çerkezköy
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- istanbulseyahat.com.tr
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