There are 7 ways to get from Japan to Crete by plane, train, subway, or car ferry
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Fly Tokyo International Airport to Chania International Airport
best- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane HND - CHQ
20h 54m€334–1,045Fly Fukuoka Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
cheapest- Fly from Fukuoka Airport (FUK) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane FUK - HER
25h 9m€272–852Fly Tokyo International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane HND - HER
22h 31m€323–1,106Fly Fukuoka Airport to Sitia Airport
- Fly from Fukuoka Airport (FUK) to Sitia Airport (JSH)plane FUK - JSH
26h 43m€371–1,201Fly Fukuoka Airport to Chania International Airport
- Fly from Fukuoka Airport (FUK) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane FUK - CHQ
25h 28m€313–941Train to Narita International Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Stationtrain
- Fly from Narita International Airport (NRT) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane NRT - HER
26h 4m€276–1,031Fly Fukuoka Airport to Athens International Airport, subway, car ferry
- Fly from Fukuoka Airport (FUK) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane FUK - ATH
- Take the subway from Athens Airport to Peiraiassubway
- Take the car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Paroscarferry
- Take the car ferry from Paros to Heraklion Portcarferry
30h 15m€495–955
Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Chania International Airport (CHQ) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Japan to Crete is to fly which costs €270 - €850 and takes 25h 9m.
The fastest way to get from Japan to Crete is to fly which takes 20h 54m and costs €330 - €1100.
The distance between Japan and Crete is 9727 km.
It takes approximately 20h 54m to get from Japan to Crete, including transfers.
Crete is 7h behind Japan. It is currently 9:43 PM in Japan and 2:43 PM in Crete.
There are 2569+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Japan and Crete, Greece?
Finnair, All Nippon Airways, and four other airlines fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Chania International Airport (CHQ) twice daily.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Chania International Airport via Istanbul, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €320–1,200
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Shanghai Pudong, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €270–850
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Tokyo International Airport, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 17m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €310–1,200
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Incheon, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 57m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €290–1,100
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Osaka Kansai, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €300–1,100
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Taiwan Taoyuan, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €310–1,100
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €300–1,100
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Sitia Airport via Incheon, Istanbul, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 12m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €430–1,600
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Sitia Airport via Dalian, Beijing Capital, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €370–1,200
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Chania International Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €290–850
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Athens International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €210–650
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Athens International Airport via Incheon, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €230–850
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Chania International Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €310–950
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Chania International Airport via Istanbul, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €320–1,200
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Chania International Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €290–850
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Athens International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €210–650
- 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
- €250–900
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Athens International Airport via Incheon, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–850
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €350–3,000
- Website
- olympicair.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Sitia Airport via Incheon, Istanbul, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 12m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €430–1,600
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Sitia Airport via Dalian, Beijing Capital, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €370–1,200
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Chania International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,100
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €320–1,100
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €340–2,900
Flights from Narita International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €300–1,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Athens International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 7m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €210–650
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Chania International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €360–3,000
- Website
- israir.co.il
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Chania International Airport via Narita International Airport, Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,600
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €260–1,000
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €260–1,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Athens International Airport via Dalian, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €190–650
- 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
- €14–18
- Phone
- +30 210 8202900
- oasa@oasa.gr
- Website
- oasa.gr
Subway from Athens Airport to Peiraias
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9
- Website
- https://www.oasa.gr/en/
- Phone
- +30 210 710 7 710
- reservations.dpt@seajets.gr
- Website
- seajets.com
Car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Paros
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–75
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
Car ferry from Paros to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €70–170
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
- Deck Fare Economy
- €70–95
- Deck Fare Economy & Car less than 4.25m
- €120–170
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