There are 8 ways to get from Japan to Europe by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Fukuoka Airport to Frankfurt, train
best- Fly from Fukuoka Airport (FUK) to Frankfurt (FRA)FUK - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Fulda Bahnhof
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Bebra Bahnhof
23h 1m$460–933Train to Narita International Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
cheapest- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Station
- Fly from Narita International Airport (NRT) to Frankfurt (FRA)NRT - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Fulda Bahnhof
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Bebra Bahnhof
21h 46m$456–916Fly Tokyo International Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Frankfurt (FRA)HND - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Fulda Bahnhof
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Bebra Bahnhof
21h 37m$463–1,036Fly Kobe to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Kobe (UKB) to Frankfurt (FRA)UKB - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Fulda Bahnhof
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Bebra Bahnhof
24h 36m$940–1,583Fly Tokyo International Airport to Hannover Airport, train
- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Hannover Airport (HAJ)HND - HAJ
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Göttingen
- Take the train from Göttingen to Eschwege Stadtbahnhof
24h 30mFly Tokyo International Airport to Munich International Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Munich International Airport (MUC)HND - MUC
- Take the bus from Flughafen München to Ingolstadt, Nordbahnhof West
- Take the train from Ingolstadt Hbf to Fulda Bahnhof
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Bebra Bahnhof
24h 22mTrain to Narita International Airport, fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Station
- Fly from Narita International Airport (NRT) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)NRT - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Utrecht Centraal
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Bebra Bahnhof
25h 32m$575–1,153Train to Narita International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Station
- Fly from Narita International Airport (NRT) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)NRT - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Fulda Bahnhof
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Bebra Bahnhof
26h 27m$598–1,101
Fukuoka Airport (FUK) to Frankfurt (FRA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Japan to Europe is to train and fly which costs $450 - $950 and takes 21h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Japan to Europe is to fly and train which takes 21h 37m and costs $460 - $1,100.
The distance between Japan and Europe is 9286 km.
It takes approximately 23h 1m to get from Japan to Europe, including transfers.
Europe is 8h behind Japan. It is currently 6:59 AM in Japan and 10:59 PM in Europe.
There are 781+ hotels available in Europe.
What companies run services between Japan and Europe?
There is no direct connection from Japan to Europe. However, you can take the subway to Fukuoka Airport, walk to Fukuoka Airport (FUK) airport, fly to Frankfurt (FRA), walk to Frankfurt, take the train to Fulda Bahnhof, take the train to Bebra Bahnhof, walk to Bebra Bahnhof, then take the bus to Nentershausen Oderstraße. Alternatively, you can take the train to Hamamatsuchō, walk to Monorail Hamamatsuchō, take the train to Haneda Airport Terminal 1, walk to Tokyo International Airport (HND) airport, fly to Frankfurt (FRA), walk to Frankfurt, take the train to Fulda Bahnhof, take the train to Bebra Bahnhof, walk to Bebra Bahnhof, then take the bus to Nentershausen Oderstraße.
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Frankfurt via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–3,000
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–2,900
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Frankfurt via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,200
Flights from Narita International Airport to Frankfurt via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320–2,700
Flights from Kobe to Frankfurt via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–3,500
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Hannover Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–4,100
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Hannover Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–4,000
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–3,300
Flights from Narita International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,000
Flights from Narita International Airport to Zurich Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–2,800
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Frankfurt via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–3,000
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Frankfurt via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–2,900
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Frankfurt via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,200
Flights from Kobe to Frankfurt via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–3,500
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Hannover Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–4,100
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Hannover Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–4,000
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–3,300
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,600
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Hannover Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 22m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,800
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Munich International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 47m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
Flights from Narita International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,100
Flights from Narita International Airport to Frankfurt via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–900
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Munich International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,200
Flights from Narita International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,000
Flights from Narita International Airport to Zurich Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–950
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Frankfurt via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–850
Flights from Narita International Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Hannover Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Narita International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Narita International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,100
Flights from Narita International Airport to Frankfurt via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–900
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Munich International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,200
Flights from Narita International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,000
Flights from Narita International Airport to Zurich Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–950
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to Frankfurt via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,000
Flights from Narita International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 7m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Narita International Airport to Zurich Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to Frankfurt via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,100
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Hannover Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $490–4,100
Flights from Narita International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,200
Flights from Narita International Airport to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,100
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to Frankfurt via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Hannover Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Munich International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,400
Flights from Narita International Airport to Zurich Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Frankfurt via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,600
Flights from Narita International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,100
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Hannover Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,800
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Narita International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Narita International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Frankfurt via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–850
Flights from Kobe to Frankfurt via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,100
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,200
Flights from Narita International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,000
- Website
- china-airlines.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Frankfurt via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–750
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Frankfurt via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $21–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Göttingen
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $11–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Ingolstadt Hbf to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $60–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Bebra Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $28–32
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $65–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 561 766396-0
- info@cantus-bahn.de
- Website
- cantus-bahn.de
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Bebra Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
Train from Göttingen to Eschwege Stadtbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Bebra Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Bebra Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $14–20
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Bebra Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $14–20
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- 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
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/e/nex/
- Website
- https://www.eki-net.com/en/jreast-train-reservation/Top/Index
- Green Seat (First Class)
- $28–35
- Ordinary Car
- $17–22
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Göttingen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Schiphol Airport to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $10–27
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $10–16
- 1st Class
- $16–27
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $70–250
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $70–110
- 1st Class
- $140–250
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- arriva.nl
Train from Schiphol Airport to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $12–14
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- $12–14
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $24–50
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- 06631 9633-33
- Website
- rmv.de
Bus from Flughafen München to Ingolstadt, Nordbahnhof West
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- rmv.de
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