There are 8 ways to get from Japan to French Polynesia by plane, train, or car ferry
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Fly Osaka International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport
best- Fly from Osaka International Airport (ITM) to Fa'A'Ā International Airport (PPT)ITM - PPT
18h 42m$802–1,404Train to Narita International Airport, fly to Moorea-Temae Airport, car ferry
cheapest- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Station
- Fly from Narita International Airport (NRT) to Moorea-Temae Airport (MOZ)NRT - MOZ
- Take the car ferry from Moorea to Papeete Ferry Terminal
33h 40m$539–1,445Fly Fukuoka Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport
- Fly from Fukuoka Airport (FUK) to Fa'A'Ā International Airport (PPT)FUK - PPT
17h 43m$851–1,302Fly Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport
- Fly from Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO) to Fa'A'Ā International Airport (PPT)NGO - PPT
19h 29m$655–2,006Train to New Chitose Airport, fly to Fa'A'Ā International Airport
- Take the train from Sapporo to New Chitose Airport
- Fly from New Chitose Airport (CTS) to Fa'A'Ā International Airport (PPT)CTS - PPT
17h 50m$607–2,209Fly Tokyo International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport
- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Fa'A'Ā International Airport (PPT)HND - PPT
21h 29m$954–6,005Train to Narita International Airport, fly to Fa'A'Ā International Airport
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Station
- Fly from Narita International Airport (NRT) to Fa'A'Ā International Airport (PPT)NRT - PPT
13h 53m$917–2,535Train, train to Takamatsu Airport, fly to Fa'A'Ā International Airport
- Take the train from Shin-Kōbe Station to Okayama
- Take the train from Okayama to Takamatsu(Kagawa)
- Fly from Takamatsu Airport (TAK) to Fa'A'Ā International Airport (PPT)TAK - PPT
24h 22m$790–1,774
Osaka International Airport (ITM) to Fa'A'Ā International Airport (PPT) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Japan to French Polynesia is to train and fly and car ferry which costs $500 - $1,500 and takes 33h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Japan to French Polynesia is to train and fly which takes 13h 53m and costs $900 - $2,600.
The distance between Japan and French Polynesia is 9829 km.
It takes approximately 18h 42m to get from Japan to French Polynesia, including transfers.
There are 691+ hotels available in French Polynesia.
What companies run services between Japan and French Polynesia?
Japan Airlines, Air Tahiti Nui, and three other airlines fly from Osaka International Airport (ITM) to Fa'A'Ā International Airport (PPT) once daily.
Airlines
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 17m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–4,300
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Miyazaki, Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,300
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–4,100
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Miyazaki, Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–4,100
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Matsuyama, Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–4,100
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Kochi, Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–4,100
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 23m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $950–4,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,400
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Osaka International Airport, Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,400
Flights from Narita International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $950–4,000
Flights from Takamatsu Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,800
Flights from Takamatsu Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Incheon, Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,800
- Website
- airtahitinui.com
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 17m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–4,300
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–4,100
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $950–4,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,400
Flights from Narita International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $950–4,000
Flights from Takamatsu Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Incheon, Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,800
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Honolulu
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,200
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Honolulu
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Honolulu
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Honolulu
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 58m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–5,500
Flights from Takamatsu Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Honolulu
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–6,000
- Website
- hawaiianairlines.com
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Honolulu
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,200
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Honolulu
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,200
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Honolulu
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Osaka Kansai, Honolulu
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,400
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Honolulu
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from Takamatsu Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Honolulu
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 12m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–6,000
- Website
- airtahitinui.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to Moorea-Temae Airport via Fa'A'Ā International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,500
Flights from Narita International Airport to Moorea-Temae Airport via Honolulu, Fa'A'Ā International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–2,900
Train operators
- Phone
- 011-222-7111
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Sapporo to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $6–9
- Schedules at
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
- 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
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Shin-Kōbe Station to Okayama
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $27–45
- Schedules at
- https://japantravel.navitime.com/en/area/jp/route/
- Website
- https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Website
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
- Unreserved seat
- $27–40
- Reserved seat
- $30–45
- Green seat
- $40–55
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Okayama to Takamatsu(Kagawa)
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $8–11
- Website
- https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/index.html
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Website
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Okayama to Takamatsu(Kagawa)
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $15–23
- Schedules at
- https://japantravel.navitime.com/en/area/jp/route/
- Website
- https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Website
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
- Unreserved Seat
- $20–23
- Reserved Seat
- $15–22
- Green Seat
- $21–28
Ferry operators
- Phone
- +689 40 50 57 57
- contact@aremiti.net
- Website
- aremiti.pf
Car ferry from Moorea to Papeete Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–17
- Schedules at
- aremiti.pf
- Passenger (Adult)
- $17
- Passenger (Child)
- $9
- Passenger (Senior)
- $14
- Vehicle
- $35–80
- Phone
- +689 40 46 11 80
- contact@vaearai.pf
- Website
- vaearai.com
Car ferry from Moorea to Papeete Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $2–70
- Schedules at
- vaearai.com
- Adult one way
- $13
- Child (2-12 years) one way
- $7
- Vehicle
- $35–70
- Bicycle
- $2
- Motorbike/Scooter
- $10
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