There are 8 ways to get from Japan to Helsinki by train, plane, or ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Kansai International Airport, fly to Helsinki Airport
best- Take the train from Ōsaka to Kansai Airporttrain
- Fly from Kansai International Airport (KIX) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane KIX - HEL
16h 28m€474–1,423Fly Kobe to Helsinki Airport
cheapest- Fly from Kobe (UKB) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane UKB - HEL
18h 33m€294–1,207Fly Tokyo International Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane HND - HEL
16h 5m€495–1,711Train to Narita International Airport, fly to Helsinki Airport
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Stationtrain
- Fly from Narita International Airport (NRT) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane NRT - HEL
16h 23m€517–1,135Fly Osaka International Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Fly from Osaka International Airport (ITM) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane ITM - HEL
18h 15m€556–1,811Fly Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Fly from Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane NGO - HEL
16h 45m€657–911Fly Tokyo International Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport, ferry
- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL)plane HND - TLL
- Take the ferry from Tallinn to Helsinkiferry
21h 11m€572–1,738Train to Narita International Airport, fly to Lennart Meri International Airport, ferry
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Stationtrain
- Fly from Narita International Airport (NRT) to Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL)plane NRT - TLL
- Take the ferry from Tallinn to Helsinkiferry
21h€504–662
Kansai International Airport (KIX) to Helsinki Airport (HEL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Japan to Helsinki is to train and fly and ferry which costs €500 - €700 and takes 21h.
The fastest way to get from Japan to Helsinki is to fly which takes 16h 5m and costs €490 - €1800.
The distance between Japan and Helsinki is 7810 km.
It takes approximately 16h 28m to get from Japan to Helsinki, including transfers.
Helsinki is 6h behind Japan. It is currently 7:02 PM in Japan and 1:02 PM in Helsinki.
There are 443+ hotels available in Helsinki.
What companies run services between Japan and Helsinki, Finland?
Japan Airlines, Finnair, and two other airlines fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Helsinki Airport (HEL) 3 times a day.
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–900
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Helsinki Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–1,000
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €430–1,700
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Helsinki Airport via Chūbu Centrair International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €550–1,700
Flights from Narita International Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–850
Flights from Narita International Airport to Helsinki Airport via Kansai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–850
Flights from Narita International Airport to Helsinki Airport via Chūbu Centrair International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–850
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Helsinki Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €260–1,400
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Helsinki Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €260–1,100
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Helsinki Airport via Yamagata, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €280–1,100
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Helsinki Airport via Izumo, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €280–1,100
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €230–900
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–1,200
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Chūbu Centrair International Airport, Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €230–950
Flights from Narita International Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €200–800
Flights from Narita International Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Chūbu Centrair International Airport, Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €200–850
Flights from Kobe to Helsinki Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €300–1,600
Flights from Kobe to Helsinki Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Chūbu Centrair International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €310–1,300
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–900
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €430–1,700
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Helsinki Airport via Chūbu Centrair International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €550–1,700
Flights from Narita International Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–850
Flights from Narita International Airport to Helsinki Airport via Chūbu Centrair International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–850
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Helsinki Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €260–1,100
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Helsinki Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €260–1,100
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €230–900
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–1,200
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Chūbu Centrair International Airport, Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €230–950
Flights from Narita International Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €200–800
Flights from Narita International Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Chūbu Centrair International Airport, Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €200–850
Flights from Kobe to Helsinki Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €300–1,600
Flights from Kobe to Helsinki Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €290–1,200
Flights from Kobe to Helsinki Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Chūbu Centrair International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €310–1,300
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Helsinki Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €240–1,000
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Helsinki Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €260–1,100
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Helsinki Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €370–1,800
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–850
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €270–1,000
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Ōsaka to Kansai Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- 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
- €14–17
- Reserved Seat
- €11–16
- Green Seat
- €14–19
- Phone
- 0570-00-2486
- Website
- jr-odekake.net
Train from Ōsaka to Kansai Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Schedules at
- westjr.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
- €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
Ferry from Tallinn to Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–29
- Website
- https://www.tallink.com/en
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