There are 4 ways to get from Japan to Sabah by plane or train
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Fly from Fukuoka Airport
best- Fly from Fukuoka Airport (FUK) to Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI)plane FUK - BKI
9h 13mRM 856–1,106Fly from Chūbu Centrair International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO) to Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI)plane NGO - BKI
11h 44mRM 480–1,724Fly from Tokyo International Airport
- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI)plane HND - BKI
11h 29mRM 1,614–5,520Train to Saga Airport, fly
- Take the train from Hakata to Sagatrain
- Fly from Saga Airport (HSG) to Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI)plane HSG - BKI
16h 16mRM 491–1,690
Fukuoka Airport (FUK) to Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Japan to Sabah is to fly which costs RM 850 - RM 1200 and takes 9h 13m.
The fastest way to get from Japan to Sabah is to fly which takes 9h 13m and costs RM 850 - RM 1200.
The distance between Japan and Sabah is 3421 km.
It takes approximately 9h 13m to get from Japan to Sabah, including transfers.
Sabah is 1h behind Japan. It is currently 6:48 PM in Japan and 5:48 PM in Sabah.
There are 1271+ hotels available in Sabah.
What companies run services between Japan and Sabah, Malaysia?
AirAsia, Air Busan, and six other airlines fly from Fukuoka Airport (FUK) to Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI) 5 times a day.
- Website
- jinair.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 700–2,500
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Gimhae
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 650–2,200
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 750–2,600
Flights from Saga Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- RM 750–2,600
- Website
- airasia.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 420–1,600
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- RM 460–1,700
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- RM 500–1,900
Flights from Saga Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 430–1,600
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 600–4,000
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 700–4,900
- Website
- ceair.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 600–4,000
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 650–4,500
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 700–4,900
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 600–7,500
- Website
- en.airbusan.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Gimhae
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 650–2,100
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Gimhae
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 650–2,200
- Website
- hkexpress.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 550–1,800
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 600–1,900
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 550–1,800
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 700–2,300
- Website
- jejuair.net
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 700–2,300
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 700–2,400
- Website
- airasia.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Manila
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 700–6,500
Flights from Saga Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Manila
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 850–8,500
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Hakata to Saga
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- RM 50–80
- 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
- RM 65–80
- Reserved Seat
- RM 50–75
- Green Seat
- RM 65–90
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