There are 9 ways to get from Japan to Shanghai by plane, train, car ferry, car, or bus
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Fly Fukuoka Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
best- Fly from Fukuoka Airport (FUK) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)FUK - PVG
4h 59m¥550–2,161Train, car ferry
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Shin-Kōbe StationNozomi / ...
- Take the car ferry from Kobe Port Terminal to Shanghai
2d 3h¥1,438–2,002Fly Tokyo International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport
- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA)HND - SHA
6h 19m¥1,126–3,236Fly Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Fly from Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)NGO - PVG
6h 30m¥728–1,993Fly Tokyo International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)HND - PVG
6h 30m¥916–2,386Fly Kobe to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Fly from Kobe (UKB) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)UKB - PVG
6h 9m¥849–4,961Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Tokyo to Osaka International Ferry Terminal
- Take the car ferry from Osaka International Ferry Terminal to Shanghai
2d 4h¥1,240–1,764Bus, car ferry
- Take the bus from Bus Terminal Tokyo Yaesu to Kobe Sannomiya PMTP Building
- Take the car ferry from Kobe Port Terminal to Shanghai
2d 8h¥1,051–1,927Bus, car ferry via Osaka
- Take the bus from Tokyo Station Yaesu South Exit to Ōsaka Station JR Express Bus Terminal
- Take the car ferry from Kobe Port Terminal to Shanghai
2d 9h¥1,067–1,686
Fukuoka Airport (FUK) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Japan to Shanghai is to fly which costs ¥550 - ¥2200 and takes 4h 59m.
The fastest way to get from Japan to Shanghai is to fly which takes 4h 59m and costs ¥550 - ¥2200.
The distance between Japan and Shanghai is 898 km.
The best way to get from Japan to Shanghai without a car is to train and car ferry which takes 2 days 3h and costs ¥1400 - ¥2000.
It takes approximately 4h 59m to get from Japan to Shanghai, including transfers.
Shanghai is 1h behind Japan. It is currently 4:58 AM in Japan and 3:58 AM in Shanghai.
There are 1464+ hotels available in Shanghai.
What companies run services between Japan and Shanghai, China?
Spring Airlines, Air China, and four other airlines fly from Fukuoka Airport (FUK) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) every 3 hours.
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥440–2,100
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥850–6,000
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥430–3,600
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥550–3,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥440–1,700
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥850–6,000
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥500–3,600
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥550–3,000
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Chūbu Centrair International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥550–2,100
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–3,000
- Website
- ceair.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥700–2,100
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥850–6,000
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥700–3,600
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥550–3,000
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥340–1,700
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥430–1,900
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥500–3,500
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–3,500
Flights from Kobe to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥600–1,100
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥900–1,600
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,300–3,800
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥500–2,900
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–3,500
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥550–3,500
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥500–1,900
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Seoul Gimpo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–3,300
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Gimhae
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥700–2,400
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥550–2,700
Flights from Kobe to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–3,400
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,300–3,800
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥430–2,900
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥500–3,500
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–3,500
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥490–1,700
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥650–1,400
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥850–3,300
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–2,900
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Dalian
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥700–3,100
- Website
- evaair.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Taipei Songshan
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–2,600
- Website
- china-airlines.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Taipei Songshan
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–7,000
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥750–2,600
- Website
- flypeach.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥650–2,300
- Phone
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Tōkyō Station to Shin-Kōbe Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥550–800
- 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
- ¥550–800
- Reserved seat
- ¥600–800
- Green seat
- ¥800–1,100
- Phone
- (050) 5805-0383
- en-info@willer.co.jp
- Website
- travel.willer.co.jp
Bus from Bus Terminal Tokyo Yaesu to Kobe Sannomiya PMTP Building
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥190–750
- Schedules at
- willer-travel.com
- Relax
- ¥190–500
- Standard
- ¥190–380
- Comodo
- ¥310–550
- ReBorn
- ¥330–750
- Phone
- 0570-048905
- Website
- jrbuskanto.co.jp
Bus from Tokyo Station Yaesu South Exit to Ōsaka Station JR Express Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 33m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥180–360
- Schedules at
- jrbuskanto.co.jp.e.wn.hp.transer.com
- Phone
- 06-6536-6541
- Website
- shinganjin.com
Car ferry from Kobe Port Terminal to Shanghai
- Ave. Duration
- 47h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ¥895–1,118
- Schedules at
- shinganjin.com
- 2nd Class B
- ¥895
- 1st Class
- ¥1,118
- Special Class
- ¥1,789
- VIP
- ¥4,472
Car ferry from Osaka International Ferry Terminal to Shanghai
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ¥895–1,118
- Schedules at
- shinganjin.com
- 2nd Class B
- ¥895
- 1st Class
- ¥1,118
- Special Class
- ¥1,789
- VIP
- ¥4,472
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