There are 7 ways to get from Japan to Sydney by plane or train
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Fly Tokyo International Airport to Sydney International Airport
best- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Sydney International Airport (SYD)plane HND - SYD
12h 25m$403–1,131Train to Kansai International Airport, fly to Sydney International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Ōsaka to Kansai Airporttrain
- Fly from Kansai International Airport (KIX) to Sydney International Airport (SYD)plane KIX - SYD
12h 33m$368–1,153Fly Osaka International Airport to Sydney International Airport
- Fly from Osaka International Airport (ITM) to Sydney International Airport (SYD)plane ITM - SYD
14h 37m$622–2,229Fly Kobe to Sydney International Airport
- Fly from Kobe (UKB) to Sydney International Airport (SYD)plane UKB - SYD
14h 53m$570–2,025Fly Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Sydney International Airport
- Fly from Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO) to Sydney International Airport (SYD)plane NGO - SYD
16h 49m$526–1,432Train to New Chitose Airport, fly to Sydney International Airport
- Take the train from Sapporo to New Chitose Airporttrain
- Fly from New Chitose Airport (CTS) to Sydney International Airport (SYD)plane CTS - SYD
13h 50m$528–1,136Train to Narita International Airport, fly to Newcastle Airport, train
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Stationtrain
- Fly from Narita International Airport (NRT) to Newcastle Airport (NTL)plane NRT - NTL
- Take the train from Hamilton Station to Central Stationtrain
18h 6m$459–1,671
Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Sydney International Airport (SYD) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Japan to Sydney is to train and fly which costs $360 - $1,200 and takes 12h 33m.
The fastest way to get from Japan to Sydney is to fly which takes 12h 25m and costs $400 - $1,200.
The distance between Japan and Sydney is 7847 km.
It takes approximately 12h 25m to get from Japan to Sydney, including transfers.
Sydney is 2h ahead of Japan. It is currently 6:26 AM in Japan and 8:26 AM in Sydney.
There are 4780+ hotels available in Sydney.
What companies run services between Japan and Sydney, NSW, Australia?
Japan Airlines, Qantas, and two other airlines fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Sydney International Airport (SYD) every 4 hours.
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Sydney International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,300
Flights from Kobe to Sydney International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,700
Flights from Kobe to Sydney International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Kobe to Sydney International Airport via New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,000
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Sydney International Airport via New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,300
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Manila
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,300
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Sydney International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
Flights from Narita International Airport to Newcastle Airport via Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–2,200
Flights from Narita International Airport to Newcastle Airport via Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,400
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Sydney International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–3,600
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–3,600
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–3,800
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Kochi, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–4,000
Flights from Kobe to Sydney International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–4,600
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–3,500
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Sydney International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–4,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Sydney International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,100
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–1,900
Flights from Kobe to Sydney International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,100
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Sydney International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–1,900
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Sydney International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
Flights from Kobe to Sydney International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Narita International Airport to Newcastle Airport via Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,600
Flights from Narita International Airport to Newcastle Airport via Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–1,900
- Website
- philippineairlines.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Manila
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,000
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Manila
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,400
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Sydney International Airport via Manila
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
- Website
- china-airlines.com
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Kobe to Sydney International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
- Website
- cebupacificair.com
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Manila
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,300
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Ōsaka to Kansai Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $20–30
- 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
- $26–30
- Reserved Seat
- $20–28
- Green Seat
- $25–35
- 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
- 011-222-7111
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Sapporo to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $9–13
- 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
- $25–55
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/e/nex/
- Website
- https://www.eki-net.com/en/jreast-train-reservation/Top/Index
- Green Seat (First Class)
- $40–55
- Ordinary Car
- $25–35
- Phone
- 131 500
- Website
- transportnsw.info
Train from Hamilton Station to Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $10–13
- Website
- https://transportnsw.info/regional
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