There are 8 ways to get from Lyon to Sendai by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Tokyo International Airport, train
best- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane LYS - HND
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Sendaitrain
24h 6m¥101,278–355,508Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Sendai Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Sendai Airport (SDJ)plane GVA - SDJ
22h 56m¥70,222–272,779Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Yamagata Airport, bus
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Yamagata Airport (GAJ)plane LYS - GAJ
- Take the bus from Yamagata Kencho-mae to Hirose dori Ichiban-chobus
24h 29m¥84,518–314,768Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Sendai Airport
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Sendai Airport (SDJ)plane LYS - SDJ
27h 6m¥78,188–303,388Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Shonai Airport, bus
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Shonai Airport (SYO)plane LYS - SYO
- Take the bus from S-mall Bus terminal(2 platform) to Kenchou maebus
- Take the bus from Yamagata Kencho-mae to Hirose dori Ichiban-chobus
26h 11m¥105,368–386,488Train to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, fly to Tokyo International Airport, train
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissytrain
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane CDG - HND
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Sendaitrain
19h 31m¥90,461–272,766Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Yamagata Airport, bus
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Yamagata Airport (GAJ)plane GVA - GAJ
- Take the bus from Yamagata Kencho-mae to Hirose dori Ichiban-chobus
26h 34m¥71,552–274,159Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly to Narita International Airport
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Dijon Villetrain
- Take the train from Dijon to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Narita International Airport (NRT)plane ZRH - NRT
- Take the train from Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 to Nipporitrain
- Take the train from Ōmiya to Sendaitrain
23h 11m¥114,573–299,199
Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Tokyo International Airport (HND) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Sendai is to train and fly which costs ¥90000 - ¥280000 and takes 19h 31m.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Sendai is to train and fly which takes 19h 31m and costs ¥90000 - ¥280000.
The distance between Lyon and Sendai is 10269 km.
It takes approximately 24h 6m to get from Lyon to Sendai, including transfers.
Sendai is 7h ahead of Lyon. It is currently 1:32 PM in Lyon and 8:32 PM in Sendai.
There are 188+ hotels available in Sendai.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Sendai, Japan?
Lufthansa, Peach Aviation Limited, and two other airlines fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Sendai Airport (SDJ) twice daily.
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Prague, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–300,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Shonai Airport via Frankfurt, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥90,000–1,300,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Shonai Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥100,000–380,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Shonai Airport via Munich, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥100,000–470,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Shonai Airport via Istanbul, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥95,000–1,400,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Sendai Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–260,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Sendai Airport via Zurich Airport, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–300,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Sendai Airport via Beijing Capital, Chūbu Centrair
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–280,000
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–470,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–230,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Prague, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–300,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Yamagata Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–390,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Yamagata Airport via Istanbul, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–1,100,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Yamagata Airport via Frankfurt, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–370,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Yamagata Airport via Munich, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–370,000
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–280,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Yamagata Airport via Beijing Capital, New Chitose
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–280,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Yamagata Airport via Beijing Capital, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–280,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Yamagata Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–260,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Yamagata Airport via Frankfurt, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–350,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Yamagata Airport via Munich, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–350,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Narita International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–230,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Prague, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–300,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Sendai Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–260,000
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–120,000
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Sendai Airport via Milan Malpensa, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–300,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Sendai Airport via Zurich Airport, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–300,000
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–220,000
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–260,000
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–200,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Prague, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–300,000
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–180,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Narita International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–200,000
- Website
- flypeach.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Sendai Airport via Munich, Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–380,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Sendai Airport via Munich, Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–360,000
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–260,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 35h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–950,000
- Website
- fujidream.co.jp
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Yamagata Airport via Beijing Capital, New Chitose
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–280,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–230,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Narita International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–240,000
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Narita International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–230,000
- Phone
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Tōkyō Station to Sendai
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥8,000–12,000
- 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
- ¥8,000–11,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥9,500–12,000
- Green seat
- ¥12,000–16,000
Train from Ōmiya to Sendai
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥7,500–11,000
- 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
- ¥7,500–11,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥8,500–11,000
- Green seat
- ¥11,000–15,000
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Tōkyō Station to Sendai
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥8,000–12,000
- 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
- ¥8,500–10,000
- Reserved Seat
- ¥8,000–12,000
- Green Seat
- ¥12,000–17,000
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥4,300–11,000
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ¥11,000–30,000
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Dijon Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥5,000–13,000
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- ¥5,500–9,500
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥15,000–25,000
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Dijon Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥6,500–11,000
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Dijon to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- ¥20,000–60,000
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- 0570-081-160
- Website
- keisei.co.jp
Train from Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 to Nippori
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥2,520–2,570
- Website
- https://www.keisei.co.jp/keisei/tetudou/skyliner/us/index.php
- Phone
- 0570-081-160
- Website
- keisei.co.jp
Train from Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 to Nippori
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥850–1,200
- Website
- https://www.keisei.co.jp/keisei/tetudou/skyliner/us/index.php
- Website
- yamakobus.co.jp
Bus from Yamagata Kencho-mae to Hirose dori Ichiban-cho
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥850–1,100
- Schedules at
- yamakobus.jp
Bus from S-mall Bus terminal(2 platform) to Kenchou mae
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–1,900
- Schedules at
- yamakobus.co.jp
- Website
- shonaikotsu.jp
Bus from S-mall Bus terminal(2 platform) to Kenchou mae
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥190–2,800
- Schedules at
- shonaikotsu.jp
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