There are 4 ways to get from Melbourne to Ashikawa by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Melbourne Airport to Wakkanai Airport
best- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Wakkanai Airport (WKJ)plane MEL - WKJ
21h 58m¥96,950–274,950Fly Melbourne Airport to New Chitose Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to New Chitose Airport (CTS)plane MEL - CTS
- Take the train from New Chitose Airport to Sapporotrain
- Take the train from Sapporo(Jr) to Toyotomitrain
22h 5m¥59,550–131,250Fly Melbourne Airport to Asahikawa Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Asahikawa Airport (AKJ)plane MEL - AKJ
- Take the train from Asahikawa to Toyotomitrain
23h 26m¥71,910–195,500Bus to Avalon Airport, fly to Wakkanai Airport
- Take the bus from Skybus Coach Terminal to Avalon Airport/Outside Terminalbus
- Fly from Avalon Airport (AVV) to Wakkanai Airport (WKJ)plane AVV - WKJ
25h 54m¥221,950–764,950
Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Wakkanai Airport (WKJ) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Melbourne to Ashikawa is to fly and train which costs ¥55000 - ¥140000 and takes 22h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Melbourne to Ashikawa is to fly which takes 21h 58m and costs ¥95000 - ¥280000.
The distance between Melbourne and Ashikawa is 9293 km.
It takes approximately 21h 58m to get from Melbourne to Ashikawa, including transfers.
Ashikawa is 2h behind Melbourne. It is currently 10:51 PM in Melbourne and 8:51 PM in Ashikawa.
What companies run services between Melbourne, VIC, Australia and Ashikawa, Japan?
Virgin Australia, All Nippon Airways, and five other airlines fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Wakkanai Airport (WKJ) every 4 hours.
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Wakkanai Airport via Sydney, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥95,000–850,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Wakkanai Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan, New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥110,000–400,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Wakkanai Airport via Shanghai Pudong, New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–260,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Wakkanai Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥100,000–290,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Asahikawa Airport via Sydney, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–480,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Asahikawa Airport via Manila, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–180,000
Flights from Avalon Airport to Wakkanai Airport via Sydney, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥140,000–1,300,000
Flights from Avalon Airport to Wakkanai Airport via Sydney, New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥210,000–750,000
Flights from Avalon Airport to Wakkanai Airport via Sydney, Tokyo Haneda, New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥140,000–1,300,000
Flights from Avalon Airport to Wakkanai Airport via Canberra, Sydney, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥140,000–1,300,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to New Chitose Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–170,000
- Website
- china-airlines.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to New Chitose Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–200,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to New Chitose Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥43,000–85,000
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to New Chitose Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–170,000
- Website
- cebupacificair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to New Chitose Airport via Manila
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥48,000–140,000
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to New Chitose Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥45,000–160,000
- Website
- jinair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to New Chitose Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥45,000–160,000
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Asahikawa Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–280,000
- Website
- tigerairtw.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Asahikawa Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–240,000
- Website
- airdo.jp
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Asahikawa Airport via Sydney, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–480,000
- Phone
- 011-222-7111
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from New Chitose Airport to Sapporo
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–1,400
- Schedules at
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Sapporo(Jr) to Toyotomi
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥8,500–13,000
- 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
- ¥9,000–11,000
- Reserved Seat
- ¥8,500–13,000
- Green Seat
- ¥13,000–18,000
Train from Asahikawa to Toyotomi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥5,500–8,000
- 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
- ¥6,000–7,000
- Reserved Seat
- ¥5,500–8,000
- Green Seat
- ¥8,500–12,000
- Phone
- 1300 759 287
- info@skybus.com.au
- Website
- skybus.com.au
Bus from Skybus Coach Terminal to Avalon Airport/Outside Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥1,951
- Website
- https://www.skybus.com.au
- Schedules at
- https://www.skybus.com.au/timetables/
- Book at
- https://www.skybus.com.au/buy-tickets/
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