There are 8 ways to get from Melbourne to Japan by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Melbourne Airport to Narita International Airport, train
best- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Narita International Airport (NRT)plane MEL - NRT
- Take the train from Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Station to Tōkyō Stationtrain
13h 40m¥41,783–118,583Fly Melbourne Airport to Tokyo International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane MEL - HND
15h 10m¥36,673–143,903Fly Melbourne Airport to Fukuoka Airport
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Fukuoka Airport (FUK)plane MEL - FUK
15h 45m¥53,313–93,343Fly Melbourne Airport to Osaka International Airport
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Osaka International Airport (ITM)plane MEL - ITM
15h 31m¥68,673–183,813Fly Melbourne Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO)plane MEL - NGO
15h 38m¥52,903–104,073Bus to Avalon Airport, fly to Tokyo International Airport
- Take the bus from Skybus Coach Terminal to Avalon Airport/Outside Terminalbus
- Fly from Avalon Airport (AVV) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane AVV - HND
16h 31m¥63,673–333,903Fly Melbourne Airport to New Chitose Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to New Chitose Airport (CTS)plane MEL - CTS
- Take the train from New Chitose Airport to Sapporotrain
17h 2m¥49,083–104,483Fly Melbourne Airport to Takamatsu Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Takamatsu Airport (TAK)plane MEL - TAK
- Take the train from Takamatsu(Kagawa) to Okayamatrain
- Take the train from Okayama to Shin-Kōbe Stationtrain
19h 23m¥64,383–214,153
Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Narita International Airport (NRT) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Melbourne to Japan is to fly and train which costs ¥41000 - ¥120000 and takes 13h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Melbourne to Japan is to fly and train which takes 13h 40m and costs ¥41000 - ¥120000.
The distance between Melbourne and Japan is 8275 km.
It takes approximately 13h 40m to get from Melbourne to Japan, including transfers.
Japan is 1h behind Melbourne. It is currently 10:54 AM in Melbourne and 9:54 AM in Japan.
There are 11580+ hotels available in Japan.
What companies run services between Melbourne, VIC, Australia and Japan?
Virgin Australia, All Nippon Airways, and seven other airlines fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Tokyo International Airport (HND) every 4 hours.
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–220,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–190,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–190,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to New Chitose Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–190,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Takamatsu Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–200,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–220,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Osaka International Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–230,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–230,000
Flights from Avalon Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥100,000–420,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to New Chitose Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–230,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Takamatsu Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–260,000
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–230,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–270,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Osaka International Airport via Sydney, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–260,000
Flights from Avalon Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥120,000–440,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Narita International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–110,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥44,000–130,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥41,000–160,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥42,000–170,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to New Chitose Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥44,000–80,000
- Website
- china-airlines.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Narita International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–230,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–240,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–240,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to New Chitose Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–230,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Takamatsu Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 27m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–250,000
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–650,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Osaka International Airport via Sydney, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥49,000–650,000
Flights from Avalon Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–1,100,000
- Website
- cebupacificair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Manila
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥46,000–170,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to New Chitose Airport via Manila
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–160,000
- Website
- vietnamairlines.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Tan Son Nhat
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥49,000–220,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Osaka International Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–230,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–230,000
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Osaka International Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–230,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–230,000
Flights from Avalon Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–1,100,000
- Website
- philippineairlines.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Manila
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–170,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Osaka International Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–230,000
- Website
- hkairlines.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–210,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to New Chitose Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–190,000
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Narita International Airport via Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–160,000
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–220,000
- Website
- tigerairtw.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to New Chitose Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–230,000
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jreast.co.jp
Train from Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Station to Tōkyō Station
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–5,500
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/e/nex/
- Website
- https://www.eki-net.com/en/jreast-train-reservation/Top/Index
- Green Seat (First Class)
- ¥4,300–5,500
- Ordinary Car
- ¥2,700–3,400
- 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 Takamatsu(Kagawa) to Okayama
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–1,700
- Website
- https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/index.html
- 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/
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Takamatsu(Kagawa) to Okayama
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–3,500
- 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
- ¥3,100–3,500
- Reserved Seat
- ¥2,400–3,400
- Green Seat
- ¥3,200–4,300
- Phone
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Okayama to Shin-Kōbe Station
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥4,200–6,500
- 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
- ¥4,200–6,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥5,000–6,500
- Green seat
- ¥6,000–8,500
- 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
- ¥3,083
- 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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