There are 5 ways to get from Seattle to Niigata by plane or train
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Fly to Niigata Airport
best- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Niigata Airport (KIJ)SEA - KIJ
19h 16m¥56,767–209,490Fly to Tokyo International Airport, train
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)SEA - HND
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Niigata
16h 56m¥63,713–169,683Fly to Narita International Airport, train
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Narita International Airport (NRT)SEA - NRT
- Take the train from Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 to Keisei-Ueno
- Take the train from Ueno to Niigata
17h 22m¥79,056–144,280Fly to Shonai Airport, train
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Shonai Airport (SYO)SEA - SYO
- Take the train from Tsuruoka to Niigata
20h 2m¥61,850–221,213Fly to Toyama Airport, train
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Toyama Airport (TOY)SEA - TOY
- Take the train from Toyama to Takasaki
- Take the train from Takasaki to Niigata
23h 5m¥93,730–317,973
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Niigata Airport (KIJ) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Seattle to Niigata is to fly and train which costs ¥60000 - ¥170000 and takes 16h 56m.
The fastest way to get from Seattle to Niigata is to fly and train which takes 16h 56m and costs ¥60000 - ¥170000.
The distance between Seattle and Niigata is 7608 km.
It takes approximately 19h 16m to get from Seattle to Niigata, including transfers.
Niigata is 17h ahead of Seattle. It is currently 7:22 AM in Seattle and 12:22 AM in Niigata.
There are 86+ hotels available in Niigata.
What companies run services between Seattle, WA, USA and Niigata, Japan?
Asiana Airlines, Korean Air, and six other airlines fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Niigata Airport (KIJ) 5 times a day.
Airlines
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Niigata Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Osaka Itami
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–500,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–160,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–160,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Narita International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥41,000–160,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Shonai Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–550,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Shonai Airport via San Francisco, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 52m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–250,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Shonai Airport via Vancouver, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–550,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Toyama Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–750,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Toyama Airport via Tokyo International Airport, New Chitose
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥100,000–850,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Niigata Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–220,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–200,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Narita International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–180,000
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Niigata Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–220,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥44,000–170,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Narita International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–180,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Niigata Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–220,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Niigata Airport via Narita International Airport, Osaka Itami
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–230,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–170,000
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–160,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Narita International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥41,000–160,000
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥41,000–170,000
- Website
- tigerairtw.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Niigata Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–300,000
- Website
- hawaiianairlines.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥41,000–160,000
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Narita International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥47,000–180,000
- Website
- china-airlines.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Toyama Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥120,000–440,000
Train operators
- Phone
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Tōkyō Station to Niigata
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- 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
- ¥9,000–11,000
- Green seat
- ¥11,000–15,000
Train from Ueno to Niigata
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- 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
Train from Toyama to Takasaki
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- 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
- ¥7,500–10,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥8,500–11,000
- Green seat
- ¥11,000–15,000
Train from Takasaki to Niigata
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥5,500–8,500
- 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
- ¥5,500–7,500
- Reserved seat
- ¥6,500–8,500
- Green seat
- ¥8,000–11,000
- Phone
- 0570-081-160
- Website
- keisei.co.jp
Train from Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 to Keisei-Ueno
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–2,600
- 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 Keisei-Ueno
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥850–1,200
- Website
- https://www.keisei.co.jp/keisei/tetudou/skyliner/us/index.php
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Tsuruoka to Niigata
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥4,000–6,000
- 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
- ¥4,600–5,500
- Reserved Seat
- ¥4,000–6,000
- Green Seat
- ¥5,500–8,000
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