There are 8 ways to get from Sydney to Sendai by plane, bus, or train
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Fly Sydney International Airport to Yamagata Airport, bus
best- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Yamagata Airport (GAJ)SYD - GAJ
- Take the bus from Yamagata Kencho-mae to Hirose dori Ichiban-cho
17h 42m¥73,672–224,319Fly Sydney International Airport to Narita International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Narita International Airport (NRT)SYD - NRT
- Take the train from Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 to Nippori
- Take the train from Ōmiya to Sendai
16h 27m¥47,642–101,489Fly Sydney International Airport to Tokyo International Airport, train
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)SYD - HND
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Sendai
14h 13m¥50,432–115,059Fly Sydney International Airport to Sendai Airport
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Sendai Airport (SDJ)SYD - SDJ
16h 53m¥52,342–152,939Fly Sydney International Airport to Akita Airport, train
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Akita Airport (AXT)SYD - AXT
- Take the train from Akita to Sendai
19h 14m¥70,292–204,189Fly Sydney International Airport to Shonai Airport, bus
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Shonai Airport (SYO)SYD - SYO
- Take the bus from S-mall Bus terminal(2 platform) to Kenchou mae
- Take the bus from Yamagata Kencho-mae to Hirose dori Ichiban-cho
20h 19m¥69,522–216,039Fly Sydney International Airport to Odate–Noshiro Airport, train
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Odate–Noshiro Airport (ONJ)SYD - ONJ
- Take the train from Takanosu(Jr) to Akita
- Take the train from Akita to Sendai
22h 18m¥98,142–340,239Train to Newcastle Airport, fly to Narita International Airport, train
- Take the train from Central Station to Hamilton Station
- Fly from Newcastle Airport (NTL) to Narita International Airport (NRT)NTL - NRT
- Take the train from Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 to Nippori
- Take the train from Ōmiya to Sendai
19h 30m¥59,122–186,192
Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Yamagata Airport (GAJ) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sydney to Sendai is to fly and train which costs ¥47000 - ¥110000 and takes 16h 27m.
The fastest way to get from Sydney to Sendai is to fly and train which takes 14h 13m and costs ¥50000 - ¥120000.
The distance between Sydney and Sendai is 8211 km.
It takes approximately 17h 42m to get from Sydney to Sendai, including transfers.
Sendai is 2h behind Sydney. It is currently 11:38 AM in Sydney and 9:38 AM in Sendai.
There are 279+ hotels available in Sendai.
What companies run services between Sydney, NSW, Australia and Sendai, Japan?
Asiana Airlines, Qantas, and eight other airlines fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Sendai Airport (SDJ) 3 times a day.
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–370,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Sendai Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–150,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Sendai Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–240,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Sendai Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–160,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Akita Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–400,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Shonai Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–440,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Odate–Noshiro Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–500,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Yamagata Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–460,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Yamagata Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Osaka Itami
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–500,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–110,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Sendai Airport via New Chitose
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–290,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Akita Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–250,000
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–240,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Narita International Airport via Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–210,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Narita International Airport via New Chitose
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–240,000
Flights from Newcastle Airport to Narita International Airport via Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–250,000
Flights from Newcastle Airport to Narita International Airport via Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–270,000
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Narita International Airport via Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥42,000–140,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Narita International Airport via Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥41,000–140,000
Flights from Newcastle Airport to Narita International Airport via Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥49,000–170,000
- Website
- china-airlines.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Yamagata Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–460,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Akita Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–250,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Narita International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–190,000
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥49,000–190,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Sendai Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–210,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–180,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Narita International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥45,000–160,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Sendai Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–150,000
- Website
- evaair.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Sendai Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–240,000
- Website
- flypeach.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Sendai Airport via Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–180,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Narita International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥40,000–120,000
- 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 Akita to Sendai
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- 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 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
Train from Takanosu(Jr) to Akita
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–3,900
- 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
- ¥3,400–3,900
- Reserved Seat
- ¥2,800–3,900
- Green Seat
- ¥3,900–5,500
- 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
- ¥2,500–2,600
- 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 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
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jreast.co.jp
Train from Takanosu(Jr) to Akita
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥1,300–1,800
- Schedules at
- jreast.co.jp
- Phone
- 131 500
- Website
- transportnsw.info
Train from Central Station to Hamilton Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–1,300
- Website
- https://transportnsw.info/regional
- Book at
- https://transportnsw.info/regional-bookings/
- 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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