There are 7 ways to get from Tibet to Japan by taxi, plane, train, or car ferry
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Taxi, fly to Kansai International Airport, train
best- Take the taxi from Tibet to Lhasa-Airport-LXAtaxi
- Fly from Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA) to Kansai International Airport (KIX)plane LXA - KIX
- Take the train from Kansai Airport to Ōsakatrain
11h 7m¥48,207–166,872Train, car ferry
cheapest- Take the train from Lhasa to Shanghai stationtrain
- Take the car ferry from Shanghai to Kobe Port Terminalcarferry
- Take the train from Shin-Kōbe Station to Tōkyō Stationtrain
4d 4h¥41,013–67,170Taxi, fly to Fukuoka Airport
- Take the taxi from Tibet to Lhasa-Airport-LXAtaxi
- Fly from Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA) to Fukuoka Airport (FUK)plane LXA - FUK
20h 53m¥53,337–173,932Taxi, fly to Tokyo International Airport
- Take the taxi from Tibet to Lhasa-Airport-LXAtaxi
- Fly from Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane LXA - HND
10h 3m¥58,697–244,492Taxi, fly to Chūbu Centrair International Airport
- Take the taxi from Tibet to Lhasa-Airport-LXAtaxi
- Fly from Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA) to Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO)plane LXA - NGO
19h 36m¥53,927–214,662Taxi, fly to Narita International Airport, train
- Take the taxi from Tibet to Lhasa-Airport-LXAtaxi
- Fly from Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA) to Narita International Airport (NRT)plane LXA - NRT
- Take the train from Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Station to Tōkyō Stationtrain
18h 23m¥55,807–199,172Taxi, fly to New Chitose Airport, train
- Take the taxi from Tibet to Lhasa-Airport-LXAtaxi
- Fly from Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA) to New Chitose Airport (CTS)plane LXA - CTS
- Take the train from New Chitose Airport to Sapporotrain
19h¥54,107–195,072
Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA) to Kansai International Airport (KIX) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Tibet to Japan is to train and car ferry which costs ¥41000 - ¥70000 and takes 4 days 4h.
The fastest way to get from Tibet to Japan is to taxi and fly which takes 10h 3m and costs ¥55000 - ¥250000.
The distance between Tibet and Japan is 4303 km.
The best way to get from Tibet to Japan without a car is to train and car ferry which takes 4 days 4h and costs ¥41000 - ¥70000.
It takes approximately 11h 7m to get from Tibet to Japan, including transfers.
There are 11651+ hotels available in Japan.
What companies run services between Tibet, China and Japan?
There is no direct connection from Tibet to Japan. However, you can take the taxi to Lhasa-Airport-LXA airport, fly to Kansai International Airport (KIX), walk to Kansai Airport, then take the train to Ōsaka. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Tibet to Tōkyō Station via Lhasa, Shanghai station, Hanzhong Road, International Cruise Terminal, Shanghai, Kobe Port Terminal, Port Terminal, Sannomiya(Port Liner), Sannomiya(Subway), Shin-Kobe Station, and Shin-Kōbe Station in around 4d 4h.
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Lhasa Gonggar Airport to Kansai International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥47,000–200,000
Flights from Lhasa Gonggar Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Chengdu, Dalian
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–190,000
Flights from Lhasa Gonggar Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–240,000
Flights from Lhasa Gonggar Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 21m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–210,000
Flights from Lhasa Gonggar Airport to Narita International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–190,000
Flights from Lhasa Gonggar Airport to Narita International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–190,000
Flights from Lhasa Gonggar Airport to Narita International Airport via Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–190,000
Flights from Lhasa Gonggar Airport to New Chitose Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–190,000
Flights from Lhasa Gonggar Airport to New Chitose Airport via Lanzhou, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–190,000
Flights from Lhasa Gonggar Airport to New Chitose Airport via Guangyuan, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–190,000
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Lhasa Gonggar Airport to Kansai International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥48,000–230,000
Flights from Lhasa Gonggar Airport to Narita International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–230,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Lhasa Gonggar Airport to Narita International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–230,000
Flights from Lhasa Gonggar Airport to Narita International Airport via Changsha
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–230,000
- Website
- xiamenair.com
Flights from Lhasa Gonggar Airport to Kansai International Airport via Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥43,000–160,000
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Lhasa Gonggar Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Guangyuan, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–170,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Lhasa Gonggar Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Yichang, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥44,000–200,000
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Lhasa Gonggar Airport to Narita International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–190,000
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Kansai Airport to Ōsaka
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–3,200
- 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
- ¥2,700–3,200
- Reserved Seat
- ¥2,100–2,900
- Green Seat
- ¥2,700–3,600
- Phone
- 0570-00-2486
- Website
- jr-odekake.net
Train from Kansai Airport to Ōsaka
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
Train from Lhasa to Shanghai station
- Hard Seat
- ¥8,000–12,000
- Hard Sleeper
- ¥18,000–23,000
- Soft Sleeper
- ¥25,000–35,000
- Phone
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Shin-Kōbe Station to Tōkyō Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–18,000
- 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
- ¥12,000–17,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥14,000–18,000
- Green seat
- ¥18,000–25,000
- 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
- 06-6536-6541
- Website
- shinganjin.com
Car ferry from Shanghai to Kobe Port Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 47h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ¥20,000–25,000
- Schedules at
- shinganjin.com
- 2nd Class B
- ¥20,000
- 1st Class
- ¥25,000
- Special Class
- ¥40,000
- VIP
- ¥100,000
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Estimated price
- ¥3,100–3,700
Lasa Taxi
- Phone
- +86 891 682 6334
Lasa Taxi
- Phone
- +86 891 682 6334
Lasa Taxi
- Phone
- +86 891 682 6334
Lasa Taxi
- Phone
- +86 891 682 6334
Lasa Taxi
- Phone
- +86 891 682 6334
Lasa Taxi
- Phone
- +86 891 682 6334
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