There are 6 ways to get from Tokyo to Cologne by plane or train
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Fly Tokyo International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
best- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)HND - DUS
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Koeln Hbf
20h 5m€444–1,068Train to Narita International Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
cheapest- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Station
- Fly from Narita International Airport (NRT) to Frankfurt (FRA)NRT - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Hbf
18h 21m€350–820Fly Tokyo International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)HND - CGN
19h 39m€466–927Train to Narita International Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Station
- Fly from Narita International Airport (NRT) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)NRT - DUS
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Koeln Hbf
20h 24m€447–693Fly Tokyo International Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Frankfurt (FRA)HND - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Hbf
18h 12m€387–845Train to Narita International Airport, fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Station
- Fly from Narita International Airport (NRT) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)NRT - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Arnhem Centraal
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Koeln Messe/Deutz Gl.11-12
21h 2m€458–870
Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Tokyo to Cologne is to train and fly which costs €350 - €850 and takes 18h 21m.
The fastest way to get from Tokyo to Cologne is to fly and train which takes 18h 12m and costs €380 - €850.
The distance between Tokyo and Cologne is 9401 km.
It takes approximately 20h 5m to get from Tokyo to Cologne, including transfers.
Cologne is 8h behind Tokyo. It is currently 2:35 PM in Tokyo and 6:35 AM in Cologne.
There are 1740+ hotels available in Cologne.
What companies run services between Tokyo, Japan and Cologne, Germany?
Japan Airlines, British Airways, and six other airlines fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) 5 times a day.
Transport is disrupted due to the Russia-Ukraine war. Read more
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €340–3,000
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €340–3,100
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €350–3,100
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €330–3,300
Flights from Narita International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €360–1,100
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €310–2,700
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €430–1,100
Flights from Narita International Airport to Frankfurt via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €280–2,500
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €340–3,000
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €340–3,100
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €360–3,200
Flights from Narita International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €360–1,100
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €310–2,700
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €430–1,100
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 18m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €330–1,200
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 8m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €300–1,100
Flights from Narita International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €280–1,100
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €310–1,200
Flights from Narita International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €280–1,000
Flights from Narita International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €330–1,000
Flights from Narita International Airport to Frankfurt via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €260–900
Flights from Narita International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €290–1,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €310–1,600
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €310–1,100
Flights from Narita International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €280–1,000
Flights from Narita International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €330–1,000
Flights from Narita International Airport to Frankfurt via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €260–900
Flights from Narita International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €290–1,000
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €310–1,600
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €440–1,300
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Frankfurt via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €290–1,500
Flights from Narita International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €330–1,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €350–3,100
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €360–3,200
Flights from Narita International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €290–1,000
Flights from Narita International Airport to Frankfurt via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €270–900
Flights from Narita International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €310–1,100
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–650
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Frankfurt via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €200–650
Flights from Narita International Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €260–950
Flights from Narita International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €280–1,100
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €270–1,100
Flights from Narita International Airport to Frankfurt via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €250–950
Flights from Narita International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €280–1,100
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €280–1,000
Flights from Narita International Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €260–950
Flights from Narita International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €280–1,100
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €280–950
Flights from Narita International Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €250–850
Flights from Narita International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €290–1,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €380–1,300
Flights from Narita International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €330–1,100
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €330–1,600
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €13–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Koeln Messe/Deutz Gl.11-12
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €25–60
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €25–35
- Comfort
- €27–40
- Premium
- €40–60
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jreast.co.jp
Train from Tōkyō Station to Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Station
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/e/nex/
- Website
- https://www.eki-net.com/en/jreast-train-reservation/Top/Index
- Green Seat (First Class)
- €24–35
- Ordinary Car
- €15–19
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–90
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €27–40
- 1st Class
- €50–90
Train from Schiphol Airport to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €17–55
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €17–25
- 1st Class
- €30–55
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Koeln Messe/Deutz Gl.11-12
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–85
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €26–40
- 1st Class
- €50–85
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