There are 8 ways to get from Tokyo to Dali by plane, car, car ferry, train, bus, or taxi
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Fly Tokyo International Airport to Dali Huangcaoba
best- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Dali Huangcaoba (DLU)HND - DLU
13h 6m¥1,341–4,551Fly Tokyo International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG)HND - KMG
- Take the train from Kunming Station to Lufeng South
- Take the train from Lufeng South to Dali
15h 7m¥1,183–3,723Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Tokyo to Osaka International Ferry Terminal
- Take the car ferry from Osaka International Ferry Terminal to Shanghai
- Drive from Shanghai to Dali
3d 7h¥3,435–5,056Train to Narita International Airport, fly to Dali Huangcaoba
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Station
- Fly from Narita International Airport (NRT) to Dali Huangcaoba (DLU)NRT - DLU
13h 4m¥1,336–4,361Fly Tokyo International Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport, bus
- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Lijiang Sanyi Airport (LJG)HND - LJG
- Take the bus from Lijiang Bus Station to Dali Ancient City
16h 11m¥1,331–2,771Train to Narita International Airport, fly to Lijiang Sanyi Airport, bus
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Station
- Fly from Narita International Airport (NRT) to Lijiang Sanyi Airport (LJG)NRT - LJG
- Take the bus from Lijiang Bus Station to Dali Ancient City
17h¥1,326–3,981Fly Tokyo International Airport to Luxi, taxi
- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Luxi (LUM)HND - LUM
- Take the taxi from Luxi (LUM) to Dali
15h 35m¥1,676–4,536Train to Ibaraki Airport, fly to Dali Huangcaoba
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Ishioka
- Fly from Ibaraki Airport (IBR) to Dali Huangcaoba (DLU)IBR - DLU
16h 21m¥1,854–5,529
Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Dali Huangcaoba (DLU) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Tokyo to Dali is to fly and bus which costs ¥1300 - ¥2800 and takes 16h 11m.
The fastest way to get from Tokyo to Dali is to train and fly which takes 13h 4m and costs ¥1300 - ¥4400.
The distance between Tokyo and Dali is 3944 km.
It takes approximately 13h 6m to get from Tokyo to Dali, including transfers.
Dali is 1h behind Tokyo. It is currently 12:46 AM in Tokyo and 11:46 PM in Dali.
There are 212+ hotels available in Dali.
What companies run services between Tokyo, Japan and Dali, Yunnan Sheng, China?
Japan Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Dali Huangcaoba (DLU) 5 times a day.
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Shanghai Hongqiao
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,300–4,500
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,300–4,500
Flights from Narita International Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Hangzhou Xiaoshan
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–4,100
Flights from Narita International Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–4,100
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–4,200
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–7,000
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–4,000
Flights from Narita International Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Nanjing
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–3,600
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Luxi via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–3,800
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Luxi via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–6,500
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–3,400
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Shanghai Hongqiao
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–3,400
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Dalian
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–3,600
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Tianjin Binhai
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–4,400
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,400–6,000
Flights from Narita International Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–5,500
Flights from Narita International Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–5,500
Flights from Narita International Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Hangzhou Xiaoshan
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–5,500
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–5,500
Flights from Narita International Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Hangzhou Xiaoshan
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–4,600
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Shanghai Hongqiao
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–3,500
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Qingdao
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–3,600
Flights from Ibaraki Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Incheon, Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–7,000
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,300–4,600
Flights from Narita International Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Hangzhou Xiaoshan
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–4,100
Flights from Narita International Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–4,100
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Luxi via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–5,500
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–3,400
- Website
- luckyair.net
Flights from Narita International Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Wuhan
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–4,800
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Shanghai Hongqiao
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–4,400
Flights from Ibaraki Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Shanghai Pudong, Guiyang
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–5,500
Flights from Ibaraki Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Incheon, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–7,000
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,300–4,500
Flights from Narita International Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–4,100
Flights from Ibaraki Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Fukuoka, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–5,000
- Website
- shenzhenair.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,400–6,000
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Shenzhen Bao'an International
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–12,000
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Shenzhen Bao'an International
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–9,500
Flights from Ibaraki Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Incheon, Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–7,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,300–4,600
Flights from Narita International Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–4,100
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Luxi via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–5,500
- Website
- intl.jdair.net
Flights from Narita International Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Hangzhou Xiaoshan
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–5,000
Flights from Narita International Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Nanjing
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–3,600
- Website
- sda.cn
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Qingdao
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–3,600
Flights from Ibaraki Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Incheon, Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–7,000
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–4,200
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–3,500
- Website
- tianjin-air.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Tianjin Binhai
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–4,900
- Website
- ceair.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Tianjin Binhai
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–4,400
- Website
- tibetairlines.com
Flights from Ibaraki Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Incheon, Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–7,000
- 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
- ¥120–250
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/e/nex/
- Website
- https://www.eki-net.com/en/jreast-train-reservation/Top/Index
- Green Seat (First Class)
- ¥190–250
- Ordinary Car
- ¥120–150
Train from Kunming Station to Lufeng South
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥45–75
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ¥45–70
- Adult - 1st Class
- ¥50–75
Train from Lufeng South to Dali
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥85–180
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ¥85–130
- Adult - 1st Class
- ¥120–180
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Tōkyō Station to Ishioka
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥120–180
- 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
- ¥150–180
- Reserved Seat
- ¥120–180
- Green Seat
- ¥170–230
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jreast.co.jp
Train from Tōkyō Station to Ishioka
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥55–80
- Schedules at
- jreast.co.jp
- bus@chinatrainguide.com
- Website
- chinabusguide.com
Bus from Lijiang Bus Station to Dali Ancient City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥65–90
- Schedules at
- chinabusguide.com
- Phone
- 06-6536-6541
- Website
- shinganjin.com
Car ferry from Osaka International Ferry Terminal to Shanghai
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ¥895–1,118
- Schedules at
- shinganjin.com
- 2nd Class B
- ¥895
- 1st Class
- ¥1,118
- Special Class
- ¥1,789
- VIP
- ¥4,472
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Estimated price
- ¥550–700
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