There are 9 ways to get from Tokyo to Dali by plane, car, car ferry, train, taxi, or bus
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Fly Tokyo International Airport to Dali Huangcaoba
best- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Dali Huangcaoba (DLU)plane HND - DLU
12h 41m¥1,240–3,950Train to Narita International Airport, fly to Lijiang Sanyi Airport, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Stationtrain
- Fly from Narita International Airport (NRT) to Lijiang Sanyi Airport (LJG)plane NRT - LJG
- Take the bus from Lijiang Bus Station to Dali Ancient Citybus
16h 10m¥1,122–3,493Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Tokyo to Osaka International Ferry Terminalcar
- Take the car ferry from Osaka International Ferry Terminal to Shanghaicarferry
- Drive from Shanghai to Dalicar
3d 6h¥3,430–4,949Train to Narita International Airport, fly to Dali Huangcaoba
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Stationtrain
- Fly from Narita International Airport (NRT) to Dali Huangcaoba (DLU)plane NRT - DLU
12h 34m¥1,132–3,653Fly Tokyo International Airport to Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport, taxi
- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport (PZI)plane HND - PZI
- Take the taxi from Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport (PZI) to Dalitaxi
14h 15m¥1,675–5,135Fly Tokyo International Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport, bus
- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Lijiang Sanyi Airport (LJG)plane HND - LJG
- Take the bus from Lijiang Bus Station to Dali Ancient Citybus
15h 21m¥1,130–3,790Fly Tokyo International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport, train
- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG)plane HND - KMG
- Take the train from Kunming to Dalitrain
14h 10m¥1,453–4,085Fly Tokyo International Airport to Luxi, taxi
- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Luxi (LUM)plane HND - LUM
- Take the taxi from Luxi (LUM) to Dalitaxi
15h 5m¥1,775–5,335Train to Narita International Airport, fly to Kunming Changshui International Airport, train
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Stationtrain
- Fly from Narita International Airport (NRT) to Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG)plane NRT - KMG
- Take the train from Kunming to Dalitrain
15h 3m¥1,145–3,788
Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Dali Huangcaoba (DLU) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Tokyo to Dali is to fly and train which costs ¥1400 - ¥4100 and takes 14h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Tokyo to Dali is to train and fly which takes 12h 34m and costs ¥1100 - ¥3700.
The distance between Tokyo and Dali is 3944 km.
It takes approximately 12h 41m to get from Tokyo to Dali, including transfers.
Dali is 1h behind Tokyo. It is currently 6:14 PM in Tokyo and 5:14 PM in Dali.
There are 227+ 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) every 4 hours.
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Shanghai Hongqiao
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–4,400
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–4,400
Flights from Narita International Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–3,800
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–4,400
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–4,500
Flights from Narita International Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–3,900
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–4,200
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Shanghai Hongqiao
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–4,200
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Dalian
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–4,400
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Luxi via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,300–4,800
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Luxi via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–4,600
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Luxi via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,300–15,000
Flights from Narita International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Wuhan
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥950–3,700
Flights from Narita International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥950–3,700
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–4,400
Flights from Narita International Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–3,600
Flights from Narita International Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–3,600
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,300–4,400
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,300–4,500
Flights from Narita International Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Hangzhou Xiaoshan
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–3,700
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Shanghai Hongqiao
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–3,800
Flights from Narita International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Hangzhou Xiaoshan
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–11,000
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–4,100
Flights from Narita International Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥950–3,900
Flights from Narita International Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Changsha
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–4,600
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 17m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–5,500
Flights from Narita International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥900–3,300
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,300–7,500
Flights from Narita International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Wuhan
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–4,300
Flights from Narita International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥950–4,600
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–3,900
Flights from Narita International Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–3,400
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–4,000
- Website
- tianjin-air.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Tianjin Binhai
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–5,500
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Tianjin Binhai
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–5,500
- Website
- intl.jdair.net
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–3,600
Flights from Narita International Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥900–3,100
- Website
- xiamenair.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–3,900
Flights from Narita International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Xiamen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥900–3,100
- Website
- luckyair.net
Flights from Narita International Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Wuhan
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–3,900
- Website
- sda.cn
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Qingdao
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–4,500
- 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
- ¥110–240
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/e/nex/
- Website
- https://www.eki-net.com/en/jreast-train-reservation/Top/Index
- Green Seat (First Class)
- ¥180–240
- Ordinary Car
- ¥110–150
Train from Kunming to Dali
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥100–220
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ¥100–150
- Adult - 1st Class
- ¥150–220
- bus@chinatrainguide.com
- Website
- chinabusguide.com
Bus from Lijiang Bus Station to Dali Ancient City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥69–110
- Schedules at
- chinabusguide.com
- Bus
- ¥75–110
- 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
- ¥866–1,082
- Schedules at
- shinganjin.com
- 2nd Class B
- ¥866
- 1st Class
- ¥1,082
- Special Class
- ¥1,731
- VIP
- ¥4,326
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Estimated price
- ¥550–700
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