There are 6 ways to get from Tokyo to Kunming by plane, car, car ferry, train, or taxi
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Fly Tokyo International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport
best- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG)plane HND - KMG
10h 36m¥1,332–3,747Train to Narita International Airport, fly to Kunming Changshui International Airport
cheapest- 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
11h 54m¥1,023–3,649Drive, 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 Kunmingcar
3d 3h¥3,126–4,543Train to Chūbu Centrair International Airport, fly to Kunming Changshui International Airport
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Nagoya Stationtrain
- Fly from Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO) to Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG)plane NGO - KMG
13h 9m¥1,306–4,662Fly 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 Kunmingtaxi
13h 48m¥1,675–5,334Train, car ferry
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Shin-Ōsaka Stationtrain
- Take the car ferry from Kobe Port Terminal to Shanghaicarferry
- Take the train from Shanghai South to Kunmingtrain
3d 17h¥1,721–2,581
Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Tokyo to Kunming is to fly which costs ¥1300 - ¥3800 and takes 10h 36m.
The fastest way to get from Tokyo to Kunming is to fly which takes 10h 36m and costs ¥1300 - ¥3800.
The distance between Tokyo and Kunming is 3747 km.
The best way to get from Tokyo to Kunming without a car is to train and car ferry which takes 3 days 17h and costs ¥1700 - ¥2600.
It takes approximately 10h 36m to get from Tokyo to Kunming, including transfers.
Kunming is 1h behind Tokyo. It is currently 2:55 AM in Tokyo and 1:55 AM in Kunming.
There are 254+ hotels available in Kunming.
What companies run services between Tokyo, Japan and Kunming, China?
Japan Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, and eight other airlines fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG) every 2 hours.
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Shanghai Hongqiao
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–4,400
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–4,400
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Dalian
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–4,500
Flights from Narita International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥950–3,800
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–4,100
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–4,600
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Qingdao
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–4,800
Flights from Narita International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥900–3,900
Flights from Narita International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Hangzhou Xiaoshan
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–11,000
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥900–4,100
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Qingdao
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–4,400
- 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 Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥950–4,600
Flights from Narita International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Wuhan
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–4,200
Flights from Narita International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Changsha
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–4,200
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–5,500
Flights from Narita International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥900–3,400
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–4,100
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–4,500
Flights from Narita International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–4,600
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,300–4,900
- Website
- sda.cn
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Qingdao
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–4,800
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Qingdao
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–4,400
- Website
- tianjin-air.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Tianjin Binhai
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,400–4,300
- Website
- xiamenair.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Xiamen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥900–3,200
- Website
- vietnamairlines.com
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Noi Bai International
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–4,700
- Website
- airkunming.com
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥900–4,100
- 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
- Phone
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Tōkyō Station to Nagoya Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥370–550
- 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
- ¥370–500
- Reserved seat
- ¥420–550
- Green seat
- ¥500–750
Train from Tōkyō Station to Shin-Ōsaka Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥500–750
- 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
- ¥500–700
- Reserved seat
- ¥550–750
- Green seat
- ¥750–1,000
Train from Shanghai South to Kunming
- Hard Seat
- ¥240–330
- Hard sleeper
- ¥430–600
- Soft sleeper
- ¥700–900
- 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
- ¥860–1,075
- Schedules at
- shinganjin.com
- 2nd Class B
- ¥860
- 1st Class
- ¥1,075
- Special Class
- ¥1,719
- VIP
- ¥4,298
Car ferry from Kobe Port Terminal to Shanghai
- Ave. Duration
- 47h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ¥860–1,075
- Schedules at
- shinganjin.com
- 2nd Class B
- ¥860
- 1st Class
- ¥1,075
- Special Class
- ¥1,719
- VIP
- ¥4,298
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Estimated price
- ¥550–700
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