There are 7 ways to get from Tokyo to Zurich by train or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Narita International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
best- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Stationtrain
- Fly from Narita International Airport (NRT) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane NRT - ZRH
17h 51mCHF 426–1,038Fly Tokyo International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane HND - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Zuerich Hbtrain
23h 6mCHF 387–1,391Fly Tokyo International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane HND - ZRH
19h 42mCHF 435–1,015Fly Tokyo International Airport to Basel, train
- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Basel (BSL)plane HND - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
21h 21mCHF 492–1,689Train to Narita International Airport, fly to Basel, train
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Stationtrain
- Fly from Narita International Airport (NRT) to Basel (BSL)plane NRT - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
24h 10mCHF 493–1,412Fly Tokyo International Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane HND - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
21h 57mCHF 411–1,423Fly Tokyo International Airport to Munich International Airport, train
- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane HND - MUC
- Take the train from Flughafen München to Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from München Hbf to Lindau, Reutin Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Bregenz to Zürich HBtrain
23h 8mCHF 458–1,423
Narita International Airport (NRT) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Tokyo to Zurich is to train and fly which costs SFr 420 - SFr 1100 and takes 17h 51m.
The fastest way to get from Tokyo to Zurich is to train and fly which takes 17h 51m and costs SFr 420 - SFr 1100.
The distance between Tokyo and Zurich is 9682 km.
It takes approximately 17h 51m to get from Tokyo to Zurich, including transfers.
Zurich is 7h behind Tokyo. It is currently 12:27 PM in Tokyo and 5:27 AM in Zurich.
There are 1212+ hotels available in Zurich.
What companies run services between Tokyo, Japan and Zurich, Switzerland?
All Nippon Airways, Lufthansa, and five other airlines fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) every 2 hours.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–3,400
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–3,300
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–3,900
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Basel via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–3,900
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–3,200
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Frankfurt via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 500–1,300
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–3,000
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–3,600
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 500–1,200
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Narita International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–950
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–3,300
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–3,400
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Zurich Airport via Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–3,500
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–3,400
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–3,900
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Basel via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–3,900
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–3,200
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Frankfurt via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 500–1,300
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–3,000
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–3,000
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–3,600
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,100
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–1,300
Flights from Narita International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,100
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,100
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–1,000
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Munich International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,300
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to Zurich Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–1,000
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Zurich Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,400
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Frankfurt via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,100
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–1,100
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Munich International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,300
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to Zurich Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–1,000
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Zurich Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,400
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Frankfurt via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,100
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–1,100
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Munich International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,300
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to Zurich Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,100
Flights from Narita International Airport to Basel via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,200
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,100
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Munich International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 500–1,300
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–900
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–3,400
Flights from Narita International Airport to Basel via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,100
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–950
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–1,300
Flights from Narita International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,100
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–950
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 380–1,500
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to Zurich Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,100
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 440–1,700
- 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
- CHF 13–27
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/e/nex/
- Website
- https://www.eki-net.com/en/jreast-train-reservation/Top/Index
- Green Seat (First Class)
- CHF 21–27
- Ordinary Car
- CHF 13–17
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–80
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bregenz to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–120
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–29
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–17
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–60
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–90
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lugano to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–80
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 55–80
- 2nd Class
- CHF 40–55
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Flughafen München to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–15
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 821 899 825 44
- servus@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-by.de
Train from München Hbf to Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
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