There are 8 ways to get from Zurich to Japan by plane or train
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Fly Zurich Airport to Fukuoka Airport
best- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Fukuoka Airport (FUK)plane ZRH - FUK
16h 7m¥86,029–202,536Fly Zurich Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Aso Kumamoto Airport (KMJ)plane ZRH - KMJ
- Take the train from Kumamoto to Hakatatrain
19h 37m¥64,599–249,676Fly Zurich Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane ZRH - HND
19h 17m¥86,389–173,096Fly Zurich Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO)plane ZRH - NGO
18h 15m¥96,619–183,266Fly Zurich Airport to Narita International Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Narita International Airport (NRT)plane ZRH - NRT
- Take the train from Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Station to Tōkyō Stationtrain
16h 47m¥83,499–297,776Fly Zurich Airport to Kobe
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Kobe (UKB)plane ZRH - UKB
16h 28m¥111,009–412,526Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly to Tokyo International Airport
- Take the train from Zürich HB to St. Margrethen SGtrain
- Take the train from St. Margrethen Sg to Muenchen Hbf Gl.27-36train
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane MUC - HND
20h 14m¥81,922–239,238Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to Chūbu Centrair International Airport
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO)plane FRA - NGO
21h 29m¥77,428–211,442
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Fukuoka Airport (FUK) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zurich to Japan is to fly and train which costs ¥80000 - ¥300000 and takes 16h 47m.
The fastest way to get from Zurich to Japan is to fly which takes 16h 7m and costs ¥85000 - ¥210000.
The distance between Zurich and Japan is 9321 km.
It takes approximately 16h 7m to get from Zurich to Japan, including transfers.
Japan is 8h ahead of Zurich. It is currently 1:05 PM in Zurich and 9:05 PM in Japan.
There are 11422+ hotels available in Japan.
What companies run services between Zurich, Switzerland and Japan?
Cathay Pacific, Korean Air, and four other airlines fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Fukuoka Airport (FUK) 3 times a day.
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–220,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–240,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–230,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Narita International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 47m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–220,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kobe via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–280,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–240,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–240,000
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–240,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–220,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–350,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–800,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–280,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–750,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–220,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–220,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–220,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥95,000–150,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–210,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Narita International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–200,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–280,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–270,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Copenhagen, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥95,000–130,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–280,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–100,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥45,000–200,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–800,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–750,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–220,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥95,000–150,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–90,000
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–220,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–210,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Narita International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–200,000
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–220,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–230,000
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥46,000–170,000
- Website
- ceair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥95,000–150,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–270,000
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–240,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–220,000
- Website
- jinair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–210,000
- Website
- flypeach.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–230,000
- Website
- jejuair.net
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–210,000
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–230,000
- Website
- hkexpress.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–230,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–350,000
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jreast.co.jp
Train from Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Station to Tōkyō Station
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–5,500
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/e/nex/
- Website
- https://www.eki-net.com/en/jreast-train-reservation/Top/Index
- Green Seat (First Class)
- ¥4,300–5,500
- Ordinary Car
- ¥2,700–3,400
- Phone
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Kumamoto to Hakata
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 5 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥3,600–6,000
- 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
- ¥3,600–4,900
- Reserved seat
- ¥4,500–6,000
- Green seat
- ¥5,500–7,500
- Phone
- 0570-04-1717
- Website
- jrkyushu.co.jp
Train from Kumamoto to Hakata
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Zürich HB to St. Margrethen SG
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–2,400
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–2,000
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to St. Margrethen SG
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥7,000–22,000
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from St. Margrethen Sg to Muenchen Hbf Gl.27-36
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ¥8,000–15,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–6,500
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥10,000–24,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
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