There are 7 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 17m¥86,015–222,467Fly Zurich Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO)plane ZRH - NGO
17h 55m¥56,605–223,197Fly Zurich Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane ZRH - HND
18h 47m¥86,375–213,027Fly 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 37m¥83,485–217,707Fly Zurich Airport to Kobe
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Kobe (UKB)plane ZRH - UKB
17h 18m¥130,995–412,457Fly Zurich Airport to Kitakyushu Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Kitakyushu Airport (KKJ)plane ZRH - KKJ
- Take the train from Kokura to Hakatatrain
18h 31m¥74,305–299,357Train, 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¥88,444–279,096
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 - ¥220000 and takes 16h 37m.
The fastest way to get from Zurich to Japan is to fly which takes 16h 17m and costs ¥85000 - ¥230000.
The distance between Zurich and Japan is 9321 km.
It takes approximately 16h 17m to get from Zurich to Japan, including transfers.
Japan is 7h ahead of Zurich. It is currently 12:54 PM in Zurich and 7:54 PM in Japan.
There are 3963+ hotels available in Japan.
What companies run services between Zurich, Switzerland and Japan?
China Eastern Airlines, Cathay Pacific, and five other airlines fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Fukuoka Airport (FUK) 4 times a day.
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–250,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–270,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–300,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–290,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–230,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–900,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥110,000–230,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–260,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–260,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–290,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Narita International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–250,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kobe via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 57m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–340,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kitakyushu Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–290,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–250,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–220,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–130,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Narita International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–210,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–250,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–250,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–250,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–280,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Narita International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–240,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–270,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–300,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–230,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–90,000
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–250,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–280,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Narita International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–240,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–900,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥110,000–230,000
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–270,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–280,000
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–250,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–290,000
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–190,000
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–210,000
- Website
- eastarjet.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–240,000
- Website
- flypeach.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–270,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–230,000
- 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 Kokura to Hakata
- Ave. Duration
- 16 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–4,400
- 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
- ¥2,800–3,800
- Reserved seat
- ¥3,600–4,400
- Green seat
- ¥4,300–6,000
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Kokura to Hakata
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–3,200
- 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
- ¥2,800–3,200
- Reserved Seat
- ¥2,100–3,000
- Green Seat
- ¥2,700–3,700
- Phone
- 0570-04-1717
- Website
- jrkyushu.co.jp
Train from Kokura to Hakata
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- 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
- ¥1,900–2,500
- 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
- ¥7,000–21,000
- 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
- ¥9,000–15,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
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