There are 8 ways to get from Basel to Japan by train or plane
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Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Fukuoka Airport
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Fukuoka Airport (FUK)plane ZRH - FUK
17h 38m¥106,535–170,902Train to Frankfurt, fly to Tokyo International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane FRA - HND
18h 2m¥70,282–191,983Fly Basel to Tokyo International Airport
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane BSL - HND
18h 22m¥101,140–241,618Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Tokyo International Airport
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane ZRH - HND
19h 21m¥71,845–201,502Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Kobe
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Kobe (UKB)plane ZRH - UKB
17h 38m¥71,505–240,882Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Chūbu Centrair International Airport
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO)plane ZRH - NGO
19h 1m¥102,115–151,622Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Narita International Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Narita International Airport (NRT)plane ZRH - NRT
- Take the train from 空港第2ビル Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 to Tōkyō Stationtrain
17h 55m¥92,395–192,232Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly to Tokyo International Airport
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Pasingtrain
- Take the train from Pasing to Flughafen Münchentrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane MUC - HND
21h 3m¥91,690–193,860
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Fukuoka Airport (FUK) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Japan is to train and fly which costs ¥100000 - ¥160000 and takes 19h 1m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Japan is to train and fly which takes 17h 38m and costs ¥100000 - ¥180000.
The distance between Basel and Japan is 9407 km.
It takes approximately 17h 38m to get from Basel to Japan, including transfers.
Japan is 8h ahead of Basel. It is currently 6:39 AM in Basel and 2:39 PM in Japan.
There are 12536+ hotels available in Japan.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Japan?
Lufthansa, easyJet, and two other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Tokyo International Airport (HND) once daily.
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–200,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–220,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–190,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–180,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–460,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–490,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–250,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Tokyo International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–260,000
Flights from Basel to Tokyo International Airport via Munich International Airport, Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–260,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–460,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–490,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–250,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥48,000–190,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–150,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 12m
- When
- Thursday, Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–200,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Narita International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥49,000–140,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Tokyo International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–140,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–220,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Copenhagen, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–210,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Tokyo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–310,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–250,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–120,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–180,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–200,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kobe via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–230,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–190,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Narita International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–180,000
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–160,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–150,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Narita International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥48,000–140,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Tokyo International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–160,000
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Basel to Tokyo International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–130,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥45,000–120,000
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–210,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–230,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–200,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–180,000
- Website
- jinair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–180,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kobe via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–230,000
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–200,000
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kobe via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–230,000
- Website
- jejuair.net
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–190,000
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥5,500–9,500
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥5,500–9,500
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥5,500–9,500
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥5,500–9,500
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥5,500–9,500
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- JR EAST
Train from 空港第2ビル Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 to Tōkyō Station
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–1,600
- Website
- JR EAST
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥9,500–22,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥5,500–13,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Pasing
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥9,000–21,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥6,000–26,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Pasing to Flughafen München
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,400–6,500
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
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