There are 6 ways to get from Japan to Christchurch by train or plane
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Train to Narita International Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to 空港第2ビル Narita Airport Terminal 2·3train
- Fly from Narita International Airport (NRT) to Christchurch International Airport (CHC)plane NRT - CHC
14h 34m$868–1,822Fly from Chūbu Centrair International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO) to Christchurch International Airport (CHC)plane NGO - CHC
20h 22m$664–2,417Fly from Tokyo International Airport
- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Christchurch International Airport (CHC)plane HND - CHC
18h 2m$1,111–2,814Fly from Osaka International Airport
- Fly from Osaka International Airport (ITM) to Christchurch International Airport (CHC)plane ITM - CHC
19h 35m$709–2,611Fly from Fukuoka Airport
- Fly from Fukuoka Airport (FUK) to Christchurch International Airport (CHC)plane FUK - CHC
19h 36m$908–2,608Fly from Kobe
- Fly from Kobe (UKB) to Christchurch International Airport (CHC)plane UKB - CHC
20h 16m$1,207–2,808
Narita International Airport (NRT) to Christchurch International Airport (CHC) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Japan to Christchurch is to train and fly which costs $850 - $1,900 and takes 14h 34m.
The fastest way to get from Japan to Christchurch is to train and fly which takes 14h 34m and costs $850 - $1,900.
The distance between Japan and Christchurch is 9483 km.
It takes approximately 14h 34m to get from Japan to Christchurch, including transfers.
Christchurch is 4h ahead of Japan. It is currently 11:11 AM in Japan and 3:11 PM in Christchurch.
There are 1772+ hotels available in Christchurch.
What companies run services between Japan and Christchurch, New Zealand?
Qantas, Jetstar, and three other airlines fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Christchurch International Airport (CHC) 5 times a day.
- Website
- airnewzealand.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to Christchurch International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
Flights from Narita International Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Friday, Saturday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–6,000
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Sydney, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–6,500
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Sydney, Queenstown
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–2,800
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Narita International Airport, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,600
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–2,800
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Narita International Airport, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 43m
- When
- Friday, Saturday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,700
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,900
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,000
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,100
Flights from Kobe to Christchurch International Airport via Incheon, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,200
Flights from Kobe to Christchurch International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,400
Flights from Kobe to Christchurch International Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,300
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–3,200
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 17m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–6,000
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Sydney, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,000
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 12m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–6,000
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Christchurch International Airport via New Chitose, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,800
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Narita International Airport, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,500
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 2m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–7,000
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Osaka Kansai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,600
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Osaka Kansai, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,700
Flights from Kobe to Christchurch International Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–7,500
Flights from Kobe to Christchurch International Airport via Incheon, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,200
Flights from Kobe to Christchurch International Airport via New Chitose, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,900
Flights from Kobe to Christchurch International Airport via Incheon, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–3,300
Flights from Kobe to Christchurch International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,200
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–6,000
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–6,000
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–7,000
Flights from Kobe to Christchurch International Airport via Incheon, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,200
Flights from Kobe to Christchurch International Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,300
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–6,000
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–6,000
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–7,000
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Osaka Kansai, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,700
Flights from Kobe to Christchurch International Airport via Incheon, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 52m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–2,800
Flights from Kobe to Christchurch International Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–7,500
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–2,800
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–2,800
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,100
Flights from Kobe to Christchurch International Airport via Incheon, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,300
Flights from Kobe to Christchurch International Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,300
- Website
- evaair.com
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,700
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,000
Flights from Kobe to Christchurch International Airport via Incheon, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,200
Flights from Kobe to Christchurch International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,400
- Website
- china-airlines.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–2,800
Flights from Kobe to Christchurch International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,200
- Website
- fijiairways.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $850–5,000
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- JR EAST
Train from Tōkyō Station to 空港第2ビル Narita Airport Terminal 2·3
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $13–17
- Website
- JR EAST
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