There are 7 ways to get from Japan to Istanbul by plane or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Fukuoka Airport
best- Fly from Fukuoka Airport (FUK) to Istanbul (IST)plane FUK - IST
17h 44m₺19,160–42,167Fly from Chūbu Centrair International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO) to Istanbul (IST)plane NGO - IST
19h 10m₺13,353–36,388Train to Kansai International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Shin-Imamiya to Kansai Airporttrain
- Fly from Kansai International Airport (KIX) to Istanbul (IST)plane KIX - IST
17h 8m₺27,432–37,503Fly from Tokyo International Airport
- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Istanbul (IST)plane HND - IST
17h 15m₺23,252–50,352Fly from Kobe
- Fly from Kobe (UKB) to Istanbul (IST)plane UKB - IST
18h 14m₺19,150–60,163Train to Narita International Airport, fly
- 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 Istanbul (IST)plane NRT - IST
17h 42m₺22,452–43,562Fly from Osaka International Airport
- Fly from Osaka International Airport (ITM) to Istanbul (IST)plane ITM - IST
19h 38m₺43,217–180,243
Fukuoka Airport (FUK) to Istanbul (IST) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Japan to Istanbul is to fly which costs 13.000 ₺ - 37.000 ₺ and takes 19h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Japan to Istanbul is to train and fly which takes 17h 8m and costs 27.000 ₺ - 38.000 ₺.
The distance between Japan and Istanbul is 8524 km.
It takes approximately 17h 44m to get from Japan to Istanbul, including transfers.
Istanbul is 6h behind Japan. It is currently 6:43 AM in Japan and 12:43 AM in Istanbul.
There are 4137+ hotels available in Istanbul.
What companies run services between Japan and Istanbul, Turkey?
Korean Air, Turkish Airlines, and five other airlines fly from Fukuoka Airport (FUK) to Istanbul (IST) 4 times a day.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Istanbul via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺16,000–55,000
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺16,000–55,000
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺17,000–130,000
Flights from Kobe to Istanbul via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺18,000–65,000
Flights from Kobe to Istanbul via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺20,000–70,000
Flights from Narita International Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺14,000–48,000
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Istanbul via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺14,000–50,000
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Istanbul via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺16,000–55,000
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Istanbul via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺17,000–60,000
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Istanbul via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺17,000–60,000
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Istanbul via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺19,000–65,000
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺16,000–55,000
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺17,000–130,000
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Istanbul via Kansai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺17,000–60,000
Flights from Kobe to Istanbul via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺20,000–150,000
Flights from Narita International Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺14,000–48,000
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Istanbul via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺16,000–55,000
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Istanbul via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺17,000–130,000
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Istanbul via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺17,000–60,000
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Istanbul via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺16,000–60,000
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Istanbul via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺16,000–55,000
Flights from Kobe to Istanbul via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺18,000–65,000
Flights from Narita International Airport to Istanbul via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺14,000–49,000
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Istanbul via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺14,000–50,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Istanbul via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺17,000–55,000
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Istanbul via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺16,000–55,000
Flights from Kobe to Istanbul via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺19,000–60,000
Flights from Narita International Airport to Istanbul via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺14,000–46,000
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Istanbul via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺15,000–48,000
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Istanbul via Fukuoka Airport, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺16,000–55,000
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Istanbul via Nagasaki, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ₺16,000–55,000
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺17,000–60,000
Flights from Kobe to Istanbul via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺20,000–70,000
Flights from Narita International Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺14,000–48,000
Flights from Narita International Airport to Istanbul via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺22,000–55,000
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Istanbul via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺17,000–60,000
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Istanbul via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺22,000–70,000
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Istanbul via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺22,000–70,000
Flights from Narita International Airport to Istanbul via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺19,000–60,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Istanbul via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺14,000–40,000
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Istanbul via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺13,000–36,000
- Website
- evaair.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Istanbul via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺19,000–65,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Istanbul via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺21,000–32,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Istanbul via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺16,000–46,000
- Phone
- 050-3090-2608
- Website
- Nankai Electric Railway
Train from Shin-Imamiya to Kansai Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₺280–340
- Website
- Nankai Electric Railway
- 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
- ₺360–480
- Website
- JR EAST
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