There are 7 ways to get from Japan to Zurich by plane, train, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Fukuoka Airport to Zurich Airport
best- Fly from Fukuoka Airport (FUK) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane FUK - ZRH
18h 31mCHF 505–808Fly Kobe to Zurich Airport
cheapest- Fly from Kobe (UKB) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane UKB - ZRH
23h 21mCHF 295–758Train to Narita International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- 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 Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane NRT - ZRH
17h 54mCHF 470–965Fly Tokyo International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane HND - ZRH
20h 7mCHF 356–1,012Fly Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Fly from Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane NGO - ZRH
21h 32mCHF 508–712Bus to Kitakyushu Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the bus from Tenjin Expressway Bus Terminal to Kita Kyushu Airportbus
- Fly from Kitakyushu Airport (KKJ) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane KKJ - ZRH
22h 55mCHF 361–869Fly Tokyo International Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane HND - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
21h 50mCHF 392–1,075
Fukuoka Airport (FUK) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Japan to Zurich is to fly which costs SFr 290 - SFr 800 and takes 23h 21m.
The fastest way to get from Japan to Zurich is to train and fly which takes 17h 54m and costs SFr 470 - SFr 1000.
The distance between Japan and Zurich is 9321 km.
It takes approximately 18h 31m to get from Japan to Zurich, including transfers.
Zurich is 8h behind Japan. It is currently 9:48 AM in Japan and 1:48 AM in Zurich.
There are 1239+ hotels available in Zurich.
What companies run services between Japan and Zurich, Switzerland?
Asiana Airlines, Korean Air, and four other airlines fly from Fukuoka Airport (FUK) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) 3 times a day.
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Zurich Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,200
Flights from Narita International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–900
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–1,200
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Zurich Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,000
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Zurich Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–2,300
Flights from Kitakyushu Airport to Zurich Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 480–3,600
Flights from Kitakyushu Airport to Zurich Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 500–3,600
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–2,200
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,100
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,000
Flights from Kobe to Zurich Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–750
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,200
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Zurich Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–650
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Zurich Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–600
Flights from Kitakyushu Airport to Zurich Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 470–1,700
Flights from Kitakyushu Airport to Zurich Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–850
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,100
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Frankfurt via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–550
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–2,500
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–2,500
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Zurich Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,100
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Zurich Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–2,300
Flights from Kitakyushu Airport to Zurich Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 480–1,700
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–2,200
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,100
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,200
Flights from Kitakyushu Airport to Zurich Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 470–1,700
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,100
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Zurich Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,200
Flights from Narita International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–900
Flights from Kobe to Zurich Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 28h
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,300
Flights from Kobe to Zurich Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 500–1,300
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Zurich Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,000
Flights from Kitakyushu Airport to Zurich Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 480–1,700
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Zurich Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 11m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–800
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Zurich Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 57m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–750
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to Zurich Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–750
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Zurich Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,200
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Zurich Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–800
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to Zurich Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–750
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Zurich Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,200
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Zurich Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–800
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to Zurich Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,100
Flights from Kobe to Zurich Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 380–1,200
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–950
Flights from Kobe to Zurich Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 500–1,300
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–2,500
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,000
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to Zurich Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–950
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to Zurich Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,100
- 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
- CHF 6–8
- Website
- JR EAST
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Frankfurt to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–65
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–50
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- 050-3616-2150
- Website
- nishitetsu.jp
Bus from Tenjin Expressway Bus Terminal to Kita Kyushu Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 6–11
- Schedules at
- english.kitakyu-air.jp
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