There are 8 ways to get from Johannesburg to Japan 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 to Fukuoka Airport
best- Fly from Johannesburg International Airport (JNB) to Fukuoka Airport (FUK)plane JNB - FUK
19h 6m¥53,927–144,629Fly to Tokyo International Airport
- Fly from Johannesburg International Airport (JNB) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane JNB - HND
19h 24m¥99,287–165,189Fly to Chūbu Centrair International Airport
- Fly from Johannesburg International Airport (JNB) to Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO)plane JNB - NGO
22h 14m¥74,517–215,359Fly to Narita International Airport, train
- Fly from Johannesburg International Airport (JNB) to Narita International Airport (NRT)plane JNB - NRT
- Take the train from 空港第2ビル Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 to Tōkyō Stationtrain
21h 4m¥54,797–155,969Fly to New Chitose Airport, train
- Fly from Johannesburg International Airport (JNB) to New Chitose Airport (CTS)plane JNB - CTS
- Take the train from New Chitose Airport to Sapporotrain
21h 50m¥79,697–235,769Fly to Hiroshima Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Johannesburg International Airport (JNB) to Hiroshima Airport (HIJ)plane JNB - HIJ
- Take the bus from Hiroshima Airport to Hiroshima Shinkansen-Guchibus
- Take the train from Hiroshima to Hakata Fukuokatrain
22h 10m¥68,747–181,319Fly to Takamatsu Airport, train
- Fly from Johannesburg International Airport (JNB) to Takamatsu Airport (TAK)plane JNB - TAK
- Take the train from Takamatsu(Kagawa) to Okayamatrain
- Take the train from Okayama to Shin Kobetrain
24h 35m¥87,697–249,839Fly to Komatsu Airport, train
- Fly from Johannesburg International Airport (JNB) to Komatsu Airport (KMQ)plane JNB - KMQ
- Take the train from Komatsu to Tsurugatrain
- Take the train from Tsuruga to Ōsakatrain
24h 27m¥107,597–319,969
Johannesburg International Airport (JNB) to Fukuoka Airport (FUK) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Johannesburg to Japan is to fly which costs ¥50000 - ¥150000 and takes 19h 6m.
The fastest way to get from Johannesburg to Japan is to fly which takes 19h 6m and costs ¥50000 - ¥150000.
The distance between Johannesburg and Japan is 12670 km.
It takes approximately 19h 6m to get from Johannesburg to Japan, including transfers.
Japan is 7h ahead of Johannesburg. It is currently 10:30 PM in Johannesburg and 5:30 AM in Japan.
There are 12742+ hotels available in Japan.
What companies run services between Johannesburg, South Africa and Japan?
Cathay Pacific, Singapore Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Johannesburg International Airport (JNB) to Fukuoka Airport (FUK) 3 times a day.
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–200,000
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–250,000
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–210,000
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Narita International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–210,000
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to New Chitose Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–230,000
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Hiroshima Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–250,000
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Takamatsu Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–240,000
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Komatsu Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥100,000–310,000
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–450,000
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–550,000
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–460,000
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Narita International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–460,000
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to New Chitose Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–500,000
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Abu Dhabi, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–140,000
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Abu Dhabi, Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–170,000
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Narita International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–140,000
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to New Chitose Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–230,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Abu Dhabi, Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–170,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Narita International Airport via Shenzhen Bao'an International
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–150,000
- Website
- shenzhenair.com
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Narita International Airport via Shenzhen Bao'an International
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–150,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Narita International Airport via Shenzhen Bao'an International
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–150,000
- Website
- hkairlines.com
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to New Chitose Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–230,000
- Website
- jejuair.net
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Hiroshima Airport via Abu Dhabi, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–170,000
- Website
- china-airlines.com
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Takamatsu Airport via Singapore Changi, Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–550,000
- Website
- orc-air.co.jp
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Komatsu Airport via Hong Kong, Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥100,000–310,000
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jreast.co.jp
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
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/
- Phone
- 011-222-7111
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from New Chitose Airport to Sapporo
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–1,400
- Website
- https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/index.html
- Phone
- 0570-00-2486
- Website
- westjr.co.jp
Train from Hiroshima to Hakata Fukuoka
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥3,600–5,500
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
Train from Okayama to Shin Kobe
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–2,700
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
Train from Komatsu to Tsuruga
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–2,400
- Schedules at
- jorudan.co.jp
Train from Tsuruga to Ōsaka
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–2,900
- Schedules at
- jorudan.co.jp
- Phone
- 050-3772-3910
- Website
- jr-central.co.jp
Train from Hiroshima to Hakata Fukuoka
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Schedules at
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
Train from Okayama to Shin Kobe
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Schedules at
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Takamatsu(Kagawa) to Okayama
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–1,700
- Website
- https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/index.html
- 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/
- Phone
- 0570-00-4592
- Website
- jr-shikoku.co.jp
Train from Takamatsu(Kagawa) to Okayama
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- jr-shikoku.co.jp
- Phone
- 0570-010-666
- Website
- chugoku-jrbus.co.jp
Bus from Hiroshima Airport to Hiroshima Shinkansen-Guchi
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,450
- Schedules at
- chugoku-jrbus.co.jp
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