There are 12 ways to get from Shanghai to Japan by plane, car ferry, train, subway, car, bus, or night bus
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Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Fukuoka Airport
best- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Fukuoka Airport (FUK)plane PVG - FUK
4h 49m¥23,518–61,549Car ferry, train
- Take the carferry from Shanghai to Kobe Port Terminalcarferry
- Take the train from Shin Kobe to Tōkyō Stationtrain Hikari / ...
2d 3hFly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane SHA - HND
5h 30m¥40,649–130,969Line 2 subway to Shanghai Pudong International Airport, fly to Kansai International Airport, subway
- Take the subway from West Nanjing Road to Longyang Roadsubway
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Kansai International Airport (KIX)plane PVG - KIX
- Take the subway from Tengachaya to Kitahamasubway
5h 47m¥28,338–92,639Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane PVG - HND
5h 47m¥31,828–92,149Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO)plane PVG - NGO
5h 57m¥30,098–62,269Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Narita International Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Narita International Airport (NRT)plane PVG - NRT
- Take the train from 空港第2ビル Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 to Tōkyō Stationtrain
6h 37m¥32,378–77,879Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to New Chitose Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to New Chitose Airport (CTS)plane PVG - CTS
- Take the train from New Chitose Airport to Sapporotrain
6h 43m¥34,278–77,679Car ferry, train via Osaka
- Take the carferry from Shanghai to Osaka International Ferry Terminalcarferry
- Take the train from Shin Osaka to Tōkyō Stationtrain Kodama / ...
2d 3hCar ferry, drive
- Take the carferry from Shanghai to Osaka International Ferry Terminalcarferry
- Drive from Osaka International Ferry Terminal to Tokyocar
2d 4h¥28,611–38,160Car ferry, bus
- Take the carferry from Shanghai to Kobe Port Terminalcarferry
- Take the bus from Shinki Bus Sannomiya to Bus Terminal Tokyo Yaesubus 9352 / ...
2d 8h¥28,210–38,250Car ferry, night bus
- Take the carferry from Shanghai to Kobe Port Terminalcarferry
- Take the nightbus from Kobe Sannomiya PMPT Building to Tokyo Yaesu Bus Terminalnightbus Jx262
2d 10h¥24,710–36,250
Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Fukuoka Airport (FUK) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Shanghai to Japan is to car ferry and drive which costs ¥28000 - ¥39000 and takes 2 days 4h.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to Japan is to fly which takes 4h 49m and costs ¥23000 - ¥65000.
The distance between Shanghai and Japan is 898 km.
The best way to get from Shanghai to Japan without a car is to car ferry and train which takes 2 days 3h and costs .
It takes approximately 4h 49m to get from Shanghai to Japan, including transfers.
Japan is 1h ahead of Shanghai. It is currently 1:05 AM in Shanghai and 2:05 AM in Japan.
There are 12536+ hotels available in Japan.
What companies run services between Shanghai, China and Japan?
Spring Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, and Jeju Air fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Fukuoka Airport (FUK) 4 times a day.
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥26,000–85,000
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥23,000–110,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kansai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–80,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥17,000–95,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥15,000–49,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–85,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥17,000–55,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to New Chitose Airport via Chūbu Centrair International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥17,000–55,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to New Chitose Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥34,000–95,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥26,000–85,000
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥23,000–110,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kansai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–80,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥17,000–95,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥15,000–49,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥15,000–85,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥17,000–55,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to New Chitose Airport via Chūbu Centrair International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥17,000–55,000
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥37,000–85,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kansai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–48,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥31,000–70,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–65,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to New Chitose Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥31,000–95,000
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kansai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–48,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–70,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–39,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–65,000
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥20,000–50,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kansai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥20,000–60,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥24,000–70,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥11,000–48,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–48,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–55,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥37,000–85,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kansai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–48,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥31,000–70,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–65,000
- Website
- ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥23,000–110,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kansai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥16,000–80,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥19,000–95,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥30,000–85,000
- Website
- flypeach.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kansai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–48,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥32,000–95,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to New Chitose Airport via Kansai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥18,000–60,000
- Website
- jejuair.net
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Gimhae
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥9,500–34,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Narita International Airport via Gimhae
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–43,000
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥22,000–60,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥22,000–60,000
- Website
- en.ch.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–50,000
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥18,000–55,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥15,000–60,000
- Phone
- 050-3772-3910
- Website
- JR CENTRAL
Train from Shin Kobe to Tōkyō Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- JR CENTRAL
- Schedules at
- JR West Timetable & Route Finder
Train from Shin Osaka to Tōkyō Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Website
- JR CENTRAL
- Schedules at
- JR West Timetable & Route Finder
- Phone
- (86)021-64370000
- Website
- travelchinaguide.com
Subway from West Nanjing Road to Longyang Road
- Ave. Duration
- 19 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥99
- Schedules at
- travelchinaguide.com
- Adult
- ¥99
- Phone
- 050-3355-8208
- Website
- Osaka Metro
Subway from Tengachaya to Kitahama
- Ave. Duration
- 11 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥210–260
- Website
- Osaka Metro
- 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
- 011-222-7111
- Website
- JR HOKKAIDO
Train from New Chitose Airport to Sapporo
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–1,400
- Website
- JR HOKKAIDO
- [email protected]
- Website
- Willer Express
Bus from Shinki Bus Sannomiya to Bus Terminal Tokyo Yaesu
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥8,000–13,000
- Website
- Willer Express
- 3-Row Seats
- ¥8,000–11,000
- Phone
- 050-3802-1547
- Website
- jamjamliner.jp
Night bus from Kobe Sannomiya PMPT Building to Tokyo Yaesu Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥4,500–11,000
- Schedules at
- jamjamliner.jp
- 4 seats per row
- ¥4,500–11,000
- Phone
- 06-6536-6541
- Website
- shinganjin.com
Car ferry from Shanghai to Kobe Port Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 47h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ¥20,000–25,000
- Schedules at
- shinganjin.com
- 2nd Class B
- ¥20,000
- 1st Class
- ¥25,000
- Special Class
- ¥40,000
- VIP
- ¥100,000
Car ferry from Shanghai to Osaka International Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ¥20,000–25,000
- Schedules at
- shinganjin.com
- 2nd Class B
- ¥20,000
- 1st Class
- ¥25,000
- Special Class
- ¥40,000
- VIP
- ¥100,000
Car ferry from Shanghai to Osaka International Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ¥20,000–25,000
- Schedules at
- shinganjin.com
- 2nd Class B
- ¥20,000
- 1st Class
- ¥25,000
- Special Class
- ¥40,000
- VIP
- ¥100,000
Car ferry from Shanghai to Kobe Port Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 47h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ¥20,000–25,000
- Schedules at
- shinganjin.com
- 2nd Class B
- ¥20,000
- 1st Class
- ¥25,000
- Special Class
- ¥40,000
- VIP
- ¥100,000
Car ferry from Shanghai to Kobe Port Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 47h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ¥20,000–25,000
- Schedules at
- shinganjin.com
- 2nd Class B
- ¥20,000
- 1st Class
- ¥25,000
- Special Class
- ¥40,000
- VIP
- ¥100,000
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