There are 8 ways to get from Switzerland to Japan by plane or train
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Fly Zurich Airport to Fukuoka Airport
best- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Fukuoka Airport (FUK)plane ZRH - FUK
16h 17m¥96,051–142,708Fly Zurich Airport to Tokyo International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane ZRH - HND
18h 45m¥76,411–153,268Train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Tokyo International Airport
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane MXP - HND
17h 4m¥81,708–142,181Fly Zurich Airport to Kobe
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Kobe (UKB)plane ZRH - UKB
17h 18m¥131,031–212,698Fly Zurich Airport to Narita International Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Narita International Airport (NRT)plane ZRH - NRT
- Take the train from 空港第2ビル Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 to Tōkyō Stationtrain
16h 35m¥81,921–214,048Fly Basel to Tokyo International Airport
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane BSL - HND
17h 47m¥101,196–171,587Train to Munich International Airport, fly to Tokyo International Airport
- Take the train from Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof to München Hbftrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane MUC - HND
19h 35m¥90,057–177,260Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to Tokyo International Airport
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane FRA - HND
18h 43m¥80,868–256,431
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Fukuoka Airport (FUK) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Switzerland to Japan is to train and fly which costs ¥80000 - ¥150000 and takes 17h 4m.
The fastest way to get from Switzerland to Japan is to fly which takes 16h 17m and costs ¥95000 - ¥150000.
The distance between Switzerland and Japan is 9321 km.
It takes approximately 16h 17m to get from Switzerland to Japan, including transfers.
Japan is 7h ahead of Switzerland. It is currently 10:22 AM in Switzerland and 5:22 PM in Japan.
There are 12649+ hotels available in Japan.
What companies run services between Switzerland and Japan?
China Eastern Airlines, Cathay Pacific, and five other airlines fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Fukuoka Airport (FUK) 4 times a day.
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥90,000–260,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–250,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–600,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–200,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–700,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–290,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–700,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥90,000–260,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–160,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–160,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–290,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–95,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Tokyo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–330,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Tokyo International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥90,000–300,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–700,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–290,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–700,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–210,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–200,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–170,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Narita International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–160,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Tokyo International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–140,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–200,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–250,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–210,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kobe via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 52m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–240,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Narita International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–210,000
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–250,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–180,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kobe via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–240,000
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–260,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Narita International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–210,000
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–210,000
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–240,000
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–160,000
- Website
- eastarjet.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–200,000
- Website
- flypeach.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–220,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–200,000
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- [email protected]
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–1,400
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- 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
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥6,500–27,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥8,500–35,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–10,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥7,000–12,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 821 899 825 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- arverio-by.de
Train from Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ¥10,000–19,000
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- ¥13,000–19,000
- 2nd Class
- ¥10,000–14,000
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ¥10,000–15,000
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥1,400–3,000
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
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