There are 7 ways to get from Zurich to Tokyo 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 Zurich Airport to Tokyo International Airport
best- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane ZRH - HND
18h 10m¥66,363–192,165Fly 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 45m¥86,913–182,895Train to Basel, fly to Tokyo International Airport
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane BSL - HND
19h 25m¥102,204–246,863Train, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly to Tokyo International Airport
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Singentrain
- Take the train from Singen to Böblingentrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane STR - HND
21h 44m¥98,783–200,253Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Tokyo International Airport
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane MXP - HND
19h 47m¥68,372–171,104Fly Zurich Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO)plane ZRH - NGO
- Take the train from Nagoya to Tōkyō Stationtrain
19h 52mTrain, train to Munich International Airport, fly to Tokyo International Airport
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Bregenztrain
- Take the train from Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof to München Hbftrain
- Take the train from München Hbf to Flughafen Münchentrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane MUC - HND
20h 51m¥91,170–187,643
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Tokyo International Airport (HND) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Zurich to Tokyo is to train and fly which costs ¥65000 - ¥180000 and takes 19h 47m.
The fastest way to get from Zurich to Tokyo is to fly and train which takes 16h 45m and costs ¥85000 - ¥190000.
The distance between Zurich and Tokyo is 9623 km.
It takes approximately 18h 10m to get from Zurich to Tokyo, including transfers.
Tokyo is 8h ahead of Zurich. It is currently 10:52 AM in Zurich and 6:52 PM in Tokyo.
There are 12936+ hotels available in Tokyo.
What companies run services between Zurich, Switzerland and Tokyo, Japan?
China Eastern Airlines, Japan Airlines, and six other airlines fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Tokyo International Airport (HND) 5 times a day.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Tokyo International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–260,000
Flights from Basel to Tokyo International Airport via Munich International Airport, Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–260,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–550,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Munich International Airport, Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–260,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–490,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–250,000
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–220,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–180,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–430,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–190,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–490,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–250,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–220,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Copenhagen, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–210,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–180,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–180,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–250,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–120,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–150,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Narita International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥49,000–140,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–140,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 12m
- When
- Thursday, Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–200,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–200,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Narita International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–180,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–190,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–190,000
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–160,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Narita International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥48,000–140,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–150,000
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥45,000–120,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–130,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–180,000
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Tokyo International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–190,000
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–230,000
- Website
- jejuair.net
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–190,000
- 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
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- [email protected]
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–2,000
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–6,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Singen to Böblingen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥4,400–10,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥6,000–13,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Zürich HB to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥4,300–7,000
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥11,000–19,000
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Bregenz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥8,000–13,000
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Singen to Böblingen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- ¥4,700–20,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥6,500–27,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from München Hbf to Flughafen München
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥1,300–5,500
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Singen to Böblingen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ¥3,300–4,100
- Schedules at
- DB ZugBus Regionalverkehr Alb-Bodensee GmbH (RAB)
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–1,400
- Website
- Trenord
- Phone
- 050-3772-3910
- Website
- JR CENTRAL
Train from Nagoya to Tōkyō Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Website
- JR CENTRAL
- Schedules at
- JR West Timetable & Route Finder
- Phone
- +49 821 899 825 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- Arverio Bayern GmbH
Train from Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Schedules at
- Arverio Bayern GmbH
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