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A list of all our featured airports in Japan can be found below, together with an overview of how to find cheap flights to Japan.
Featured Cities in Japan:
Fukuoka Kagoshima Kobe Kyoto Matsuyama Nagasaki Nagoya Niigata Okinawa Osaka / Kansai Sapporo
Flights to Japan - Overview
Despite increased interest in Japan following the 2002 World Cup, the majority of flights to the country are aimed at the business market, making it much harder to find bargain fares. The main gateway cities for flights to Japan from the UK are Tokyo and Osaka. There is much stronger competition for flights to Tokyo, with two British airlines and two Japanese carriers operating the route, whereas just Japan Airlines offer direct flights to Osaka from the UK.
All direct routes to Japan are concentrated around London - there are no flights to Japanese cities from any UK regional airports. The new "Centrair" airport in Nagoya has direct links from other European cities such as Paris and Frankfurt. Major Japanese cities such as Sapporo and Fukuoka are well linked within Asia.
One thing to bear in mind when trying to reach other Japanese cities is that you might be required to transfer between the international and domestic airports in either Tokyo or Osaka. This can be a significant hassle compared to connecting via another Asian hub where no change of airport is necessary.
Japan is also well-known for having an excellent high-speed rail system, with the famous Shinkansen bullet train network radiating out from Tokyo. However, unlike in countries such as France and Germany, the high-speed trains do not actually run through any of the major airports. However, both Tokyo Narita and Osaka Kansai airports have excellent shuttle train links with their respective city centres, from where the bullet trains can also be taken.
We hope that you have found this information about flights to Japan useful.
Mini guide to Japan
It's possible Westerners' impressions of modern-day Japan remain somewhat warped: vending machines selling used underwear and incredibly violent pornography, intended for the enjoyment of the perpetually nodding salaryman.
Even a supposedly “sensitive” Western film like Lost in Translation was accused of latent racism in its portrayal of the Japanese locals. Yet if Japan seems weird to the outsider, it's perhaps partly down to ignorance, and partly down to a frantic desire to be ahead of the curve in both design and technology: a couple of hours amongst the country's arcades and neon-lit multi-megastores, and the avant-garde begins to seem almost normal.
Tokyo continues to attract the most tourism, mainly as it's the most Western (and therefore least disorientating) destination, though even hardened travellers tend to experience some form of culture shock. Yet spread out over numerous islands, from Sapporo in the north to Kagoshima in the south, Japan takes in rural and mountainous terrain, and one of the abiding clichés holds true: wherever you go, the people really are that courteous and welcoming.
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