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Find cheap flights to Japan from £295

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Cheapest return prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours

Tokyo
Tokyo1 stop£434
Osaka
Osaka1 stop£412
Fukuoka
Fukuoka1 stop£398
Nagoya
Nagoya1 stop£484
Okinawa
Okinawa1 stop£456
Nagasaki
Nagasaki2 stops£971
Hiroshima
Hiroshima1 stop£598
Kumamoto
Kumamoto1 stop£1,006
Ishigaki
Ishigaki1 stop£1,123
Okayama
Okayama1 stop£682
Komatsu
Komatsu2 stops£1,026
Miyazaki
Miyazaki1 stop£1,096
Matsuyama
Matsuyama1 stop£1,097
Kochi
Kochi2 stops£1,005
Takamatsu
Takamatsu2 stops£1,030
Sendai
Sendai1 stop£869

Good to know - Cheap tickets to Japan

Low season

January

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October

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£295
Best time to beat the crowds (13% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 3% lower on average.
Flight from London Gatwick Airport to Tokyo Narita Airport

FAQs - booking Japan flights

  • What types of visas are available when you find cheap flights to Japan?

    Japan attracts many types of visitors for different reasons and therefore offers ten different types of visas, which are separated into long and short-term visas. Long-term visas include a highly skilled professional visa and the working visa. Short-term tourist visas are the most common and are available for citizens from Asia, Africa, Latin America and former Soviet Union nations.

  • Are there direct flights to Osaka, Japan?

    Osaka is home to two international airports, and both are hubs for Japan Airlines, which is local. You won't find direct flights to either of Osaka's airports Kansai Intl (KIX) and Itami Airport (ITM). There are one-stop flights to Kansai Intl, which are mostly provided by Emirates. It is possible to fly into Kansai International Airport from any of the major London-based airports, and flying from London Stansted Airport (STN) will be the cheapest option. 

  • Are there direct flights to Japan?

    Most flights to Japan from the UK are indirect, though three airlines do offer direct flights to Japan: they are All Nippon Airways (ANA), Japan Airlines (JAL) and British Airways (BA). Direct flights are the fastest to reach Japan (approx. 11-12h), though they are normally more expensive. Indirect flights take longer (approx. 14h) but are often cheaper and stopovers are often short, especially when changing flights within Europe.

  • Where should I fly to if I want to see Mt Fuji?

    To see Mt Fuji, fly to Tokyo. From there, you can easily travel to good places to take in views of Mt Fuji, such as within Tokyo city, Fujigoko, Hakone or even to Mt Fuji itself.

  • Where should I fly to if I want to visit Himeji Castle?

    You can easily travel to Himeji Castle by train from Kyoto, Tokyo, Osaka, and Hiroshima. The fastest would be by train from Osaka (approx. 30min), followed closely by Kyoto (approx. 45min). The closest airport to Osaka and Kyoto that receives international flights is Kansai International Airport.

  • Which airport in Osaka should I fly to?

    The two airports in Osaka are Kansai International Airport and Osaka International Airport (ITM). Osaka International Airport only receives domestic flights, however, it has the word "International" in its name because it was the city’s international airport before they built Kansai International Airport. Kansai is therefore the airport you will fly to from the UK. If you are flying from another part of Japan to Osaka, and have a choice between the two airports, choose Osaka International Airport as it is closer to the city centre.

  • How long is the flight to Japan?

    An average direct flight from the United Kingdom to Japan takes 18h 24m, covering a distance of 5862 miles. The most popular route is London - Tokyo with an average flight time of 13h 50m.

  • What is the cheapest flight to Japan?

    The cheapest ticket to Japan from the United Kingdom found in the last 72 hours was £888 one-way, and £405 round-trip. The most popular route is London Heathrow to Tokyo Haneda and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was £471.

  • Which airlines fly to Japan?

    British Airways, Iberia & Japan Airlines fly the most frequently from the United Kingdom to Japan. The most popular route is from London to Tokyo, and British Airways, Iberia and Japan Airlines fly this route the most.

  • What are the most popular destinations in Japan?

    The next most popular destinations are Osaka (8%) and Nagoya (1%). Searches for flights to Fukuoka (1%), to Sapporo (0.9%) and to Okinawa (0.4%) are also popular.

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    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a given destination and date is likely to change within 7 days, so travellers know whether to wait or book now.

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Top tips for finding cheap flights to Japan

  • Enter your preferred departure airport and travel dates into the search form above to unlock the latest Japan flight deals.
  • When looking to find cheap flights to Japan from the United Kingdom, you have the choice of three major London-based departure airports and five major international arrivals airports in Japan. The most frequent flights are between London Heathrow (LHR) and Tokyo Haneda (HND).
  • When you find cheap flights to Japan, you must keep in mind that public transport from any of the airports has limited operational times. They generally shut down at midnight and open at 05:00. This means that if you are travelling after hours, you should arrange transportation with your hotel or be ready to catch a taxi.
  • One-stop flights from London to Japan offer the best deals. Although slightly longer than direct flights, they are more frequent and you have the choice of leaving from one of four major London-based airports. Most one-stop flights arrive in Tokyo and are operated by Finnair, Turkish Airlines or Qatar Airways. The average one-stop flight is 18 hours.
  • Flights to Japan arrive at several aviation hubs. The busiest airports are in Tokyo – Haneda Airport (HND) and Narita International Airport (NRT). The distance from Haneda to central Tokyo is about 14km, while Narita is about 60km from the city centre. If you fly from the UK, you are most likely to land at Narita, but some international flights do land in Haneda. Although further from the city centre, Narita Airport is very well connected to central Tokyo with fast and efficient trains.
  • The two international airports in the centre of the country also handle many of the incoming international flights to Japan. The first is Kansai International Airport (KIX) in Osaka and the second is Chubu Centrair International Airport (NGO) in Nagoya.
  • If you would like to fly to one of the islands in Japan, such as Kyushu, you can fly to Fukuoka Airport (FUK) or Okinawa Airport (OKA). However, these flights usually require a stopover in Tokyo.
  • British citizens travelling to Japan do not need a visa to enter the country, and you can stay for up to 90 days with no visa. You may need to present a proof of a return ticket or ticket for onward travel.
  • Japan’s currency is the yen they mainly use cash. You may have trouble paying with a foreign credit or debit card, so it is advisable to exchange some yen prior to travelling to Japan. However, most hotels, large department stores and mid- to high-end restaurants do accept cards.
  • If you are planning to travel to Japan during Sakura season, note that airfares and hotel rates may be higher than usual.
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Top 5 airlines flying to Japan

Need help choosing which airline to fly with from the United Kingdom to Japan? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to KAYAK reviews.
8.3
Japan AirlinesOverall score based on 1477 reviews
84overall
82comfort
87crew
84boarding
79entertainment
79food
Airline reviews

Liked the food. Needs improvement: 1) the flat bed was very hard and the set up was not at all passenger friendly 2) the announcement were impossible to understand even in English. 3) the flight information on the monitor was terrible it showed a airplane with no information like altitude, airspeed, heading. You could not zoom in or out to orient the aircraft to where you were in the flight. 4) movies were old and very limited as was the music selection.

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Liked the food. Needs improvement: 1) the flat bed was very hard and the set up was not at all passenger friendly 2) the announcement were impossible to understand even in English. 3) the flight information on the monitor was terrible it showed a airplane with no information like altitude, airspeed, heading. You could not zoom in or out to orient the aircraft to where you were in the flight. 4) movies were old and very limited as was the music selection.

This flight was operated by American Airlines. AA was completely unprepared for the crowds at DFW for Spring Break and were ridiculously understaffed. They had only three operating kiosks for self check-in, and ONE agent to handle hundreds (thousands?) of dropped off bags. She also had to do double duty to assist passengers at the kiosks. In comparison, flying on United Airlines at Christmastime was a much smoother experience.

Need new movies, a lots of them are 20-10 years old or older. It us a very long flight we need good entertainment. Please load more new movies!

Good and movies are so old. Needs to have more up-to-date movies.

It was an outstanding flight and service. The only thing is the seat cushion for economy could be a little more comfortable. More cushion.

Although delayed leaving the crew were lovely, comfort of the seats was excellent. Cabin was a little too warm but overall the best economy flight we have taken

Comfortable flight since I had the entire row to myself. Food was good too.

Movie dis not play smoothly. During play, it was interrupted several times, and could not RESUME where I was.

JAL has an excellent flight staff, even in economy we had a great flight

Consider adding “N/A” to some review options. This flight had no food or entertainment.

Mostly fine. Minor delays departing and arriving. Quite a cramped plane, not so much as regards legroom but very narrow seats. Quiet nice food. Non-working USB charger. Flight attendants were helpful but not particularly proactive — one had to work to get their attention (but all was fine once they notice you), very Dutch style:)

I travel frequently. The flight was late again... KLM should really try and be on time

The flight itself it was great nice food the crew were very nice and helpful, Checking in from Birmingham wasn't great long queues for bag dropped, And I had my hand luggage case taken away from me even though I requested to have it with me as I had breakables items. I was told I can not because of the length of the flight with no explanation at all no options was given for me to take my fragile items out of my case it was taken away with hold buggage I find the staff member who was checking me in very unpleasant !! Can we please be advise if the rules have changed about the the carry on hand luggage it will be easier to be advise on booking your tickect if we not allowed to take the hand luggage with me. Overall I had a good flight .

The plane was clean and the staff was friendly. Food and drinks as expected on international flights. The entertainment system was old style, with a pullout controller, and selections not as extensive as on other flights.

I requested wheel chair assistance , it was confirmed via email that inwoood get it but I didn’t get it . The last leg of my trip to Nigeria was the worst.

One of their staff was so rude with discriminative. Such a reputed airline shouldn't hire such kind of arrogant attendants.

The boarding was one of the worst I’ve ever experienced. The fault lays on Ohare Airport and not so much the airline. The waiting area by the gate was the size to accommodate a regional flight for 20-30 people and right next to a busy walkway. When you cramped nearly 300 passengers into that space is was unbearable.

All and all pretty good. It’s crowded but that is what flying is all about. But no complaints otherwise.

The Crew have no idea about the food they're serving the passengers. The Crew MUST be instructed before each flight about the menu that will be served to the passengers, whether the food is vegetarian or non-vegetarian, whether it is Halal, Kosher or not.

Boarding in NCL is really bad. I'm sure part of that is a directive from the airport that KLM can't change but part of that is due to KLM policy. NCL doesn't announce the gate of departure until 30 minutes before departure. However, when you arrive at the gate area, the gate agents file everyone into one long line and everyone boards from one line at one time. This line can stretch for 200m...easily. There is a separate line for groups 1 and 2 but you don't know it until you get to the gate area and agents don't announce/advertise it. Everyone else is grouped into one line. Are you in group 3? Doesn't matter...you board with group 5. Traveling with a child? Tough luck...you're stuck at the end of the line and board last. The last part is very annoying because none of the gates at NCL (with the exception of 1 used by Emirates) has a jetway. To board, you must leave the gate area, walk downstairs, walk onto the tarmac and walk up stairs to board the plane. Highly challenging if you're traveling with small children. That boarding process begs for a concession to allow people with children to board first because they will need extra time. But there is no such policy. Just a really horrible boarding experience all around.

Gatwick London-Shanghai -Bangkok.. Would have liked entertainment screens, but I know these planes are not that new. Cheap flights at the time of booking, Emirates wanted double so you get what you paid for. I would fly again with them, but if Emirates was the same price I would go with them.

We were cutting it close on our connecting flight and notified all staff at departing gate and flight attendants. From the start, we were told to check in with the international transfer desk by everyone, except for one lady who wanted to argue the time difference that was already taken into account. We also asked if we could try to exit the plane first (our family of 4 and 8 others on the same connecting flight). They just told us to check in with international transfers. We landed and had very little time to make our next flight. We were not offered any assistance or communication to the receiving gate. We ran all the way to the international transfers gate only to be turned away. I think we could have made it if we were allowed to exit and a call was made to other check in counter. After that we spent 6 grueling hours with our kids trying to rebook a flight. No food of any type of compensation was offered besides a dirty hotel room. The ladies with China Eastern at the Shanghai International counter were rude an unhelpful. We were directed to 3 different counters and waited before they said they forgot about a hotel. It was a long, miserable day. I believe this could have all been avoided.

How do you run out of beer after one hour of a twelve hour flight?!

Flight was fine, however we were not able to check in online, this adds to travel stress. Luckily check-in at Heathrow was quick, but we did not get the seats we paid extra for. We paid for a window and 2 aisle seats from Shanghai to Tokyo leg, but they changed us to middle seats. Not good :(

You’re in the three parts of my life, the China Eastern air crew remembered and wish me happy birthday. I was given pastries on two different occasions and a complementary drink. The stew is wish me happy birthday and gave me a birthday card. Everything was first class. Thank you.

It was my birthday while I was on the flight on China eastern airlines. They celebrated my day by giving me a personalized birthday card and also a very delicious pastry. I was surprised and thankful by the China Eastern crew! The whole staff was kind and professional? My second flight into China and the most memorable! Thank you-

A lot of value considering the cheap ticket prices. All meals served were Chinese food. Would fly them again considering the ticket was half the price of any others

Pros: "Great crew in business class!"
Cons: "Wifi was terrible, entertainment is below average and angle seats for a 12 hour flight is sub par. The food was so so"
Pros: "My flight was canceled but the ground crew was amazing I was really worried but China Eastern's ticket people were very professional! Highly recommend."
Cons: "The plane stopped at an airport between Shanghai and Kunming, which was not shown in iteneray. I got off at this airport thinking I arrived in Kunming. . I was told that I have to check in again at Kunming. When I tried to check in again, there was only one person in the entire airport checking in passengers and she spoke no English. We finally figured out what had happened and barely made it back to the plane before it departed for Kunming."
Cons: "Everything was great. Very nice and friendly crew, clean plane, great food. Excellent overall"
Pros: "Friendly crew and helpful staff"
Cons: "Missed connection from PEK to XIY due to delayed arrival and early departure. From XIY to PEK, booked and confirmed 11 departure, changed to 12:30 without notification or explaination. Rushed connections at PEK, pretty much ran from the minute left plan to another terminal, through custom, through all the health check points, security check. Just keep the fights on time and keep the original schedules, not arbitrarily change them."
Pros: "The price"
Cons: "Staff was not helpful and kind of rude unless you spoke their language. Food options were terrible and not very comfortable seat for 13+ hr flight."
Cons: "Connecting though Beijing from Taipei to LAX is not recommended if you can avoid it!"
Pros: "The food was good. It was nice that they supply wet hot towels before each meal. The seat was comfortable with the price I paid for. The rest room is nice and clean and quite spacious. The L’occitane toiletery bag was nice."
Cons: "It would be nice to supply mouthwash in the rest room. It would be nice to have a foot step at the bottom to open the trash container. The comforter is not washed and smells."
Cons: "Even for business class there is no TV screen on each seat. Just one small TV screen on the ceiling for a few rows to share. It would be much better with TV screen on each seat. I was sitting in the first row business class and the air hostess skipped me and didn’t give me a slipper. She gave me a used slipper at the end only without a packet. This is unprofessional to treat a business class passenger"
Pros: "The crew was okay. The seating was great on all except for one leg."
Cons: "On one leg, it must have been an older plane, because the business class seats barely reclined."
Pros: "Crew was great and was happy to get gluten free food i could eat"
Cons: "Not lose my bags :("
Pros: "Beautiful new plane, professional crew, totally decent food."
Cons: "Economy for 13 hours is always a bit rough, but no more so on Air China than any other airline. And the price was so much lower."
Cons: "kayak charge me for seat assiment and kosher food and millage number Nom of those was in and i had to travel with out food and fight to get seats and make sure the millage number is in"

I sat in the last row of seats. On an 8 hour flight they allowed folks to stand and talk and drink in the back area near the toilets the whole time. They were at times loud and in the way. It was a little annoying. The crew on this trip were pretty mediocre and the plane was littered with trash when we disembarked.

I didn’t get to London or Amsterdam. They lost my connection flight . I was stuck in Madrid and they rerouted my flight to Austria where my son had to come and pick me up. To get to my destination and they lost my luggage and they’ve told me they can not find it very poor service so have no word for what happened

Boarding process needs to be improved. Business class passengers were told to stand in the economy line and vice versa.

Overall good, but the fact that there was no WiFi was a big deal for me. I am not used to having no WiFi during long flights. I always fly Delta-KLM and they never have had an issue with WiFi.

I asked for a wheelchair. I have a back health condition. I had to walk a lot

I travelled on biz class and f there is no water in the toilette to wash my hands I would expect to have this indicated somehow and not just finding out when I'm there expecting to be able to wash my hands and teeth. Also this is in general that it is always so rushy at the end of these kind of long flights. It is like we are sitting there for 9 hours and the last 1.5 hours just feels like I have time for nothing. Because food comes and at the same time we are close to destination everyone tries to pack their stuff and go to toilette and eat and everything :))) not that like I would know a good solution here I just wanted to raise this :)

Boarding = No one respected the boarding groups. The ground crew did nothing to enforce the boarding system. What is the point of being a Gold member when there are no benefits to that? Tired old plane

Almost 3 hour delay. First because the crew was late. Then a technical problem with the airplane.

Emergency row seat less comfortable than promoted. Restricted by emergency life raft storage.

My selected seat ending up being very uncomfortable both major flights. SFO to London and back. Seat arms did not go up so it was not like suggest by BA staff. On return flight my seat had a life raft barrier in front off me and large man beside me.

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Cheapest flights to Japan from the United Kingdom found in 2024

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5/6Wed
1 stopChina Eastern
25h 45mLGW-HND
10/6Mon
1 stopChina Eastern
24h 10mHND-LGW
£434
16/4Tue
1 stopChina Eastern
15h 40mLHR-KIX
22/5Wed
1 stopChina Eastern
16h 40mKIX-LHR
£439
25/4Thu
1 stopAir China
23h 00mLGW-NRT
7/5Tue
1 stopAir China
23h 00mNRT-LGW
£484
1/5Wed
1 stopAir China
23h 00mLGW-NRT
16/5Thu
1 stopAir China
23h 00mNRT-LGW
£487
4/6Tue
1 stopKLM
15h 40mLHR-NRT
20/6Thu
1 stopKLM
16h 05mNRT-LHR
£708
11/6Tue
1 stopKLM
29h 25mLCY-NRT
18/6Tue
1 stopKLM
16h 55mNRT-LCY
£726
17/4Wed
1 stopBritish Airways
17h 35mMAN-HND
23/4Tue
1 stopBritish Airways
17h 30mHND-MAN
£851
18/4Thu
1 stopBritish Airways
17h 50mMAN-HND
15/5Wed
1 stopBritish Airways
20h 45mHND-MAN
£853
18/6Tue
1 stopEmirates
36h 25mSTN-NRT
25/6Tue
1 stopEmirates
28h 15mNRT-STN
£879
15/6Sat
1 stopEmirates
36h 25mSTN-NRT
4/7Thu
1 stopEmirates
28h 15mNRT-STN
£898

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1 stopAir China
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18h 05mLGW-NRT
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25/4Thu
1 stopChina Eastern
25h 45mLGW-HND
£342
17/4Wed
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2/5Thu
1 stopCathay Pacific
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multi-stopChina Eastern
31h 00mLHR-KIX
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multi-stopChina Eastern
34h 10mKIX-LHR
£635
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multi-stopChina Eastern
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multi-stopChina Eastern
35h 05mNRT-LHR
£666
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£670
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26/3Tue
multi-stopKLM
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multi-stopKLM
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4/4Thu
multi-stopKLM
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£1,045
20/3Wed
multi-stopAir China
24h 05mLGW-NRT
27/3Wed
multi-stopAir China
26h 20mNRT-LGW
£1,119
23/3Sat
multi-stopAir China
32h 15mLHR-NRT
30/3Sat
multi-stopAir China
37h 15mNRT-LHR
£1,122
20/3Wed
multi-stopJapan Airlines
19h 05mLHR-HND
31/3Sun
directJapan Airlines
14h 50mHND-LHR
£1,854
21/3Thu
directBritish Airways
13h 35mLHR-HND
10/4Wed
directBritish Airways
14h 55mHND-LHR
£2,161
20/3Wed
directBritish Airways
13h 40mLHR-HND
27/3Wed
directBritish Airways
15h 00mHND-LHR
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