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Find cheap flights to Japan from £258

This is the cheapest one-way flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight from the United Kingdom to Japan departing on 16/5. Fares are subject to change and may not be available on all flights or dates of travel. Click the price to replicate the search for this deal.
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Cheapest return prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours

Tokyo
Tokyo1 stop£413
Osaka
Osaka1 stop£414
Fukuoka
Fukuoka1 stop£448
Okinawa
Okinawa1 stop£504
Nagoya
Nagoya1 stop£419
Ishigaki
Ishigaki1 stop£1,095
Hiroshima
Hiroshima1 stop£602
Komatsu
Komatsu2 stops£1,041
Kochi
Kochi2 stops£943
Nagasaki
Nagasaki2 stops£1,011
Kumamoto
Kumamoto2 stops£989
Miyazaki
Miyazaki2 stops£1,013
Okayama
Okayama1 stop£582
Hakodate
Hakodate2 stops£1,118

Good to know - Cheap tickets to Japan

Low season

January

High season

October

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£258
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 19h 04m, covering a distance of 5874 miles. The most popular route is London - Tokyo with an average flight time of 13h 35m.

  • What is the cheapest flight to Japan?

    The cheapest ticket to Japan from the United Kingdom found in the last 72 hours was £869 one-way, and £389 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 £439.

  • 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?

    Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular destination is Tokyo (86% of total searches to Japan). The next most popular destinations are Osaka (10%) and Nagoya (0.9%). Searches for flights to Sapporo (0.9%), to Okinawa (0.7%) and to Fukuoka (0.6%) are also popular.

  • How does KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy?

    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 verified KAYAK customer reviews.
8.3
Japan AirlinesOverall score based on 1485 reviews
7.8entertainment
8.2comfort
8.7crew
8.4boarding
7.9food
Airline reviews

The food was not that good. I liked the miso, green tea, and ice cream. I wasn’t able to put my carry on bag under the seat in front of me. The flight was smooth. Please expand your choices of movies especially the new ones. I can’t choose any of those films. They’re old.

8.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Apr 2024BKK - NRT
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The food was not that good. I liked the miso, green tea, and ice cream. I wasn’t able to put my carry on bag under the seat in front of me. The flight was smooth. Please expand your choices of movies especially the new ones. I can’t choose any of those films. They’re old.

I like the braised beef., miso soup,, and green tea. Very little choices of hollywood movies. The PA announcement in English was not very clear and very soft. I could hardly hear.

More updated movies & Chinese movies. The food sometimes overcooked. Prefer to have more neat snacks in between than just choose from the menu. Please change the menu every now and then. This is my second time flying within one year and the menu didn’t change at all!

Food is lagging. Very poor choice. Like vending machine fast food.

Please change the menu more often. The beef is not tender, more choice in ice cream flavor. Dessert is not good too.

The Experience was fantastic, it's a quick flight so no entertainment or food. Just a refreshment

Great crew, Japanese domestic flight is just a drink service but crew are very attentive

Again I paid for an upgrade on my credit card didn’t get it need a refund. . American I not good at gettin in contact for refunds.

l enjoyed the variety of good and drink choices. The flight attendants were very quick and efficient to our needs.

-Bathrooms were regularly checked/maintained. -Food was okay, but the miso soup was good. -Top of my foot got bitten by a bug when I took off my shoes and was only wearing my socks. It was swollen and very itchy for several days.

The food from Lagos to Amsterdam was was very poor compared to AMS-YYZ

The flight was delayed for 2 hrs. Because they didn’t have a crew to fly. And it is not a first time for klm to do that. Last time they cancelled my filght and rebooked me 3 days later. Not reliable airline

Seats are fair enough for medium tall people. Good food all the trip. Fight attendances are warm

no issues at all... Kudos to the food. This time was really really good

The worst airline. Cancelled flight 30 min before boarding and rebooked on flight after 3 days.

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 .

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.

At the transit could be less time not like 12 hour 6 hours the mix should be 4 hour, thanks

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.

Great staff and food. Seats pretty uncomfortable but plenty of legroom. Entertainment system outdated.

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.

The landings were smooth . Being unable to check-in online was terribly stressful and the queue at Haneda exemely long. We paid extra for window seats and did not get them.

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-

Couldn’t fly since they wouldn’t issue a boarding ticket. Something to do with not taking the departing flight since it was cancelled due to weather. No notice or anything about the trip being invalid. The app made it seem like I was all good for it. Never trusting travel agency

I will never fly through China again. Maybe it was the mandatory retinal scan just to transfer to another flight or the complete set of fingerprints they require. There are many better and inexpensive flights to Asia if you look.

Pros: "Price"
Cons: "Hotel provided was ok but I expected more . The wait to get to the hotel was way too long and people at airport were not helpful. There was no clear instructions on where to wait, who we were to deal with . The directions were misleading."
Pros: "It was a terrible, long and very crowded flight."
Cons: "The people/passengers. The whole flight felt like a budget airline. I am not looking forward to the return."

The flight was delayed for almost 5 hours, but I understand that it was not up to the company, however how they could handle the situation better, they never apologized for that delay, moreover despite passengers being there for 7 hours only thing they did was to give a bowl of instant noodles, afterwards on the plane tiny snacks, people were there starting from lunch time and we’ve arrived to destination at almost midnight

Flight was delayed for 2 hours for no reason, then we spent almost an hour after boarding because of the weather conditions. If we left on time we could avoid that 😾

Cons: "Everything was great. Very nice and friendly crew, clean plane, great food. Excellent overall"
Pros: "Because of our delay, we flew with Air Thai instead of Air China....much better airline"
Pros: "The crew was accommodating during the flight but spoke very little English and could not help with information on connecting flight."
Cons: "We missed our connecting flight due to a delay and the airline would not let us through because we could have made our second flight...."
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."
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: "Seats are narrow, leg room poor, and food service is minimal."
Pros: "Crew was great and was happy to get gluten free food i could eat"
Cons: "Not lose my bags :("
Pros: "The fare was good."
Cons: "More modern equipment. Tv screens. Movies. In flight magazines in English."

We paid to have overhead carry-on baggage. When we got to the gate we were told that our carry on bags would need to be checked and go below because the flight was full. Notably we were nowhere near the last people to board and about 30 other passengers also had to check their carry-on bags. Other than that the flight was fine.

Very bad plain although I paid A business class ticket I was stuck in a stiff fixed seat without any entertainment or Wi Fi for 5 hours I will never ever book a flight on British airline.

Self check in Kiosk did not recognize that I had prepaid for my luggage. This caused a 40 minute delay even though I had my British Airways email receipt for the prepaid luggage.

Crew were very friendly and helpful. They explained to us in detail the delay in our takeoff due to the storm that rolled in from Belfast and did their best to make up the time. Always great to fly BA!

Staff were very helpful. The free WiFi for messages was also very useful to keep in touch

Crew was more interested on looking at their phones than welcoming passengers during boarding.

The crew was very attentive and kept busy serving a variety of treats!

Terrible. Missed my flight to final destination because of delayed British Airways flight. Had to spend 12 hours in airport and $1500 for new plane tickets

The crew on board were all very pleasant and happy to help. The flight had the old business class seats. The departure board in the business lounge did not update and kept on saying ' gate open' but never said boarding. When I got nervous about the departure time and walked to the gate I was told off rudely for being late.

Offered vegetable curry when it was actually tofu which I don’t care for.

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Cheapest flights to Japan from the United Kingdom found in 2024

Recent return flight deals

3/6Mon
1 stopChina Eastern
16h 25mLGW-NRT
17/6Mon
1 stopChina Eastern
30h 30mNRT-LGW
£413
12/6Wed
1 stopChina Eastern
20h 20mLGW-NRT
21/6Fri
1 stopChina Eastern
30h 05mNRT-LGW
£414
4/6Tue
1 stopAir China
16h 35mLGW-NRT
17/6Mon
1 stopAir China
30h 00mNRT-LGW
£463
28/5Tue
1 stopAir China
16h 35mLGW-NRT
8/6Sat
1 stopAir China
18h 55mNRT-LGW
£466
5/6Wed
1 stopKLM
16h 55mLHR-NRT
20/6Thu
1 stopKLM
16h 05mNRT-LHR
£707
20/5Mon
1 stopKLM
19h 05mLHR-NRT
17/6Mon
1 stopKLM
16h 05mNRT-LHR
£714
13/5Mon
1 stopEmirates
36h 25mSTN-NRT
11/6Tue
1 stopEmirates
22h 25mNRT-STN
£858
29/5Wed
1 stopEmirates
18h 40mSTN-NRT
4/6Tue
1 stopEmirates
22h 25mNRT-STN
£858
14/5Tue
1 stopBritish Airways
18h 15mMAN-HND
23/5Thu
1 stopBritish Airways
17h 55mHND-MAN
£879
3/9Tue
1 stopBritish Airways
19h 50mMAN-HND
12/9Thu
1 stopBritish Airways
19h 55mHND-MAN
£882

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16/5Thu
3 stops
43h 05mLGW-NRT
£258
3/6Mon
3 stops
44h 50mLGW-NRT
£266
13/6Thu
1 stopChina Eastern
20h 15mLGW-HND
£340
13/6Thu
1 stopAir China
23h 00mLGW-NRT
£342
3/6Mon
1 stopChina Eastern
17h 15mLGW-NRT
£350
9/6Sun
1 stopAir China
23h 00mLGW-NRT
£352
4/6Tue
1 stopKLM
16h 15mLCY-NRT
£621
28/5Tue
1 stopKLM
15h 35mLCY-NRT
£623
25/6Tue
1 stopBritish Airways
16h 10mLCY-NRT
£941
6/5Mon
1 stopBritish Airways
17h 05mLCY-NRT
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1/5Wed
multi-stopChina Eastern
25h 20mLGW-NRT
16/5Thu
multi-stopChina Eastern
24h 50mNRT-LGW
£438
1/5Wed
multi-stopChina Eastern
25h 45mLGW-HND
15/5Wed
multi-stopChina Eastern
18h 40mHND-LGW
£439
27/4Sat
multi-stopAir China
16h 10mLGW-NRT
13/5Mon
multi-stopAir China
25h 20mNRT-LGW
£497
28/4Sun
multi-stopAir China
16h 35mLGW-NRT
18/5Sat
multi-stopAir China
23h 00mNRT-LGW
£505
29/4Mon
multi-stopKLM
25h 00mLHR-HND
6/5Mon
multi-stopKLM
20h 55mHND-LHR
£782
30/4Tue
multi-stopKLM
15h 35mLCY-NRT
14/5Tue
multi-stopKLM
16h 20mNRT-LCY
£801
30/4Tue
multi-stopBritish Airways
18h 15mMAN-HND
16/5Thu
multi-stopBritish Airways
17h 55mHND-MAN
£835
1/5Wed
directBritish Airways
13h 35mLHR-HND
15/5Wed
directBritish Airways
14h 55mHND-LHR
£902
1/5Wed
directJapan Airlines
13h 35mLHR-HND
15/5Wed
directJapan Airlines
14h 50mHND-LHR
£965
30/4Tue
directJapan Airlines
13h 35mLHR-HND
16/5Thu
directJapan Airlines
14h 55mHND-LHR
£997

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