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Cheap Flights from Sydney to Japan

Cheapest return prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Tokyo
Tokyo2 stops$699
Osaka
Osaka1 stop$620
Fukuoka
Fukuoka1 stop$804
Okinawa
Okinawa1 stop$691
Nagoya
Nagoya1 stop$871
Tokyo
Tokyo2 stops$699
Osaka
Osaka1 stop$620
Fukuoka
Fukuoka1 stop$804
Okinawa
Okinawa1 stop$691
Nagoya
Nagoya1 stop$871

Book Cheap Sydney to Japan Plane Tickets

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights from Sydney to Japan that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
Discover the best prices for you by selecting your travel dates on KAYAK.

Recent return flight deals from Sydney to Japan

Sun, 19 Apr - Mon, 11 May
AirAsia X Logo
09:45 - 09:50
SYD
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KIX
25h 05m
1 stop
AirAsia X Logo
20:55 - 19:35
KIX
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SYD
21h 40m
2 stops
$620AirAsia X
Mon, 11 May - Sun, 31 May
Multiple Airlines Logo
20:50 - 19:20
SYD
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KIX
23h 30m
2 stops
Multiple Airlines Logo
15:50 - 11:45
KIX
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SYD
18h 55m
1 stop
$627Multiple Airlines
Fri, 24 Jul - Wed, 12 Aug
China Southern Logo
10:05 - 14:00
SYD
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HND
28h 55m
2 stops
China Southern Logo
15:45 - 19:40
HND
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SYD
26h 55m
2 stops
$702China Southern
Wed, 11 Mar - Sun, 15 Mar
China Southern Logo
11:25 - 13:15
SYD
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NRT
27h 50m
2 stops
China Southern Logo
13:20 - 20:20
NRT
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SYD
29h 00m
2 stops
$702China Southern
Mon, 13 Apr - Sun, 26 Apr
China Eastern Logo
11:00 - 17:15
SYD
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FUK
31h 15m
1 stop
China Eastern Logo
13:55 - 12:35
FUK
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SYD
21h 40m
1 stop
$804China Eastern
Thu, 7 May - Thu, 14 May
China Eastern Logo
11:00 - 17:15
SYD
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FUK
31h 15m
1 stop
China Eastern Logo
13:55 - 09:00
FUK
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SYD
18h 05m
1 stop
$849China Eastern
Thu, 4 Jun - Wed, 10 Jun
Japan Airlines Logo
08:55 - 09:35
SYD
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ITM
25h 40m
1 stop
Japan Airlines Logo
15:35 - 06:20
ITM
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SYD
13h 45m
1 stop
$929Japan Airlines
Thu, 4 Jun - Wed, 10 Jun
ANA Logo
11:50 - 07:50
SYD
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UKB
21h 00m
1 stop
ANA Logo
21:15 - 19:15
UKB
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SYD
21h 00m
1 stop
$1,104ANA
Sat, 6 Jun - Mon, 15 Jun
ANA Logo
11:50 - 07:50
SYD
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UKB
21h 00m
1 stop
ANA Logo
21:15 - 19:15
UKB
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SYD
21h 00m
1 stop
$1,113ANA
Sat, 6 Jun - Mon, 15 Jun
Japan Airlines Logo
08:55 - 12:35
SYD
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ITM
28h 40m
1 stop
Japan Airlines Logo
16:25 - 06:20
ITM
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SYD
12h 55m
1 stop
$1,161Japan Airlines
Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for Sydney to Japan flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Sydney to Japan to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly, and much more.

What is the cheapest Sydney to Japan flight route?

Data is based on round-trip flight searches on KAYAK over the past month.

The cheapest ticket to Japan from Sydney found in the last 72 hours was to Osaka, at $398 return. The most popular route is from Sydney (SYD) to Tokyo Haneda Airport (HND), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $976.

Can I save money by flying with a stopover from Sydney to Japan?

The average return price for all direct flights, flights with one stopover, and flights with two stopovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

No, with an average price for the route of $880, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Sydney to Japan?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Sydney to Japan, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.

The cheapest month for flights from Sydney to Japan is August, when tickets cost $886 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and April, when the average cost of return tickets is $1,451 and $1,281 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Sydney to Japan?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Sydney to Japan, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below-average price on a flight from Sydney to Japan, you should book around 3 weeks before departure, which saves you about 12% compared to booking last-minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 4 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonAugust
Cheapest flight$316
Best time to beat the crowds (16% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (40% more expensive on average)
Flight from Sydney to Tokyo Narita Airport

FAQs - booking Japan flights

  • Are there lounges at Narita International Airport (NRT)?

    Narita International Airport has onsite lounges if you wish for a relaxing environment before your flight. You can visit Emirates Lounge on the fourth floor area of Terminal 2 if you want to refresh after a long drive to the airport. Alternatively, you can walk to Narita Premium Lounge in Terminal 1 or Sakura Lounge in Terminal 2 for a pre-flight snack or drink.

  • Can I rent a car at Sydney Airport (SYD)?

    Consider a car rental at Sydney Airport if you desire flexibility during your vacation. Global car rental agencies such as Alamo, Enterprise, Europcar and Hertz have a desk in the Arrivals Halls of all terminals. If you book a car in advance through KAYAK, you may pick up your vehicle at the airport or at the preferred off-airport location where car rental agencies have offices.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Sydney to Japan?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from Sydney to Japan.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Sydney to Japan?

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

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Sydney to Japan?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional return ticket. You could then fly from Sydney to Japan with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Sydney to Japan?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying from Sydney to Japan up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Japan?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to Japan is generally in the morning, when retur flights cost $1,279 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Japan is generally in the afternoon, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $1,600.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to Japan

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found tickets from Sydney to the following destinations at these prices or less: Tokyo $994 one-way - $1,248 round-trip
  • All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines offer direct trips from Sydney to Japan. You may also access direct flights if you fly with Qantas Airways. If you wish to find cheap flights from Sydney to Japan, try providers that allow a layover. These include Philippine Airlines, which stops in Manila (MNL). Singapore Airlines features a transfer in Singapore (SIN).
  • Narita International Airport (NRT) is about 37 miles from the city centre. You can easily use the Narita Express from the city centre to the airport. Alternatively, you can take the train at Higashi Train Station, which will get you to the airport in approximately 58 minutes. The train gets from Higashi to the underground station in Terminal 2, where you can access Terminals 2 and 3.
  • Worry not if your flight is set to arrive late, as you can spend a night at Rydges Sydney Airport Hotel. This hotel is in the arrival court of Sydney Airport (SYD) and has 24-hour front desk services, showering and sleeping facilities. The airport buses are easily accessible within the airport to connect the domestic and international terminals.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying from Sydney to Japan

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Sydney 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.
8.4
ANAOverall score based on 1093 reviews
7.8Food
8.6Boarding
8.7Crew
7.9Entertainment
8.2Comfort
Airline reviews

Excellent crew, food and comfort from LA to Narita. Flight from Narita to Manila was just okay, Food and comfort needs to improve. The business class was not comfortable.

10.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Feb 2026
LAX - NRT
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Excellent crew, food and comfort from LA to Narita. Flight from Narita to Manila was just okay, Food and comfort needs to improve. The business class was not comfortable.

Lots of leg room in premium. Departed exactly on time. Friendly crew.

My connecting flight from CTS to Narita was late and I missed my connection. A very nice agent met me when I deplaned and ensured that I caught the next flight back to SFO. Fantastic customer service :)

Cabin Crew was excellent. They took care of everything requested. Flight was good

I didn’t know that my connecting flight from Japan to Hawaii was at a different airport - arrived in Haneda (ticket said Tokyo but didn’t notice the airport name) and had to get my bags and go out of immigration and back in to go to Narita airport 2 hours away. Such a hassle and SOOO confusing and complicated. Check your airports IN ADVANCE and NEVER book if you have to change airports. 40+ years of flying and first time had this. Never again. ANA is great but booking agencies will sell you a connection that you have a good chance of missing - even under the best circumstances.

I was charged $200 for a 2nd checked bag, which is unreasonably high and feels like price gouging. Other than that the experience was excellent.

The ROOM was great. We would love to have it on all of our flights. LOL

I would prefer to fly with Japanese airlines over American ones. They have better food and service overall

I was too late to get onto this flight. Kayak shouldn't let you book a connecting international to domestic flight when flying ANA. Your domestic flight could be in a different terminal and you won't make it because you have to go through immigration and customs.

United Airlines crew members do not know how to deal with emergency situation that caused our flight delay. For example, they should have asked the maintenance or seat belt repair personnel to come and fix the seat belt while they were looking for a volunteer to book another flight.

There could have been more options on the entertainment section Nothing was available for non English speaking passengers

I wear hearing aids in both ears the infotainment system is hard to hear.

I was mid plane and they were already out of the main beef entree....ugh!

We flew economy light. We did not want to check bags and we had free 1 bag, but just had back packs with small personal item. Try as we may could only get bags down to 17lbs each. So we put 2 lbs from one bag into other and checked it. I think if someone has a checked bag allowance and chose not to use it , it would benefit both parties to bump carry on weight up to the next level of 22lbs or 10kgs. Just a thought.

Few vegetarian food options. Incorporating one per meal service would be best and captures a wider audience than just vegetarians (individuals with religious meat restrictions can also eat vegetarian).

Food , drink experience were great with Cathay. Crew service was excellent. Clean toilet and full snack bars always, pilot took of 26minutes later when boarding at Hong Kong with extra US customs check at gate 9 for US flight, but he managed to arrive only 2 minutes later from flight tracker. Smooth flight .

one hour transit not good. cathay pacific is not helpful at all

The flight was just ok, but the vendor made it exceptio ally bard to manage my own reservation and would not give me access. The blocked all of the one time pins to come to their email address which caused me.to go through them eceryrime to get seats see rhe reservation and even get wheelchair access for my sick 71 year old uncle. They only xommunicates via a bot which gave me incorrect info. I thought this was Kayak and not underprivileged. They ruined his trip, did not get him aisle seats and made it impossible to purchase extra leg room. It was a horrible experience. He was taken to hospital on arrival only to find he had blood clots and pnemonia while trying to navigate the airport. This vendor is very irresponsible and the airline could not access his info.

It was good. The planes needed to be updated though, they were dated and the entertainment systems were old. Service was amazing. The pre-booked meals were lacklustre.

It's basically 15 hours with an airline in economy class. There's really not much of anything that could have been done better unless I had a first class ticket. Cathay Pacific does excellent work, with a very professional, friendly and attentive crew. It's literally the only airline that I will fly to Southeast Asia.

an hour late, then had to disembark on back stairs and take 4 flights up to get to main airport. No warning, and difficulty for those with canes and poor knees.

Business seats not as comfortable or private as most competitors (e.g. Qantas was outstanding), and movie selection was much more limited than Qantas or United has been recently

Hard to move and get out of my seat when the passenger in front is in recline position.

It was a good flight and no complaints. It just wasn't anything that was better than any other flight.

The crew were wonderful - if only the customers were as well behaved as the attendants!! Ha ha! If you could just talk to God and ask for less turbulence next time.... Juuuuust kidding....

Flight was canceled. I was not alerted. It was only kayak that alerted me

Flight was 2.5 hours late leaving. We spent 50 minutes of that sitting on the plane with no explanation. They did reduce the time in the air so we arrived a little less late which was something. The cheese and crackers were okay but the wine was terrible.

Excellent as always, I won't fly to Australia, and back to the US on any other airline. The flight crew is always top notch, and have a way to make one feel extra special. Thank you for your service, I would rate Qantas Airways a 10+.

Basic airline, aircraft and service. AA gets you from point A to B. My flight was delayed by 2 hours too.

No internet on flight, which makes log travels really hard.

Apart from a departure gate change, a good experience with professional, friendly staff.

Excellent service from check in/ bag drop counter staff to flight attendants. Food was great. Seats are nice. Excellent airline.

My luggages were lost and the service attendant was extremely unprofessional. Despite presenting my luggage claim slips, the attendant stated she had “no record” of my bags and made no meaningful effort to assist. When I explained that the luggage contained our family’s complete scuba diving equipment, her response was dismissive, stating that she “didn’t care.” While lost luggage is frustrating on its own, the lack of professionalism and lack of empathy significantly worsened the situation.

It was never explained why the departure flight was canceled and delayed for 1.5 hours. It would have been nice to stick with the original itinerary.

Flight was good took off on time arrived early. Crew was awesome and did a great job. Very helpful and courteous. Bags arrived super fast with no hassles. Great flight!!!!!!

A shameful national carrier. Service has gone down from the highs of a decade before. You don’t feel the Filipino hospitality. It’s an aging fleet. Nil comfort, and I flew premium economy.

Many movies do not have captions, which would have been helpful when you have to live with the flight engine noise.

Excellent! All flight related was memorable ! My first experience with Mabuhay Lounge,,, not so good

Plane are getting old, almost an hour delay due to technical reson , after all passenger aboard. Took 4 flight on business class this trip and all the planes had an issues. PAL need to improve their planes.

It’s sad how legacy airlines feel like budget airlines now. Cramped space Non reclining seats No inflight entertainment (need to connect via your own device) Saving grace is the crew. Truly nice and sincere service.

local frequent travellers know that Jetstar’s flights between MEL and LST are turnaround flights so those in the morning tend to run on time and become delayed increasingly through the day. We observed how the staff at check in and boarding try to assist, guide and facilitate travellers - they were courteous, efficient, amiable while enforcing Jetstar’s baggage requirements. They try to speed up boarding by having passengers board from both front and back. We would take Jetstar again.

The issue was a 4 hour delay to takeoff with very sketchy information provided about the available of the flights delay. Passengers were not informed of gate changes and how long the delay might be. It ended with a late night 2 hour drive to our home which was not ideal for elderly people.

Flight was fine with boarding starting a few minutes early. Not a fan of the crew pushing political messaging regarding indigenous naming of Brisbane city… really pushed it like I haven’t heard on Jetstar before.

Improved experience over our last years flight when also we flew local but on an international scheduled flight. The double processing is still unwelcome i.e. by security and then by border force having to produce a licence and boarding pass repeatedly on departure and return. Obviously suits the airline rather than the local traveller. The flight and crew were good though a helper on return was offhand having to push the wheel chair did the bare minimum we felt.

Flight on time. New plane. No entertainment screen just device. No offer of water. Didn’t order food.

Flight was delayed both directions but once in the air was ok. Boarding out of Melbourne is just a mess.

Although a local trip via international flight it was fairly straight forward albeit more checks than desirable for local travel. On arrival Perth collecting luggage the trollies were hidden in one end of the long hall.

Jet star delayed both trips with poor communication. Passengers were made to change gates often and then left to stand with no seating. As someone getting over surgery this was very trying.

Delayed twice. Poor communication and people made to change gates too often.

Excellent help with Wife needing disability access at Brisbane airport

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