$238 Find Cheap Flights from California 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 California to Japan.

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

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

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 California to Japan up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

California and Japan are connected by different airlines. The airlines that fly that route the most regularly are United Airlines (136 flights per week), ANA (131 flights per week), and American Airlines (106 flights per week).

There are 78 airports in Japan. The busiest airport is Tokyo Haneda Airport (HND), with 27% of all flights arriving there.

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in Japan is Tokyo Narita Airport (NRT), with an average flight price of $514.

Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Japan is Monday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $891. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Saturday, where round-trip prices are $998 on average.

The cheapest time of day to fly to Japan is generally in the morning, when round-trip flights cost $908 on average. Morning departures are around 1% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Japan is generally at night, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $1,086.

The cheapest ticket to Japan from California found in the last 72 hours was to Tokyo Haneda Airport, at $607 round-trip. The most popular route is Los Angeles (LAX) to Tokyo Haneda Airport (HND) and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $607.

The cheapest month for flights from California to Japan is September, when tickets cost $756 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and December, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $1,247 and $1,168 respectively.

To get a below average price on the flight from California to Japan, you should book around 2 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 4 weeks before departure.

From California, there are direct flights to Japan from 4 cities. The city with the most direct flights is Los Angeles, with 495 direct flights each week.

There are around 118 direct flights from within California to Japan every day. Most flights (53%) depart in the morning.

Each week there are around 824 direct flights from within California to Japan. The most common day for departures is Saturday, with 15% of flights taking off on this day.

An average nonstop flight from California to Japan takes 15h 02m, covering a distance of 5494 miles. The shortest route is San Francisco (SFO) to Tokyo Narita Airport (NRT) with an average flight time of 10h 30m.

There are not any medium-haul (3-6 hour flight duration) or short-haul (up to 3 hour flight duration) flights to Japan. Instead, there are 824 long-haul flights (6-12 hour flight duration), with the most arriving from Los Angeles.

Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular destination is Tokyo (89% of total searches to Japan). The next most popular destinations are Osaka (9%) and Fukuoka (1%). Searches for flights to Okinawa (1%), to Sapporo Chitose Airport (0%) and to Sendai (0%) are also popular.