Japan is an island country in the Far East.
Access to Japan is possible by boat in neighboring countries, but most are by plane.
Japan is an island country with a common gap, but its territory is long from north to south, and the distance is about 3,000 km from north to south.
Therefore, there are 97 airports and airfields nationwide, excluding heliports.
Among them, we will introduce the airports with the largest number of international flights.
Japan's international airport
Narita International Airport
Narita International Airport is Japan's largest international hub airport located in Narita City, Chiba Prefecture, next to Tokyo, and is the gateway to the Tokyo metropolitan area along with Tokyo International Airport (Haneda).
With convenient access to the capital Tokyo, it is an easy-to-access airport when visiting the Tokyo metropolitan area.
Tokyo International Airport (Haneda)
It is the largest airport in Japan in the capital Tokyo and is commonly known as "Haneda Airport".
It has flights to airports all over Japan and is the largest domestic flight in Japan, but the number of international flights does not reach that of Narita International Airport.
Kansai International Airport
Located 35 km southwest of Osaka, Japan's second largest city, it is the international gateway to western Japan.
It is an easily accessible airport when visiting the Kansai region such as Osaka and Kyoto, and the western Japan region such as Chugoku region, Shikoku, and Kyushu.
Chubu International Airport (Centrair)
It is an international airport that can be operated 24 hours a day in Tokoname City, Aichi Prefecture.
Located in Aichi Prefecture, where Nagoya, the third largest city in Japan, is located, it is an easily accessible airport when visiting the Chubu region.
However, compared to Narita International Airport, Tokyo International Airport (Haneda), and Kansai International Airport, there are fewer international routes and flights, which may make it difficult to use.
The location at the airport is as follows.
Narita International Airport has the largest number of international routes and flights, followed by Tokyo International Airport (Haneda).
From Tokyo International Airport (Haneda), domestic flights operate to airports all over Japan, and if the destination is the metropolitan area of the Kanto region, Hokkaido, the Tohoku region of Honshu, or the Hokuriku region, Narita International Airport or It is convenient to use Tokyo International Airport (Haneda).
If you are traveling to the Kansai region such as Osaka or Kyoto, Shikoku, Kyushu, or Okinawa, it is convenient to use Kansai International Airport.
Chubu International Airport (Centrair) is convenient for destinations such as the Chubu region.
International flights at other regional airports
The above is Japan's main airport with many international routes and flights, but the next regional airport has regular international flights to neighboring Asian countries such as China, South Korea, and Taiwan.
New Chitose, Asahikawa, Hakodate, Aomori, Akita, Sendai, Niigata, Ibaraki, Komatsu, Tomiyama, Shizuoka, Okayama, Yonago, Hiroshima, Takamatsu, Matsuyama, Fukuoka, Nagasaki, Saga, Oita, Kumamoto, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Naha, Ishigaki Each airport.