Discount Air Tickets

While regular airfares by conventional airlines remain relatively high on domestic routes. an increasing competition by discount airlines and a wide array of discount offers have made domestic air travel in Japan very attractive and competitive in recent years. In fact, there are so many discount plans, that only very few travelers are ever paying regular fares.

Special fares and air passes for foreign visitors

JAL (and oneworld) and ANA each offer special fares and air passes for exclusive use by foreign visitors to Japan, which enable holders to fly anywhere within Japan for somewhat over 10,000 yen per flight (also referred to as "sector"). This is a quite competitive price on many domestic routes, especially on longer flights, such as flights from Tokyo to Kyushu. Okinawa or Hokkaido .

Like the Japan Rail Pass. some of the air passes have to be purchased outside of Japan and before you leave for Japan. They can only be used by non-residents of Japan who arrive to and depart from Japan by an international flight. Some offers are not available during certain blackout periods, which are typically the New Year holidays, the spring holidays in the second half of March and the summer holidays from mid July through August.

Below are the fares and air passes in more detail: