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KAYAK's insights & trends for flights to California

Get data-powered insights and trends for flights to California to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest flight to California?

These are the best round-trip prices found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.

The cheapest ticket to California from Japan found in the last 72 hours was to San Jose, at $353 round-trip. The most popular route is Tokyo Haneda Airport (HND) to Los Angeles (LAX) and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $486.

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from Japan to California, 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 Japan to California is September, when tickets cost $792 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are August and December, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $1,596 and $1,171 respectively.

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

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights to California, 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 the flight from Japan to California, you should book around 2 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 19 weeks before departure.

Which is the cheapest airport to fly into in California?

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in California is San Jose Airport (SJC), with an average flight price of $500.


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Low seasonJanuary
High seasonAugust
Cheapest flight$297
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 3% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 15% increase in price.
Flight from Tokyo Narita Airport to San Francisco

Flights from Japan to California: the best tips from KAYAK users

Insights shared by verified travelers who flew the route from Japan to California 
JohnjimyFlew with ANANRT-SFOAug 2024
If you have multiple carry-on. You may be subjected to have tags or have to pay, due to limited spaces. I was fortunate to have my bag under seat for take off. Other passengers decided to bring the whole room with them without me having space to put my backpack carry on.
Verified travelerFlew with ANANRT-SFOMay 2024
Haneda airport now handles most of the international traffic. It's much closer to downtown Tokyo. Narita is 45-55 minutes out of town. Do online and complete you immigration documentation before your flight. Print the QR code and the machine will scan it along with your passport. Much faster.
DFlew with United AirlinesNRT-LAXMar 2024
If you want to fly with ANA book with ANA directly.

FAQs for booking flights from Japan to California

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

    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 Japan to California.

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

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

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

    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 Japan to California 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 Japan to California?

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

  • What is the cheapest day to fly to California?

    Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to California is Wednesday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $936. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Sunday, where round-trip prices are $1,069 on average.

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

    The cheapest time of day to fly to California is generally in the evening, when round-trip flights cost $1,039 on average. Morning departures are around 6% more expensive than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to California is generally in the afternoon, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $1,242.

Top 5 airlines serving from Japan to California

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to California. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from Japan to California. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Japan to California? 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 1464 reviews
8.2Comfort
7.7Food
7.8Entertainment
8.7Crew
8.4Boarding
Airline reviews

Flight from New Delhi to Tokyo was mediocre. The seats were not of business class as we are used to. They were not wide enough. On the other hand the seats on the flight from Tokyo to San Francisco were excellent every thing were great except the food. Tokyo business lounge was excellent. The whole experience was great except the food on the plane. Will still fly JAL.

10.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Apr 2025HND - SFO
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Flight from New Delhi to Tokyo was mediocre. The seats were not of business class as we are used to. They were not wide enough. On the other hand the seats on the flight from Tokyo to San Francisco were excellent every thing were great except the food. Tokyo business lounge was excellent. The whole experience was great except the food on the plane. Will still fly JAL.

The entree wasn’t very good. The rice was soggy. The side dishes were all good though. The breakfast was also good. The crew were excellent, as usual.

JAL using the state of art A350-1000 for JFK to HND It’s a great plane to fly Very comfortable with lower cabin altitude Quieter cabin Wider seats Big tv screen Excellent service and catering

The flight attendants were excellent as usual however the meal wasn’t the usual good quality. There is cooked rice was mushy.

This portion of the trip from HCMC to Dallas was operated by American Airline. Unfortunately they are 2 steps below JAL in overall quality. Regardless, AAStill got me where I needed to go on time.

This flight was leg 2 of 2 leg journey. The staff at baggage re-drop in Tokyo were fabulous. Once at gate when time to board, had to take standing room bus to the tarmac to board. Did not like getting out to plane and having to wait 5 minutes until they opened bus door.

It's a domestic flight, but still the JAL quality shone through. The crew were polite and helpful and even prepared little gifts / souvenirs for the children on the flight, and everyone got a simple drink. The free wifi for entertainment on the personal device was also a great boon, and the shows surprisingly decent. Would recommend.

Allow gold card holders (Group 1) to board with their guest like other One World carriers do

Checked baggage process is confusing and time consuming especially when checking oversized bags. Very slow agents didn't help.

Website from the 1990s, super frustrating customer support, inflight experience merely OK - more like United than e.g. Emirates

Very good flight from Boarding to landing -efficient and comfortable with decent entertainment options

Construction at PDX resulting in very lung walk from the rental car to the gate. SFO, extremely long walk between terminals to get to connecting Singapore airlines flight. My smart watch recorded a total of 3 miles.

The seat in economy class and legroom in Singapore airline are narrower than Korean airlines! I don’t have that comforting feeling flying with Singapore air as in the past!

So happy I flew with Singapore Airlines. The customer service is top notch. I am terrified of flying and the staff made me feel so at ease. Will only fly Singapore internationally moving forward.

I very much liked and appreciated the service on board. The seating arrangement in Business feels uncomfortable. It's not made for tall people, in any case.

Great airline. Excellent service, good food & lots of TV movies/shows to choose from.

Everything was good except food , food choices was very less. Washrooms were closed.overall good experience.

Timing very good from sfo to Singapore and service was awesome and economy class seats are great overall very good experience thanks

The seats were more narrow than at other lines. Food was mediocre (economy class)

The crew have great customer service but their economy seating isn’t the most comfortable for a 220lbs+ guy and the food wasn’t bad, but wasn’t exceptional, either.

Easy to board and fly, no frills. Yummy ramen on board.

It was for the most part a 10/10 they said they had entertainment options but all they had was old movies for streaming from the mid 2010’s so like 10 years ago

all good for a very budget flight - well priced and excellent service. Will fly again

Couple of the crew members were really nice and the rest are really rude and didn't help when we needed help, food was not worth it at all and most importantly there's no even entertainment system other than a very interruptive and slow internet and some movies.

I appreciate the economy price of the tickets. The long flight made the comfort level on the lower average side. Wi-Fi connection was not consistent but working. Overall, I would fly again with zip air but next time get the flat, premium seats with the amount of money I would save otherwise.

Comfortable seats and lucky no one was in middle seat. No water on the plane. Plane was on time and staff was fast.

You get what you pay for and nothing more. Wanted a cheap flight and that’s exactly what I got, though it’s human nature to wanting to feel like you got a good deal as well. There was none of that here. I was cheap and they were too. Got to my destination safely and that’s all that really matters.

Nice service. I wish it could provide hot water on the flight.

internet didn't work. No offer of drinks or snacks.

Flight was seamless. Free wifi helped pass the time. Food was okay, just make sure you pre order or pick something up from the airport

I needed to make changes to my flights. When I called customer service, they assisted me with care professionalism.

A bit rush for transit. Food and entertainment are not available

Wonderful and fast TSA checkpoint. The line was fast and our gate was close by

The gate was too far away for the connecting flight

Generally good. The aisles have gotten narrower which can slow down boarding. Flight crew was great! Healthier complimentary snacks would be appreciated. Due to earthquake in San Francisco we had to circle in air space for a bit but then had a smooth landing. I laud the flight crew for their patience ;)

We tried to upgrade to economy premium but were told this was not possible as we had booked through United Airlines (and Air Canada was operating the flight). This seemed silly given there was ample space in economy premium. Additionally, we had to wait almost 1.5 hours upon arrival to taxi to the gate. Otherwise, the crew were very pleasant and passengers were friendly.

headphone jack didnt work for the first flight and not much variety

The agents was very rude and they charged me $50 for a carry-on bag saying that it was too big and then I saw someone going on a plane with the same size bag as me

For the most part united was a good experience, how ever when they came by with the snacks and water, they completely passed by my wife and I. As we were in separate rows. On a 5 hr flight we were not offered water

Fantastic crew. Flight was delayed at last minute but we were given updates every 20 minutes and the crew was so friendly and considerate. I miss the touch screens on the back of the seats, wish they would bring that back though.

One bottle of water and a package of cookies for comfort plus. We had to literally beg a flight attendant for an extra bottle of water later in the flight due to feeling dehydrated.

Flight boarded from Gate 39 at OGG, the farthest gate in the terminal. There were no Hawaiian themed amenities for the flight. The first class service was mediocre at best; I received not special welcome or recognition as an executive platinum member of American Advantage program. The flight attendants were more concerned with their cell phones than saying "thank you" to the passengers as we disembarked. Fortunately, the flight arrived at LAX a few minutes early.

Bigger seats. Board back to front! Disembark front to back!

Extraordinary service in business class, and very good breakfast and snacks. A really lovely flight.

This flight didn’t happen because AA agents didn’t let us board the flight

Plane was pretty clean, staff was friendly and helpful, flight left about on time arrived early. Took a long time to board and get off the plane - carry on items didn't have enough room so people had to move all around to find places.

The service and food needs to improve to catch up with other international flights

Would have been good to have a meal since it was a 5.5 hour flight

We boarded after several delays due to mechanical failure and a gate change. The seat cushion in the exit row was very compressed and offered no cushion, making the four-hour journey reasonably uncomfortable. The WiFi worked for a few people, but for most, it did not, and you cannot get entertainment unless you can connect—American Airlines flights do not have seatback screens, and you must use your mobile phone.

AA is always pretty solid. Was on time all the way around today so can’t complain!

Book cheap flights from Japan to California

Recent round-trip flight deals

 
These are the cheapest round-trip flights to California found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
6/2Mon
1 stop
19h 30mKIX-LAX
6/30Mon
1 stop
19h 05mLAX-KIX
$650
6/2Mon
1 stop
23h 05mNRT-LAX
6/30Mon
1 stop
20h 00mLAX-NRT
$652
6/3Tue
nonstopZIPAIR
9h 50mNRT-LAX
9/30Tue
nonstopZIPAIR
11h 20mLAX-NRT
$752
6/10Tue
nonstopZIPAIR
9h 50mNRT-LAX
6/19Thu
nonstopZIPAIR
11h 45mLAX-NRT
$761
9/3Wed
nonstopAmerican Airlines
10h 05mHND-LAX
9/10Wed
nonstopAmerican Airlines
11h 25mLAX-HND
$809
9/2Tue
nonstopAmerican Airlines
10h 05mHND-LAX
9/10Wed
nonstopAmerican Airlines
11h 20mLAX-HND
$814
9/24Wed
nonstopUnited Airlines
9h 55mNRT-LAX
10/28Tue
nonstopUnited Airlines
11h 45mLAX-NRT
$824
9/30Tue
nonstopUnited Airlines
9h 55mNRT-LAX
11/19Wed
1 stopUnited Airlines
13h 45mLAX-NRT
$842
5/15Thu
nonstopJapan Airlines
9h 50mNRT-SAN
5/28Wed
1 stopJapan Airlines
16h 30mSAN-NRT
$1,614
5/22Thu
nonstopJapan Airlines
9h 50mNRT-SAN
5/29Thu
1 stopJapan Airlines
16h 30mSAN-NRT
$1,630

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best deals for one-way flights to California found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
5/21Wed
nonstopZIPAIR
9h 15mNRT-SFO
$297
5/29Thu
nonstopZIPAIR
9h 50mNRT-LAX
$314
9/16Tue
nonstopAmerican Airlines
10h 05mHND-LAX
$472
9/25Thu
nonstopUnited Airlines
10h 15mHND-LAX
$473
8/28Thu
nonstopUnited Airlines
10h 20mHND-LAX
$475
9/9Tue
1 stopAmerican Airlines
15h 17mHND-SFO
$483
6/20Fri
nonstopJapan Airlines
9h 20mHND-SFO
$603
5/18Sun
1 stopAsiana Airlines
30h 00mHND-SFO
$670
7/13Sun
1 stopAsiana Airlines
17h 10mKIX-LAX
$670
5/6Tue
1 stopJapan Airlines
32h 00mNRT-SAN
$995

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Last minute flights to California

Last minute flight, train and bus deals

 
These last-minute flight deals are the cheapest flights found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours for flights to California that are departing in the next 10 days.
5/2Fri
multi-stop
20h 30mNRT-LAX
5/6Tue
multi-stop
24h 30mLAX-NRT
$740
5/4Sun
multi-stop
18h 05mNRT-LAX
5/8Thu
multi-stop
24h 30mLAX-NRT
$754
5/5Mon
nonstopZIPAIR
9h 50mNRT-LAX
5/12Mon
nonstopZIPAIR
11h 45mLAX-NRT
$769
5/5Mon
nonstopZIPAIR
9h 50mNRT-LAX
5/9Fri
nonstopZIPAIR
11h 45mLAX-NRT
$890
5/6Tue
nonstopJapan Airlines
10h 05mHND-LAX
5/13Tue
nonstopJapan Airlines
11h 55mLAX-HND
$1,639
5/6Tue
nonstopAmerican Airlines
10h 05mHND-LAX
5/9Fri
nonstopAmerican Airlines
11h 55mLAX-HND
$1,811
5/2Fri
nonstopUnited Airlines
9h 50mNRT-LAX
5/10Sat
multi-stopUnited Airlines
24h 04mLAX-NRT
$1,827
5/2Fri
nonstopAmerican Airlines
9h 45mNRT-LAX
5/10Sat
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
26h 00mLAX-NRT
$1,830
5/3Sat
multi-stopJapan Airlines
17h 29mHND-SFO
5/19Mon
nonstopJapan Airlines
11h 10mSFO-HND
$1,833
5/6Tue
nonstopUnited Airlines
9h 35mHND-SFO
5/13Tue
nonstopUnited Airlines
11h 25mSFO-HND
$1,859

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