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Shiraho district · ~15 km from central Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture · Japan visa · JPY New Ishigaki Airport (ISG) — Airport Guide 2026 New Ishigaki Airport replaced a short-runway predecessor in March 2013, moved to the Shiraho side of the island, and has since served as the main point of entry for the Yaeyama Islands … Read more

~8 km east of central Hakodate · near Yunokawa Onsen · Exemption for ~74 countr · JPY Hakodate Airport (HKD) — Airport Guide 2026 Southern Hokkaido’s regional airport punches above its size for one reason: it is 8 km from a city centre with a functioning morning market, a Michelin-listed salt-ramen tradition, and enough waterfront … Read more

Mashiki · ~20 km east of central Kumamoto, Kyushu · Visa · JPY Aso Kumamoto Airport (KMJ) — Airport Guide 2026 Mt Aso’s Nakadake crater has been closed to visitors since January 2026 — a helicopter crashed on the volcano’s southeast flank and the wreck remains unrecovered — which removes the airport’s most-marketed attraction from … Read more

Natori · Miyagi Prefecture — ~20 km southeast of central Sendai, on the coast · Visa · JPY Sendai Airport (SDJ) — Airport Guide 2026 The Sendai Airport Access Line runs a train from under the terminal to Sendai Station in 25 minutes, which makes this the most straightforwardly usable regional airport in Tohoku — … Read more

~50 km northeast of central Hiroshima · in Mihara, Hiroshima Prefecture · ~74 countries/regions; u · JPY Hiroshima Airport (HIJ) — Airport Guide 2026 Hiroshima Airport sits 50 km northeast of the city centre — in Mihara, technically, not in Hiroshima — and has no rail link, a fact that is not an accident but … Read more

Kirishima · ~30 km northeast of central Kagoshima · Visa exemption · JPY Kagoshima Airport (KOJ) — Airport Guide 2026 Kagoshima Airport is not in Kagoshima. It sits in Kirishima, about 30 km inland and northeast of the city, ringed by volcanic hills and onsen towns — a geography that determines almost every decision you’ll … Read more

~3 km east of central Fukuoka (Hakata district) · Exemption · JPY Fukuoka Airport (FUK) — Airport Guide 2026 Fukuoka Airport sits roughly 3 km from the city’s Hakata district — a closeness matched by almost no other major airport in the world — and the March 2025 opening of a second runway alongside a … Read more

~45–50 km southeast of central Sapporo · Hokkaido · ~74 countries/regions, u · JPY New Chitose Airport (CTS) — Airport Guide 2026 New Chitose is Hokkaido’s main entry point — the airport almost every visitor uses to reach Sapporo, the ski fields around Niseko, and the canal town of Otaru — and the Sapporo–Tokyo air … Read more

~20 km south of central Tokyo · on Tokyo Bay · Visa exemption · JPY Tokyo International Airport — Haneda (HND) — Airport Guide 2026 International long-haul has been shifting steadily to Haneda over the past decade, so the odds of landing here rather than at Narita keep rising — and at roughly 20 km … Read more