Plan your summer vacation for Japan this is such a money saver!!!!
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HERE'S HOW TO BOOK A ROUNDTRIP FLIGHT TO JAPAN FOR UNDER $400
By JOE MCGAULEY
Published On 07/25/2017
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Roundtrip flights to Japan from the states have always been some of the priciest out there (it is, after all, literally on the other side of the world). However, there's a shockingly easy way to find significantly cheaper tickets -- like $362 cheap -- thanks to some recent sleuthing by a number of popular flight deal sites. All you have to do is be willing to fly into and out of a city that isn't Tokyo.
This "hack," which allows you to score sub-$400 roundtrips to the Land of the Rising Sun, was first unearthed earlier this spring by the team at Scott's Cheap Flights, who discovered that flights from Los Angeles in and out of Nagoya, Japan were going for as little as $369 roundtrip. From San Diego, Las Vegas, and Portland, they were only slightly more expensive at a still-outrageously-cheap-for-Japan $386. In June, the site Thrifty Traveler spotted a number of similarly affordable flights from the American West Coast to Nagoya, which is just just under three hours to Tokyo by train, and an hour and half to Kyoto. For reference, average "good" prices for roundtrip flights from Los Angeles to Tokyo can hit more than $800.
And while you'll probably be far more interested in seeing other parts of the country, Nagoya has quite a few sights you may want to add to your itinerary, despite the fact that it was once dubbed "the most boring city in Japan." It's home to the one of the country's most famous castles, Nagoya Castle, as well as other attractions like the Meiji-mura Village Museum, the Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens, and Atsuta Shrine.
According to the site Airfare Spot, there were $392 flights available from LAX to Nagoya during September as recently as last week, although at the time of this writing the cheapest we could find was $466 (which is frankly still a great deal). Bottom line: if you have your heart set on exploring Japan without breaking the bank, explore your options from the West Coast to Nagoya. Even if you don't live anywhere near California, it may be end up being cheaper to fly yourself there and back than to splurge on a roundtrip from your home airport.