ZIPAIR via Expedia has
Round Trip Nonstop Flights from Los Angeles (LAX)
to Tokyo, Japan (NRT) for ~
$612. Travel on select dates from July through September 2025.
Thanks to Deal Hunter
serra for finding this deal.
- Note: You may earn ZIPAIR points or exchange JAL (Japan Air Lines) points. ZIPAIR has Boeing 787 Dreamliners in their fleet. Wi-Fi is completely Free throughout the entire flight. Please see the original post for additional details and give the WIKI and forum comments a read for helpful discussion.
Travel Availability (subject to change):
- Departs Los Angeles (LAX):
- July 22, 24, 27-31
- August 1, 3-13, 24-27, 31
- September 1-30
- Returns:
- August 28-31
- September 1-12, 14-19, 21-30
Top Comments
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We went to see the cherry blossom in April, and it was cold and windy every day.
And crowded, but that's another story.
- They charge for everything. Even water. Bring your own food/beverages and pack light.
- They are strict with carry on weights. IME they are a bit more lax in the US, but very strict in Japan. (travel to/from San Jose, LAX might be different)
- While the wifi is free it is also borderline useless. I spent half the time just trying to get it to connect. Then it might only work for 15 minutes, then fight to get it connected again.
- The onboard entertainment is limited. Some streaming options, but much more limited compared to other airlines.
- They only fly to Narita. Narita is about an hour outside Tokyo. train/bus is ~$10-$20 to get to Tokyo. Haneda is much closer. Not necessarily a bad thing (flights usually cheaper), but something to be aware of. (taxi is ~$200 to Tokyo from Narita, don't take a taxi)
Summer in Japan is not pleasant, but there are a lot of festivals during that time.Mid-July-End of August: 100% humidity WITHOUT the rain. HOTTER. Harder to make it fun when you're dancing in the rain of everyone else's train-sweats.
Any questions?
It's around 55-65% humidity most days, and 90-95F. That makes it around 110 - 120 with the heat index. When the sun goes down it'll drop down into the lower 80s but then humidity goes over 80% which is tolerable but as soon as you start sweating it ain't going no where.
My advice for anyone traveling to Japan in the summer is to get up at 4am when the sun is coming up. Yamanote starts running around 430 so you can get around decently. You'll get 2 or 3 hours of tolerable weather and then by 9 or 10 you can go back to your room and take a cold shower (only good thing about Tokyo summer) take a nap and stay indoors till 4 or 5 when the sun starts going down.
Use an umbrella and an electric fan and drink lots of water!! Japan is the worst for drinking fountains, but all MUJI stores have free places to refill water bottles.
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Night time is a completely different story. Indoors winters are colder than Midwest winters! Housing is shit and cold air leaks into the houses easily. No central air so people just heat the rooms they use and at night they like to turn it all off and wrap themselves up.