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Access and logistics

Japan sells as a chain: entry point, high-speed line, local transfer. A prefecture with strong stock and weak access sells worse than a neighbour with ordinary stock and a direct Shinkansen. Journey times are the minimum typical direct service from Tokyo.

Airports

AirportIATAPrefecturePassengers/yearRole
Tokyo HanedaHNDTokyo78 000 000Hub
Tokyo NaritaNRTChiba37 000 000Hub
KansaiKIXOsaka30 000 000Hub
FukuokaFUKFukuoka25 000 000Hub
New ChitoseCTSHokkaido24 000 000Hub
NahaOKAOkinawa20 000 000Hub
Osaka ItamiITMOsaka16 000 000Hub
Chubu CentrairNGOAichi12 000 000Hub
KagoshimaKOJKagoshima6 000 000Regional
SendaiSDJMiyagi3 700 000Regional
KumamotoKMJKumamoto3 400 000Regional
NagasakiNGSNagasaki3 300 000Regional
MiyazakiKMIMiyazaki3 300 000Regional
KobeUKBHyogo3 300 000Regional
MatsuyamaMYJEhime3 000 000Regional
IshigakiISGOkinawa2 800 000Island
HiroshimaHIJHiroshima2 700 000Regional
KomatsuKMQIshikawa2 000 000Regional
OitaOITOita1 900 000Regional
TakamatsuTAKKagawa1 900 000Regional
MiyakoMMYOkinawa1 700 000Island
HakodateHKDHokkaido1 700 000Regional
KitakyushuKKJFukuoka1 400 000Low-cost
KochiKCZKochi1 400 000Regional
OkayamaOKJOkayama1 300 000Regional
AkitaAXTAkita1 300 000Regional
AomoriAOJAomori1 100 000Regional
NiigataKIJNiigata1 100 000Regional
AsahikawaAKJHokkaido1 100 000Regional
TokushimaTKSTokushima1 100 000Regional
Yamaguchi UbeUBJYamaguchi900 000Regional
IzumoIZOShimane900 000Regional
SagaHSGSaga900 000Low-cost
AmamiASJKagoshima800 000Island
Nagoya KomakiNKMAichi800 000Regional
ShizuokaFSZShizuoka700 000Regional
IbarakiIBRIbaraki700 000Low-cost
MemanbetsuMMBHokkaido700 000Regional
Yonago KitaroYGJTottori700 000Regional
KushiroKUHHokkaido600 000Regional
ObihiroOBOHokkaido600 000Regional
Iwakuni KintaikyoIWKYamaguchi600 000Regional
HanamakiHNAIwate500 000Regional
ToyamaTOYToyama500 000Regional
TottoriTTJTottori400 000Regional
ShonaiSYOYamagata400 000Regional
YamagataGAJYamagata400 000Regional
MisawaMSJAomori300 000Regional
TsushimaTSJNagasaki300 000Island
KumejimaUEOOkinawa300 000Island
FukushimaFKSFukushima250 000Regional
WakkanaiWKJHokkaido200 000Regional
MatsumotoMMJNagano200 000Regional
Nanki-ShirahamaSHMWakayama200 000Regional
YakushimaKUMKagoshima200 000Island
HachijojimaHACTokyo150 000Island
Noto SatoyamaNTQIshikawa150 000Regional
Odate-NoshiroONJAkita130 000Regional
OkiOKIShimane80 000Island

Passenger volumes are order-of-magnitude figures for the most recent available years, held for comparison rather than calculation: no single published series covers every field on one date. Airports are assigned to the prefecture they physically occupy, not the city in their name — Narita is in Chiba, not Tokyo.

From Tokyo

DestinationPrefectureTime from TokyoService
Shin-YokohamaKanagawa0:18Shinkansen
Odawara – HakoneKanagawa0:35Shinkansen
AtamiShizuoka0:37Shinkansen
MishimaShizuoka0:44Shinkansen
Utsunomiya – NikkoTochigi0:50Shinkansen
TakasakiGunma0:50Shinkansen
ShizuokaShizuoka1:00Shinkansen
KaruizawaNagano1:05Shinkansen
NasushiobaraTochigi1:10Shinkansen
Echigo-YuzawaNiigata1:15Shinkansen
NaganoNagano1:19Shinkansen
Hakone-YumotoKanagawa1:25Limited express
FukushimaFukushima1:30Shinkansen
HamamatsuShizuoka1:30Shinkansen
SendaiMiyagi1:30Shinkansen
NagoyaAichi1:35Shinkansen
NiigataNiigata1:40Shinkansen
Nikko – TobuTochigi1:50Limited express
ToyamaToyama2:08Shinkansen
MoriokaIwate2:10Shinkansen
KyotoKyoto2:12Shinkansen
Shin-OsakaOsaka2:25Shinkansen
KanazawaIshikawa2:30Shinkansen
YamagataYamagata2:30Shinkansen
Shin-KobeHyogo2:40Shinkansen
FukuiFukui2:55Shinkansen
Shin-AomoriAomori2:55Shinkansen
HimejiHyogo3:00Shinkansen
OkayamaOkayama3:10Shinkansen
ShinjoYamagata3:20Shinkansen
Ise-shiMie3:20Limited express
AkitaAkita3:50Shinkansen
HiroshimaHiroshima3:50Shinkansen
Shin-Hakodate-HokutoHokkaido3:55Shinkansen
TakayamaGifu4:10Limited express
KokuraFukuoka4:40Shinkansen
Hakata – FukuokaFukuoka4:55Shinkansen
Kinosaki OnsenHyogo5:00Limited express
Kii-KatsuuraWakayama5:30Limited express
KumamotoKumamoto5:50Shinkansen
Kagoshima-ChuoKagoshima6:30Shinkansen
Izumo-shi – ночной поездShimane12:00Limited express
SapporoHokkaidoBy air only
NahaOkinawaBy air only
MatsuyamaEhimeBy air only
TakamatsuKagawaBy air only
KochiKochiBy air only
TokushimaTokushimaBy air only
Beppu – OitaOitaBy air only
NagasakiNagasakiBy air only
MiyazakiMiyazakiBy air only
Ishigaki · MiyakoOkinawaBy air only
Naoshima – паром из УноKagawaBy sea
Sado – паром из НиигатыNiigataBy sea
Yakushima – судно из КагосимыKagoshimaBy sea

Minimum typical direct service. Categories differ by up to half an hour on the same route. A dash means there is no high-speed rail link and the route sells by air or sea — for the island prefectures that is the central fact, not a missing value.