Tokyo is not a city you come back from unchanged. It is 10,000 kilometres from Madrid and about as different as a place can be while still functioning perfectly. Japan Airlines flies there non-stop. From €864 return.
✈️ The deal
- From: Madrid, Spain
- To: Tokyo, Japan
- Airline: Japan Airlines
- Stops: Non-stop
- Price: €864–€899 return
- When: June, July and September–October 2026
Example dates:
01/06/2026 – 16/06/2026
08/06/2026 – 30/06/2026
11/06/2026 – 30/06/2026
20/06/2026 – 07/07/2026
18/09/2026 – 26/09/2026
18/09/2026 – 10/10/2026
💰 How far does your money go?
A bowl of ramen costs around €5.50. A plate at a kaiten-zushi (conveyor belt sushi) starts at €0.65 per piece. The set lunch equivalent in Tokyo, a proper hot meal with rice, miso soup and a main, runs to about €7 at a local restaurant. Less than half what you would pay at a terraza in Madrid. A can of cold beer from a street vending machine: €1.25.
☀️ The weather
Madrid in June is already 32°C with barely a cloud. Tokyo in June sits in its rainy season (tsuyu): 24–26°C, humid and grey, with regular afternoon showers through late June. July improves sharply: 27–30°C and drier, though the heat is more intense. September and October are the sweet spot. Temperatures drop to 22–27°C, skies clear, humidity falls, and the first autumn colours arrive in the parks by late October. If you have a choice, go in autumn.
🏨 Where to stay
Tokyo is a city of neighbourhoods. Stay central and the metro connects everything in minutes.
Dormy Inn Akihabara — 8.3/10 · From €85/night Clean, compact rooms with a natural hot spring bath on the top floor. Excellent value in a central location.
Hotel Ryumeikan Tokyo — 8.8/10 · From €140/night Three-minute walk from Tokyo Station. Quietly refined, with panoramic restaurant views over the city rooftops. The best mid-range address in the centre.
Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo — 9.4/10 · From €420/night On the top floors of a Nihombashi skyscraper, with skyline views that reach Mount Fuji on a clear day. One of the great city hotels in Asia.
🎯 What to do
Tokyo has more Michelin-starred restaurants than any other city on Earth and 14 million people who all seem to be going somewhere important.
Shibuya Crossing at night — The most famous intersection in the world. Five hundred people crossing at once, neon signs in every direction. Go after dark. Go twice.
teamLab Planets — A digital art museum in Toyosu where you walk barefoot through immersive rooms of light, water and projected flowers. Nothing else like it anywhere.
Tsukiji Outer Market — Rows of stalls selling grilled scallops, fresh tamagoyaki and tuna croquettes from 6am. The best breakfast in Tokyo, and cheaper than a croissant in Malasaña.
Senso-ji, Asakusa — Tokyo's oldest temple and the neighbourhood that looks most like old Japan. Go early. The side streets behind the main gate are worth an hour of quiet wandering.
🗺️ Where to go from here
Tokyo makes more sense as a starting point than a single destination.
Kyoto — 2.5 hours by shinkansen. Ancient temples, bamboo groves, geisha districts. Three days minimum.
Hakone — 1.5 hours by train. Mountain resort with direct views of Mount Fuji across the lake, hot spring hotels and an open-air sculpture park.
Kamakura — One hour by train. A coastal town with a 13-metre bronze Buddha in the hills and good hiking between temples.
Nikko — Two hours north. A UNESCO complex of elaborately decorated shrines in a cedar forest. Less crowded than Kyoto and more dramatic.
Non-stop from Madrid. Japan Airlines. From €864. This one has been in your plans for too long.
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