What's the cheapest way to get around from and to Mainland China, Taiwan, and Japan? [closed]

I'm a student trying to go from Canada -> China -> Taiwan -> Japan -> China -> Canada while staying in each place for at least 2-3 weeks. I've been using Google flights and rome2rio but I'm having trouble finding reasonable prices.

It seems like China -> Taiwan -> Japan -> China will cost at least $1500 CAD in airfare itself, but I don't have the experience to know where to find cheaper alternatives.

Can anyone give any suggestions? (just for airfare)

Thanks so much!

Best Answer

Vanilla Air lists a fare to Taipei from Tokyo of ¥6990 (roughly $60 USD).

Most of the low cost carriers (lcc) in Japan maintain their own ticketing infrastructure, and tickets are hard to find outside of that. The carrier to choose for the Tokyo->China leg would depend on the city you're headed to in China; and, if you wanted to leave from Tokyo or another city. The same site has Hong Kong fares from ¥8890 ($80 USD); but, if you want to go to the mainland, you'd need to find a different carrier.

(edited to add) Vanilla Air has some not-so-flattering reviews, so, caveat emptor and all that. The linked site has some good English information on all of the LCC in Japan.

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Is there a ferry from Taiwan to China?

For travelers between Taiwan and Mainland China, there are direct ferry services and flights between the two regions.

Can you take a boat to Taiwan?

Getting to Taiwan by boat There are three ways of arriving from mainland China \u2013 a two-stage journey from Fuzhou in China to Taiwan's Matsu Islands, then from there to Keelung; a direct ferry service from Xiamen to Keelung; or a fast ferry from the Chinese island of Pingtan to Taichung.

Is there travel between China and Taiwan?

Started on 15 December 2008, direct flights, direct shippings and direct mail are fully restored between Mainland China and Taiwan per the Three Links agreement. It marks the end of cross-strait charter flights and marks the beginning of regular scheduled flights.

How long does it take to sail from China to Taiwan?

The ferry only takes two hours, running daily in the morning; you get stamped out of China before boarding, and stamped in to Taiwan upon arrival in Nangan.

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