China Southern: Perth/Melbourne/Sydney to Tokyo $588/$646/$656 return, Osaka $587/$731/$656 Return (including cherry blossom season)

China Southern is a 4-star airline and hubs through Guangzhou, China to a ton of Asian destinations, including Japan.

These are the best dates I’ve found, but if the dates you want aren’t there, try them anyway as I can’t search every single combination!

The cherry blossom or sakura is never perfectly predictable, but some early predictions are below:

[A friend has a video series on the 10 Best Cherry Blossom Sakura Spots in Japan

• Tokyo, Yamanashi! [4K] (CC)](https://youtu.be/I8uHhv_r2M8)

Destination	First bloom	Full bloom
Kochi	March 17	March 25
Kumamoto	March 19	March 28
Hiroshima	March 26	April 3
Kyoto	March 26	April 4
Nagoya	March 24	April 1
Kanazawa	March 31	April 6
Tokyo	March 19	March 26
Matsumoto	April 2	April 11
Fuji Five Lakes	April 2	April 10
Sendai	March 31	April 6
Hirosaki	April 20	April 26
Hakodate	April 26	May 3

I also have an article on the top 5 most popular hotels in Tokyo for under $120.

Summary:

• Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Osaka return (11 Feb 26 - 11 Apr 26) from $731 return
• Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Tokyo return (2 Nov 25 - 13 Apr 26) from $646 return
• Perth - Osaka return (1 Dec 25 - 25 Mar 26) from $587 return
• Perth - Tokyo return (1 Dec 25 - 25 Mar 26) from $588 return
• Sydney - Osaka return (20 Oct 25 - 20 Mar 26) from $661 return
• Sydney - Tokyo return (20 Oct 25 - 1 Apr 26) from $656 return

Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Osaka return on China Southern

Dates: 11 Feb 26 - 11 Apr 26

Return Price	Travel Dates
$826	11 Feb to 8 Mar
$733	5 Mar to 12 Mar
$731	7 Mar to 14 Mar
$731	9 Mar to 16 Mar
$733	10 Mar to 17 Mar
$731	11 Mar to 18 Mar
$733	13 Mar to 20 Mar
$732	15 Mar to 9 Apr
$746	17 Mar to 11 Apr
$760	25 Mar to 10 Apr

• Cheapest :$731 return

Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Tokyo return on China Southern

Dates: 2 Nov 25 - 13 Apr 26

Return Price	Travel Dates
$785	2 Nov to 27 Nov
$782	3 Nov to 19 Nov
$647	4 Nov to 11 Nov
$780	5 Nov to 12 Nov
$781	6 Nov to 1 Dec
$785	7 Nov to 2 Dec
$782	9 Nov to 16 Nov
$652	11 Nov to 18 Nov
$804	12 Feb to 9 Mar
$671	13 Feb to 10 Mar
$646	4 Mar to 11 Mar
$646	5 Mar to 12 Mar
$648	6 Mar to 13 Mar
$646	7 Mar to 14 Mar
$646	8 Mar to 15 Mar
$647	9 Mar to 16 Mar
$646	10 Mar to 17 Mar
$646	11 Mar to 18 Mar
$646	12 Mar to 19 Mar
$646	13 Mar to 20 Mar
$659	14 Mar to 8 Apr
$647	15 Mar to 9 Apr
$668	16 Mar to 23 Mar
$660	17 Mar to 11 Apr
$656	18 Mar to 12 Apr
$647	19 Mar to 13 Apr
$684	24 Mar to 9 Apr

• Cheapest :$646 return

Perth - Osaka return on China Southern

Dates: 1 Dec 25 - 25 Mar 26

Return Price	Travel Dates
$587	1 Dec to 17 Dec
$722	4 Dec to 20 Dec
$675	7 Feb to 4 Mar
$590	2 Mar to 18 Mar
$675	9 Mar to 25 Mar

• Cheapest :$587 return

Perth - Tokyo return on China Southern

Dates: 1 Dec 25 - 25 Mar 26

Return Price	Travel Dates
$596	1 Dec to 17 Dec
$596	4 Dec to 20 Dec
$670	7 Feb to 4 Mar
$588	9 Mar to 25 Mar

• Cheapest :$588 return

Sydney - Osaka return on China Southern

Dates: 20 Oct 25 - 20 Mar 26

Return Price	Travel Dates
$798	20 Oct to 5 Nov
$666	23 Oct to 8 Nov
$664	25 Oct to 10 Nov
$666	26 Oct to 11 Nov
$664	27 Oct to 3 Nov
$668	29 Oct to 5 Nov
$664	30 Oct to 6 Nov
$666	1 Nov to 17 Nov
$664	3 Nov to 10 Nov
$665	4 Nov to 11 Nov
$661	5 Nov to 12 Nov
$663	6 Nov to 1 Dec
$666	7 Nov to 2 Dec
$668	8 Nov to 24 Nov
$663	9 Nov to 25 Nov
$661	10 Nov to 17 Nov
$663	11 Nov to 18 Nov
$663	12 Nov to 19 Nov
$663	13 Nov to 8 Dec
$662	14 Nov to 30 Nov
$663	15 Nov to 1 Dec
$663	16 Nov to 2 Dec
$663	17 Nov to 3 Dec
$667	19 Nov to 5 Dec
$666	2 Mar to 9 Mar
$661	4 Mar to 11 Mar
$666	5 Mar to 12 Mar
$662	9 Mar to 16 Mar
$662	10 Mar to 17 Mar
$661	11 Mar to 18 Mar
$661	12 Mar to 19 Mar
$661	13 Mar to 20 Mar

• Cheapest :$661 return

Sydney - Tokyo return on China Southern

Dates: 20 Oct 25 - 1 Apr 26

Return Price	Travel Dates
$793	20 Oct to 5 Nov
$793	25 Oct to 1 Nov
$704	26 Oct to 11 Nov
$659	27 Oct to 12 Nov
$688	29 Oct to 5 Nov
$659	30 Oct to 24 Nov
$793	1 Nov to 17 Nov
$793	2 Nov to 9 Nov
$657	3 Nov to 1 Dec
$657	4 Nov to 11 Nov
$658	5 Nov to 30 Nov
$658	6 Nov to 1 Dec
$793	8 Nov to 24 Nov
$702	9 Nov to 25 Nov
$658	10 Nov to 17 Nov
$659	11 Nov to 18 Nov
$657	12 Nov to 19 Nov
$658	13 Nov to 20 Nov
$663	14 Nov to 30 Nov
$658	15 Nov to 1 Dec
$656	16 Nov to 2 Dec
$659	17 Nov to 24 Nov
$662	18 Nov to 25 Nov
$659	19 Nov to 26 Nov
$660	20 Nov to 27 Nov
$685	8 Feb to 8 Mar
$681	16 Feb to 13 Mar
$662	2 Mar to 9 Mar
$662	3 Mar to 19 Mar
$657	4 Mar to 11 Mar
$657	5 Mar to 12 Mar
$657	9 Mar to 16 Mar
$657	10 Mar to 17 Mar
$657	11 Mar to 18 Mar
$657	12 Mar to 19 Mar
$661	16 Mar to 1 Apr
$678	18 Mar to 25 Mar
$683	22 Mar to 29 Mar

• Cheapest :$656 return