No visa needed

Do citizens of New Zealand need a visa for Japan?

Citizens of New Zealand don’t need a visa for Japan and can stay up to 90 days. You need a valid passport; border officers may ask for a return ticket and accommodation. For a longer stay you need a visa or an extension.

For citizens of New Zealand: the passport opens 113 countries visa-free; Wellington — Tokyo: ≈ 9,280 km, about 12 hours of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 90 days

Can I travel to Japan without a visa on a New Zealand passport?

Yes, citizens of New Zealand don’t need a visa for Japan for up to 90 days. A valid passport is enough.

Japan visa rules at a glance

With a New Zealand passport you can visit 113 countries visa-free, 36 with a visa on arrival and 34 with an e-visa; 15 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the New Zealand passport ranks 37th of 199.
New Zealand passport: visa-free access to 113 countries; Japan passport: 114.
Citizens of New Zealand and Japan can travel together visa-free to 107 countries, for example: Fiji, Vanuatu, Kiribati, Micronesia, Brunei, Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, Chile, Macau, Thailand, Argentina, South Korea, and Uruguay.
Citizens of Japan, in turn, need an e-visa to travel to New Zealand. New Zealand visa for citizens of Japan

Travelling to Japan: good to know

Wellington — Tokyo: about 9,280 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 12 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −4 hours.
Local time: Wellington 12:00 — Tokyo 08:00.
Local currency: Japanese Yen.
Languages: Japanese.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ ¥158.
Japan is the 22nd closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of New Zealand.