Sit on the Right side of the plane for the best views on flights from Stockholm to Tokyo. Right-side seats offer superior scenery for the majority of the flight. The takeoff provides the dramatic Stockholm archipelago, and across the 9+ hour journey, right-side passengers see the Scandinavian landscape, Baltic coastlines, and the approach to Japan's mountainous terrain. Left-side landing views are excellent but concentrated in the final 30 minutes, whereas right-side benefits extend throughout much of the flight path.

During takeoff from Arlanda (ARN), sit on the Right side for the best views. Right-side seats capture the Stockholm archipelago's intricate island network during the initial climb-out. Arlanda's primary runways (09L/27R and 09R/27L) typically depart eastward, positioning right-side passengers to see the thousands of skerries and waterways that define this UNESCO World Heritage landscape. Notable sights include: Stockholm archipelago (Stockholms skärgård), Lake Mälaren to the west, Uppland coastal waters, Baltic Sea horizon.

When landing at Tokyo International (HND), sit on the Left side for the best views. Left-side seats provide views of Tokyo Bay and the Kanto Plain's urban sprawl during descent into Haneda. Typical landing approaches from the north or east bring the city's distinctive geography into view on the left side—the bay's curved shoreline, the Boso Peninsula, and central Tokyo's dense grid of buildings and infrastructure. Notable sights include: Tokyo Bay (Tokyo-wan), Boso Peninsula, Kanto Plain urban grid, Mount Fuji (weather permitting, visible as distant peak to the west).

The flight from Arlanda (ARN) to Tokyo International (HND) takes Approximately 9 hours 30 minutes to 10 hours 15 minutes (depending on winds and routing).

The flight path crosses the Baltic Sea, passes over or near the coasts of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia, then continues over Russia (typically southern Siberia and the Urals region), Kazakhstan, and Mongolia before descending into Japan. Notable visible features include: the Baltic coastline and its transition to Russian territory; the Ural Mountains (visible as a low, distant ridge during daytime crossing); the vast Siberian steppe and taiga forests; and as the aircraft approaches Japan, the volcanic peaks of Hokkaido and Honshu's northern mountains become visible on the descent into the Kanto region.