Sit on the Left side of the plane for the best views on flights from Montreal to Tokyo. Left side wins both ends of the flight. During the polar great-circle routing, the left side also faces south over the Canadian Rockies and the Aleutian arc, offering more consistent geographic interest throughout the flight.

During takeoff from Montreal International Dorval (YUL), sit on the Left side for the best views. YUL's primary departure runway 24L sends aircraft on a westward heading before turning north, putting the left side over the St. Lawrence River and downtown Montreal. You get a clear view of the island of Montreal, the St. Lawrence, and Mount Royal as the aircraft climbs and banks northeast. Notable sights include: Mount Royal and its forested summit, the St. Lawrence River and its broad channel south of the island, downtown Montreal's skyline cluster, Île Sainte-Hélène and the Jacques Cartier Bridge.

When landing at New Tokyo International (NRT), sit on the Left side for the best views. NRT's primary landing approach on runway 34L brings aircraft in from the south over Tokyo Bay and the Chiba coast. The left side faces west toward central Tokyo, giving a clear view of Tokyo Bay, the urban density of the Kanto Plain, and on clear days Mount Fuji on the distant horizon to the southwest. Notable sights include: Tokyo Bay and its western shoreline, the dense Kanto Plain urban grid stretching to the horizon, Mount Fuji as a distant cone to the southwest on clear days, the reclaimed land and port facilities of Chiba and Kawasaki.

The flight from Montreal International Dorval (YUL) to New Tokyo International (NRT) takes Approximately 13 to 14 hours.

The route follows a polar great-circle track northwest over Quebec and Ontario, then across Hudson Bay, over the Baffin Island coast, across the Davis Strait, then northwest over the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. It crosses the Beaufort Sea and arcs over the Alaskan interior near Fairbanks, then descends southwest along the Aleutian Island chain before crossing the North Pacific toward Honshu. Key features include Hudson Bay's vast frozen expanse, the Brooks Range in Alaska, the volcanic Aleutian Islands as a curving chain of dark peaks emerging from the Pacific, and the Kuril Islands approaching Japan.