The fastest and most effective way to travel to Ukraine from California is probably by aircraft.
Ukraine is in Europe and Japan is in Asia. To travel between these countries by air, it would take about 10 hours and 43 minutes.
Belarus
There is no basic travel allowance fee in Ukraine.
You would travel west.
From the south of California you would travel east. From the north of California you would travel east-south-east.
It is absolutely safe to travel to Kiev Ukraine these days, as all the hotels are open.
You can find some information about this here: http://ukraine-travel-guide.blogspot.com
You can read some information about it in this blog: http://ukraine-travel-guide.blogspot.com
Ukraine does not border the Mediterranean. At best, Ukraine would have to use one of its Black Sea ports and then have the ship travel through the Bosporus, into the Sea of Marmara, into the Dardanelles Straits, and through the Aegean Sea to get to the Mediterranean Sea.
There is a distance of 716.3 kilometers between Kharkov Ukraine and Odessa Ukraine. The estimated travel time in a car is 9 hours and 20 minutes to travel between these 2 locations.
SouthWest
The web address of the House Of Ukraine is: http://www.houseofukraine.com