There are 7 ways to get from Edinburgh to Sapporo by train or plane
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Train to Manchester Airport, fly to New Chitose Airport, train
best- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airport
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to New Chitose Airport (CTS)MAN - CTS
- Take the train from New Chitose Airport to Sapporo
22h 44m¥76,805–214,497Fly Edinburgh Airport to New Chitose Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to New Chitose Airport (CTS)EDI - CTS
- Take the train from New Chitose Airport to Sapporo
20h 10m¥45,000–163,400Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to New Chitose Airport, train
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to New Chitose Airport (CTS)GLA - CTS
- Take the train from New Chitose Airport to Sapporo
23h 23m¥48,694–167,212Fly Edinburgh Airport to Okadama Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Okadama Airport (OKD)EDI - OKD
27h 50m¥87,410–322,500Fly Edinburgh Airport to Asahikawa Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Asahikawa Airport (AKJ)EDI - AKJ
- Take the train from Asahikawa to Sapporo(Jr)
25h 52m¥53,360–178,150Fly Edinburgh Airport to Hakodate Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Hakodate Airport (HKD)EDI - HKD
- Take the train from Hakodate to Sapporo
27h 1m¥60,210–204,460Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Asahikawa Airport, train
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airport
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Asahikawa Airport (AKJ)MAN - AKJ
- Take the train from Asahikawa to Sapporo(Jr)
28h 26m¥60,165–229,247
Manchester Airport (MAN) to New Chitose Airport (CTS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Sapporo is to train and fly which costs ¥48000 - ¥170000 and takes 23h 23m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Sapporo is to fly and train which takes 20h 10m and costs ¥45000 - ¥170000.
The distance between Edinburgh and Sapporo is 9202 km.
It takes approximately 22h 44m to get from Edinburgh to Sapporo, including transfers.
Sapporo is 9h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 6:25 PM in Edinburgh and 3:25 AM in Sapporo.
There are 1637+ hotels available in Sapporo.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Sapporo, Japan?
Hainan, Air China, and three other airlines fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Okadama Airport (OKD) 5 times a week.
Airlines
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Manchester Airport to New Chitose Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥42,000–160,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to New Chitose Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥42,000–160,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to New Chitose Airport via Frankfurt, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥46,000–160,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to New Chitose Airport via Frankfurt, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥45,000–150,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to New Chitose Airport via Dublin, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥43,000–160,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Asahikawa Airport via Frankfurt, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–270,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Hakodate Airport via Beijing Capital, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–230,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Hakodate Airport via Beijing Capital, New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–220,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Hakodate Airport via Copenhagen, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–190,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Asahikawa Airport via Frankfurt, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 7m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–260,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Asahikawa Airport via Munich, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–260,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Asahikawa Airport via Vienna, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–600,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Okadama Airport via Beijing Capital, New Chitose Airport, Kushiro
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–320,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Okadama Airport via Beijing Capital, New Chitose Airport, Hakodate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–320,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Asahikawa Airport via Beijing Capital, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–200,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Asahikawa Airport via Beijing Capital, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–210,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Asahikawa Airport via Copenhagen, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥47,000–170,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Asahikawa Airport via Beijing Capital, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–200,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Asahikawa Airport via Munich, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–600,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Asahikawa Airport via Beijing Capital, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–200,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to New Chitose Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥42,000–160,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to New Chitose Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥42,000–160,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to New Chitose Airport via Frankfurt, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥46,000–160,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to New Chitose Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥45,000–150,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to New Chitose Airport via London Gatwick, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥44,000–150,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to New Chitose Airport via Frankfurt, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥45,000–150,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to New Chitose Airport via Dublin, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥43,000–160,000
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Asahikawa Airport via Beijing Capital, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–210,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Asahikawa Airport via Beijing Capital, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–200,000
- Website
- airdo.jp
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Asahikawa Airport via Frankfurt, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–270,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Hakodate Airport via Beijing Capital, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–230,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Asahikawa Airport via Frankfurt, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–260,000
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to New Chitose Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–150,000
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to New Chitose Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–150,000
- Website
- blue-panorama.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Okadama Airport via Beijing Capital, Chūbu Centrair
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥90,000–330,000
- Website
- jejuair.net
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Hakodate Airport via Beijing Capital, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–220,000
Train operators
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥5,500–24,000
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- 011-222-7111
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from New Chitose Airport to Sapporo
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–1,400
- Schedules at
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥3,690–3,730
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- Passengerassistance@lumo.co.uk.
- Website
- lumo.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ¥3,690–3,720
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–16,000
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- ¥44,000–48,000
- Sleeper Seat
- ¥12,000–16,000
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- ¥48,000–55,000
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Asahikawa to Sapporo(Jr)
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥4,000–5,500
- Schedules at
- https://japantravel.navitime.com/en/area/jp/route/
- Website
- https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Website
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
- Unreserved Seat
- ¥4,500–5,500
- Reserved Seat
- ¥4,000–5,500
- Green Seat
- ¥5,500–8,000
Train from Hakodate to Sapporo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥8,000–12,000
- Schedules at
- https://japantravel.navitime.com/en/area/jp/route/
- Website
- https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Website
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
- Unreserved Seat
- ¥8,000–9,500
- Reserved Seat
- ¥8,000–12,000
- Green Seat
- ¥12,000–17,000
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