There are 10 ways to get from Hokkaido to Ueda by plane, train, car ferry, car, or bus
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Fly Hakodate Airport to Tokyo International Airport, train
best- Fly from Hakodate Airport (HKD) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane HKD - HND
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Uedatrain
5h 6m¥18,300–48,266Car ferry, drive
cheapest- Take the car ferry from Otaru to Niigatacarferry
- Drive from Niigata to Uedacar
19h 54m¥11,368–25,820Train
- Take the train from Sapporo to Shin-Hakodate-Hokutotrain
- Take the train from Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto to Ōmiyatrain
- Take the train from Ōmiya to Uedatrain
10h 1m¥29,560–42,997Fly New Chitose Airport to Tokyo International Airport, train
- Fly from New Chitose Airport (CTS) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane CTS - HND
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Uedatrain
5h 2m¥16,290–45,081Fly New Chitose Airport to Matsumoto Airport, train
- Fly from New Chitose Airport (CTS) to Matsumoto Airport (MMJ)plane CTS - MMJ
- Take the train from Matsumoto to Shinonoitrain
5h 9m¥23,960–77,091Fly Obihiro Airport to Tokyo International Airport, train
- Fly from Obihiro Airport (OBO) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane OBO - HND
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Uedatrain
5h 47m¥25,090–69,820Fly New Chitose Airport to Toyama Airport, train
- Fly from New Chitose Airport (CTS) to Toyama Airport (TOY)plane CTS - TOY
- Take the train from Toyama to Uedatrain
6h 21m¥35,900–100,261Fly New Chitose Airport to Ibaraki Airport, train
- Fly from New Chitose Airport (CTS) to Ibaraki Airport (IBR)plane CTS - IBR
- Take the train from Ishioka to Uenotrain
- Take the train from Ueno to Uedatrain
5h 52m¥29,400–56,061Fly New Chitose Airport to Niigata Airport, train
- Fly from New Chitose Airport (CTS) to Niigata Airport (KIJ)plane CTS - KIJ
- Take the train from Niigata to Takasakitrain
- Take the train from Takasaki to Uedatrain
6h 25m¥28,390–54,681Train, bus
- Take the train from Sapporo to Shin-Hakodate-Hokutotrain
- Take the train from Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto to Shin-Aomoritrain
- Take the train from Shin-Aomori to Akitatrain
- Take the train from Akita to Niigatatrain
- Take the bus from Niigata-eki to Naganobus
19h 13m¥28,660–38,947
Hakodate Airport (HKD) to Tokyo International Airport (HND) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Hokkaido to Ueda is to car ferry and drive which costs ¥11000 - ¥26000 and takes 19h 54m.
The fastest way to get from Hokkaido to Ueda is to fly and train which takes 5h 2m and costs ¥16000 - ¥46000.
No, there is no direct train from Hokkaido to Ueda. However, there are services departing from Sapporo and arriving at Ueda via Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto and Ōmiya. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 1m.
The distance between Hokkaido and Ueda is 918 km.
The best way to get from Hokkaido to Ueda without a car is to train which takes 10h 1m and costs ¥29000 - ¥43000.
It takes approximately 5h 6m to get from Hokkaido to Ueda, including transfers.
Hokkaido to Ueda train services, operated by Japan Railways Limited Express, depart from Sapporo station.
Hokkaido to Ueda train services, operated by Japan Railways Limited Express, arrive at Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto station.
There are 324+ hotels available in Ueda.
What companies run services between Hokkaido, Japan and Ueda, Japan?
You can take a train from Sapporo to Ueda via Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto and Ōmiya in around 10h 1m.
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Hakodate Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥11,000–60,000
Flights from Hakodate Airport to Tokyo International Airport via New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥11,000–37,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥10,000–41,000
Flights from Obihiro Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥17,000–85,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Toyama Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥19,000–90,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Toyama Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥19,000–90,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Niigata Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–65,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Hakodate Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–45,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–49,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Matsumoto Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥19,000–55,000
Flights from Obihiro Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–60,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Niigata Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥22,000–36,000
- Website
- airdo.jp
Flights from Hakodate Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥11,000–37,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥10,000–36,000
Flights from Obihiro Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥26,000–50,000
- Website
- skymark.co.jp
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥11,000–32,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Ibaraki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥17,000–36,000
- Website
- fujidream.co.jp
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Matsumoto Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥19,000–55,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Niigata Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥22,000–36,000
- Phone
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Tōkyō Station to Ueda
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥5,500–8,000
- 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
- ¥5,500–7,500
- Reserved seat
- ¥6,500–8,000
- Green seat
- ¥8,000–11,000
Train from Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto to Ōmiya
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥17,000–25,000
- 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
- ¥17,000–24,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥20,000–25,000
- Green seat
- ¥25,000–34,000
Train from Ōmiya to Ueda
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥4,900–7,500
- 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
- ¥4,900–6,500
- Reserved seat
- ¥5,500–7,500
- Green seat
- ¥7,000–9,500
Train from Toyama to Ueda
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥5,500–8,500
- 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
- ¥5,500–8,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥6,500–8,500
- Green seat
- ¥8,500–12,000
Train from Ueno to Ueda
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥5,000–8,000
- 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
- ¥5,000–7,500
- Reserved seat
- ¥6,500–8,000
- Green seat
- ¥8,000–11,000
Train from Niigata to Takasaki
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥5,500–8,500
- 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
- ¥5,500–7,500
- Reserved seat
- ¥6,500–8,500
- Green seat
- ¥8,000–11,000
Train from Takasaki to Ueda
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥3,400–5,500
- 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
- ¥3,400–4,500
- Reserved seat
- ¥4,200–5,500
- Green seat
- ¥5,000–7,000
Train from Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto to Shin-Aomori
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥4,700–7,000
- 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
- ¥4,700–6,500
- Reserved seat
- ¥5,500–7,000
- Green seat
- ¥7,000–9,500
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Sapporo to Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥7,500–11,000
- 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
- ¥8,000–9,000
- Reserved Seat
- ¥7,500–11,000
- Green Seat
- ¥11,000–16,000
Train from Matsumoto to Shinonoi
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–3,100
- 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
- ¥2,700–3,100
- Reserved Seat
- ¥2,000–2,900
- Green Seat
- ¥2,600–3,500
Train from Ishioka to Ueno
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–3,800
- 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
- ¥3,400–3,800
- Reserved Seat
- ¥2,700–3,800
- Green Seat
- ¥3,700–5,000
Train from Shin-Aomori to Akita
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥5,000–7,000
- 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
- ¥5,500–6,500
- Reserved Seat
- ¥5,000–7,000
- Green Seat
- ¥7,000–10,000
Train from Akita to Niigata
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥7,000–10,000
- 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
- ¥7,000–8,500
- Reserved Seat
- ¥7,000–10,000
- Green Seat
- ¥10,000–14,000
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jreast.co.jp
Train from Matsumoto to Shinonoi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥800–1,200
- Schedules at
- jreast.co.jp
Train from Ishioka to Ueno
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–1,700
- Schedules at
- jreast.co.jp
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Matsumoto to Shinonoi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥950–1,300
- Website
- https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/index.html
- 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/
- Phone
- 026-295-8008
- Website
- nagadenbus.co.jp
Bus from Niigata-eki to Nagano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ¥3,500
- Website
- http://www.nagadenbus.co.jp.e.aaf.hp.transer.com/
- Website
- snf.jp
Car ferry from Otaru to Niigata
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- ¥7,000–19,000
- Schedules at
- snf.jp
- State Room
- ¥13,000–17,000
- Tourist
- ¥7,000–14,000
- Suite Room
- ¥37,000–41,000
- Deluxe Room
- ¥19,000–25,000
- Tourist C
- ¥7,000–12,000
- Tourist A
- ¥9,500–15,000
- Tourist S
- ¥11,000–19,000
- State room A (inside)
- ¥15,000–25,000
- State room A
- ¥16,000–26,000
- Deluxe room A
- ¥23,000–33,000
- Suite room
- ¥40,000–44,000
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