There are 8 ways to get from Kagoshima to Sapporo by plane, train, bus, car, car ferry, or night bus
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Fly Kagoshima Airport to New Chitose Airport, train
best- Fly from Kagoshima Airport (KOJ) to New Chitose Airport (CTS)plane KOJ - CTS
- Take the train from New Chitose Airport to Sapporotrain
6h 23m¥19,674–52,700Train to Fukuoka Airport, fly to New Chitose Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Kagoshima-Chuo to Hakatatrain
- Fly from Fukuoka Airport (FUK) to New Chitose Airport (CTS)plane FUK - CTS
- Take the train from New Chitose Airport to Sapporotrain
6h¥17,649–41,428Train
- Take the train from Kagoshima-Chūō to Kokuratrain
- Take the train from Kokura to Tōkyō Stationtrain
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Shin-Hakodate-Hokutotrain
- Take the train from Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto to Sapporotrain
16h 37m¥55,572–77,278Train, bus
- Take the train from Kagoshima-Chūō to Hiroshimatrain
- Take the bus from BS Hiroshima Station North Exit to Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminalbus
- Take the bus from Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal to Sendai Miyakoh Bus Centerbus
- Take the train from Sendai to Shin-Hakodate-Hokutotrain
- Take the bus from 新函館北斗駅前 to 札幌駅前bus
33h 6m¥37,851–60,964Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Kagoshima to Maizurucar
- Take the car ferry from Maizuru to Otarucarferry
33h 13m¥24,638–47,643Train to Miyazaki Airport, fly to New Chitose Airport, train
- Take the train from Kagoshima-Chuo to Minamimiyazakitrain
- Fly from Miyazaki Airport (KMI) to New Chitose Airport (CTS)plane KMI - CTS
- Take the train from New Chitose Airport to Sapporotrain
8h 11m¥19,655–47,477Fly Kagoshima Airport to Okadama Airport
- Fly from Kagoshima Airport (KOJ) to Okadama Airport (OKD)plane KOJ - OKD
8h 6m¥32,594–172,290Bus, night bus, car ferry
- Take the bus from Kagoshima Chuo Station to Hakata Bus Terminalbus
- Take the night bus from Hakata Station to Meitetsu Bus Centernightbus
- Take the bus from Meitetsu Bus Center to Tsurugabus
- Take the car ferry from Tsuruga to Tomakomai West Port Ferry Terminalcarferry
- Take the bus from 苫小牧フェリーターミナル to 札幌駅前bus
44h 17m¥26,399–54,082
Kagoshima Airport (KOJ) to New Chitose Airport (CTS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kagoshima to Sapporo is to train and fly which costs ¥19000 - ¥48000 and takes 8h 11m.
The fastest way to get from Kagoshima to Sapporo is to train and fly which takes 6h and costs ¥17000 - ¥42000.
No, there is no direct train from Kagoshima to Sapporo. However, there are services departing from Kagoshima-Chūō and arriving at Sapporo via Kokura, Tōkyō Station and Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 37m.
The distance between Kagoshima and Sapporo is 1643 km.
The best way to get from Kagoshima to Sapporo without a car is to train which takes 16h 37m and costs ¥55000 - ¥80000.
It takes approximately 6h 23m to get from Kagoshima to Sapporo, including transfers.
Kagoshima to Sapporo train services, operated by Japan Railways Shinkansen, depart from Kagoshima-Chūō station.
The best way to get from Kagoshima to Sapporo is to train which takes 16h 37m and costs ¥55000 - ¥80000. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs ¥32000 - ¥180000 and takes 8h 6m.
Kagoshima to Sapporo train services, operated by Japan Railways Shinkansen, arrive at Kokura station.
There are 1689+ hotels available in Sapporo.
What companies run services between Kagoshima, Japan and Sapporo, Japan?
You can take a train from Kagoshima-Chūō to Sapporo via Kokura, Tōkyō Station, and Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto in around 16h 37m. Alternatively, Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways fly from Kagoshima Airport (KOJ) to Okadama Airport (OKD) every 4 hours.
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Kagoshima Airport to New Chitose Airport via Osaka Itami
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥15,000–80,000
Flights from Kagoshima Airport to New Chitose Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥15,000–85,000
Flights from Kagoshima Airport to New Chitose Airport via Chūbu Centrair
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥15,000–80,000
Flights from Miyazaki Airport to New Chitose Airport via Chūbu Centrair
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥19,000–100,000
Flights from Miyazaki Airport to New Chitose Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥20,000–110,000
Flights from Miyazaki Airport to New Chitose Airport via Osaka Itami
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥18,000–100,000
Flights from Miyazaki Airport to New Chitose Airport via Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥19,000–100,000
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–70,000
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to New Chitose Airport via Osaka Itami
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–70,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Kagoshima Airport to New Chitose Airport via Osaka Itami
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–70,000
Flights from Kagoshima Airport to New Chitose Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–70,000
Flights from Miyazaki Airport to New Chitose Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥18,000–90,000
Flights from Miyazaki Airport to New Chitose Airport via Osaka Itami
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥18,000–85,000
Flights from Kagoshima Airport to Okadama Airport via Osaka Itami, Hakodate
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥28,000–140,000
Flights from Kagoshima Airport to Okadama Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Hakodate
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥28,000–170,000
Flights from Kagoshima Airport to Okadama Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Misawa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥28,000–140,000
Flights from Kagoshima Airport to Okadama Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Akita
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥31,000–170,000
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥9,000–75,000
- Website
- skymark.co.jp
Flights from Kagoshima Airport to New Chitose Airport via Kobe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥19,000–31,000
Flights from Kagoshima Airport to New Chitose Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥21,000–32,000
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥18,000–29,000
- Website
- flypeach.com
Flights from Kagoshima Airport to New Chitose Airport via Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥9,500–39,000
Flights from Miyazaki Airport to New Chitose Airport via Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–39,000
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥11,000–40,000
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥9,000–26,000
- Website
- airdo.jp
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–47,000
- Website
- fujidream.co.jp
Flights from Fukuoka Airport to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥33,000–75,000
- 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
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Kagoshima-Chūō to Kokura
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- 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
- ¥8,000–11,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥9,000–12,000
- Green seat
- ¥11,000–16,000
Train from Kokura to Tōkyō Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥22,000–30,000
- 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
- ¥22,000–30,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥24,000–30,000
- Green seat
- ¥32,000–42,000
Train from Tōkyō Station to Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥18,000–25,000
- 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
- ¥18,000–25,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥20,000–25,000
- Green seat
- ¥26,000–35,000
Train from Kagoshima-Chūō to Hiroshima
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–17,000
- 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
- ¥12,000–16,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥13,000–17,000
- Green seat
- ¥17,000–23,000
Train from Sendai to Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥11,000–17,000
- 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
- ¥11,000–16,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥13,000–17,000
- Green seat
- ¥17,000–23,000
Train from Kagoshima-Chuo to Hakata
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥6,500–10,000
- 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
- ¥6,500–9,500
- Reserved seat
- ¥8,000–10,000
- Green seat
- ¥10,000–14,000
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto to Sapporo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- 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 Kagoshima-Chuo to Minamimiyazaki
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥3,700–5,500
- 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
- ¥4,200–4,800
- Reserved Seat
- ¥3,700–5,500
- Green Seat
- ¥5,000–7,000
- Phone
- (050) 5805-0383
- en-info@willer.co.jp
- Website
- travel.willer.co.jp
Bus from BS Hiroshima Station North Exit to Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥7,500–14,000
- Schedules at
- willer-travel.com
- Phone
- 042-352-3700
- Website
- keio-bus.com
Bus from Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal to Sendai Miyakoh Bus Center
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ¥3,900–4,600
- Schedules at
- highwaybus.com
- Website
- hokkaidoubus-newstar.jp
Bus from 新函館北斗駅前 to 札幌駅前
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥5,000
- Schedules at
- hokkaidoubus-newstar.jp
- Phone
- 0570-200-600
- Website
- chuo-bus.co.jp
Bus from 新函館北斗駅前 to 札幌駅前
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 21m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,500–9,000
- Schedules at
- chuo-bus.co.jp
- Adult
- ¥3,700–9,000
- Student
- ¥3,500–7,000
Bus from 苫小牧フェリーターミナル to 札幌駅前
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–1,100
- Schedules at
- chuo-bus.co.jp
- Phone
- 050-3616-2150
- Website
- nishitetsu.jp
Bus from Kagoshima Chuo Station to Hakata Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥3,000–9,500
- Schedules at
- nishitetsu.jp
- Phone
- 052-582-5151
- Website
- meitetsu-bus.co.jp
Night bus from Hakata Station to Meitetsu Bus Center
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥7,500–13,000
- Schedules at
- meitetsu-bus.co.jp
Bus from Meitetsu Bus Center to Tsuruga
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥2,999
- Schedules at
- meitetsu-bus.co.jp
- Website
- snf.jp
Car ferry from Maizuru to Otaru
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥9,000–25,000
- Schedules at
- snf.jp
- State Room
- ¥19,000–25,000
- Tourist
- ¥9,000–21,000
- Suite Room
- ¥45,000–55,000
- Deluxe Room
- ¥28,000–37,000
- Tourist A
- ¥11,000–19,000
- Tourist S
- ¥18,000–25,000
- State room B
- ¥21,000–31,000
- Deluxe room A
- ¥33,000–43,000
- Suite room
- ¥58,000–63,000
Car ferry from Tsuruga to Tomakomai West Port Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥9,000–24,000
- Schedules at
- snf.jp
- State Room
- ¥18,000–24,000
- Tourist
- ¥9,000–20,000
- Suite Room
- ¥44,000–55,000
- Deluxe Room
- ¥27,000–35,000
- Tourist A
- ¥10,000–19,000
- Tourist S
- ¥17,000–24,000
- State room A
- ¥22,000–31,000
- Deluxe room A
- ¥32,000–42,000
- Junior Suite
- ¥46,000–51,000
- Suite
- ¥56,000–60,000
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