There are 7 ways to get from Kirkwall to Sapporo by plane, train, ferry, or bus
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Fly Kirkwall to New Chitose Airport, train
best- Fly from Kirkwall (KOI) to New Chitose Airport (CTS)plane KOI - CTS
- Take the train from New Chitose Airport to Sapporotrain
35h 46m¥86,505–312,045Fly Kirkwall to Asahikawa Airport, train
- Fly from Kirkwall (KOI) to Asahikawa Airport (AKJ)plane KOI - AKJ
- Take the train from Asahikawa to Sapporo(Jr)train
41h 2m¥99,865–286,795Fly Kirkwall to Hakodate Airport, train
- Fly from Kirkwall (KOI) to Hakodate Airport (HKD)plane KOI - HKD
- Take the train from Hakodate to Sapporotrain
43h 47m¥108,715–333,105Ferry, bus to Inverness Dalcross Airport, fly to New Chitose Airport, train
- Take the ferry from Stromness Orkney Ferry Terminal to Scrabster Ferry Terminalferry
- Take the bus from Ferry Terminal to Union Streetbus
- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to New Chitose Airport (CTS)plane INV - CTS
- Take the train from New Chitose Airport to Sapporotrain
32h 4mFly Kirkwall to Obihiro Airport, train
- Fly from Kirkwall (KOI) to Obihiro Airport (OBO)plane KOI - OBO
- Take the train from Obihiro to Sapporo(Jr)train
43h 27m¥147,005–420,145Fly Kirkwall to Memanbetsu Airport, train
- Fly from Kirkwall (KOI) to Memanbetsu Airport (MMB)plane KOI - MMB
- Take the train from Kitami to Sapporotrain
35h 48m¥119,505–423,745Fly Kirkwall to Kushiro Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Kirkwall (KOI) to Kushiro Airport (KUH)plane KOI - KUH
- Take the bus from たんちょう釧路空港 to 帯広駅バスターミナルbus
- Take the train from Obihiro to Sapporo(Jr)train
35h 32m¥139,108–492,248
Kirkwall (KOI) to New Chitose Airport (CTS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kirkwall to Sapporo is to fly and train which costs ¥85000 - ¥320000 and takes 35h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Kirkwall to Sapporo is to fly and bus and train which takes 35h 32m and costs ¥130000 - ¥500000.
The distance between Kirkwall and Sapporo is 8296 km.
It takes approximately 35h 46m to get from Kirkwall to Sapporo, including transfers.
Sapporo is 9h ahead of Kirkwall. It is currently 10:08 PM in Kirkwall and 7:08 AM in Sapporo.
There are 1626+ hotels available in Sapporo.
What companies run services between Kirkwall, Scotland and Sapporo, Japan?
There is no direct connection from Kirkwall to Sapporo. However, you can take the bus to Airport Terminal, walk to Kirkwall (KOI) airport, fly to New Chitose Airport (CTS), walk to New Chitose Airport, then take the train to Sapporo. Alternatively, you can take the bus to Airport Terminal, walk to Kirkwall (KOI) airport, fly to Asahikawa Airport (AKJ), walk to 旭川空港, take the bus to 旭川駅, walk to Asahikawa, then take the train to Sapporo(Jr).
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Kirkwall to New Chitose Airport via Edinburgh, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–310,000
Flights from Kirkwall to New Chitose Airport via Lerwick, Edinburgh, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–320,000
Flights from Kirkwall to New Chitose Airport via Inverness Dalcross Airport, Manchester, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥90,000–320,000
Flights from Kirkwall to Asahikawa Airport via Glasgow, Frankfurt, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 5m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥140,000–1,300,000
Flights from Kirkwall to Hakodate Airport via Edinburgh, Beijing Capital, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥120,000–450,000
Flights from Kirkwall to Hakodate Airport via Edinburgh, Beijing Capital, New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥120,000–430,000
Flights from Kirkwall to Hakodate Airport via Aberdeen, Copenhagen, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 42h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥100,000–320,000
Flights from Kirkwall to Memanbetsu Airport via Inverness Dalcross Airport, London Heathrow, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 17m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥120,000–480,000
Flights from Kirkwall to Memanbetsu Airport via Edinburgh, Beijing Capital, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥110,000–410,000
Flights from Kirkwall to Kushiro Airport via Inverness Dalcross Airport, London Heathrow, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 22m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥140,000–600,000
Flights from Kirkwall to Kushiro Airport via Edinburgh, Beijing Capital, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥130,000–480,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Kirkwall to Asahikawa Airport via Inverness Dalcross Airport, London Heathrow, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 7m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥120,000–470,000
Flights from Kirkwall to Asahikawa Airport via Glasgow, London Heathrow, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥170,000–550,000
Flights from Kirkwall to Asahikawa Airport via Edinburgh, Beijing Capital, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥110,000–400,000
Flights from Kirkwall to Asahikawa Airport via Aberdeen, Copenhagen, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 44h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥95,000–280,000
Flights from Kirkwall to Obihiro Airport via Edinburgh, Beijing Capital, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥160,000–600,000
Flights from Kirkwall to Obihiro Airport via Aberdeen, Copenhagen, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 44h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥140,000–410,000
Flights from Kirkwall to Memanbetsu Airport via Glasgow, London Heathrow, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥170,000–550,000
Flights from Kirkwall to Memanbetsu Airport via Glasgow, Paris Charles de Gaulle, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥180,000–550,000
Flights from Kirkwall to Kushiro Airport via Glasgow, London Heathrow, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥200,000–600,000
Flights from Kirkwall to Kushiro Airport via Glasgow, Paris Charles de Gaulle, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 25m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥210,000–650,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Kirkwall to New Chitose Airport via Edinburgh, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–310,000
Flights from Kirkwall to New Chitose Airport via Lerwick, Edinburgh, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–320,000
Flights from Kirkwall to New Chitose Airport via Inverness Dalcross Airport, Manchester, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥90,000–320,000
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to New Chitose Airport via London Gatwick, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–180,000
- Website
- airdo.jp
Flights from Kirkwall to Asahikawa Airport via Glasgow, Frankfurt, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 5m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥140,000–1,300,000
Flights from Kirkwall to Memanbetsu Airport via Inverness Dalcross Airport, London Heathrow, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 17m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥120,000–480,000
- Website
- jejuair.net
Flights from Kirkwall to Hakodate Airport via Aberdeen, Amsterdam Schiphol, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 46h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥140,000–550,000
Flights from Kirkwall to Hakodate Airport via Edinburgh, Beijing Capital, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥120,000–430,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to New Chitose Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–240,000
- Website
- aerok.com
Flights from Kirkwall to Obihiro Airport via Glasgow, Amsterdam Schiphol, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 45h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥190,000–700,000
- 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 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
Train from Obihiro to Sapporo(Jr)
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 2 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
- ¥6,000–7,500
- Reserved Seat
- ¥5,500–8,500
- Green Seat
- ¥8,500–12,000
Train from Kitami to Sapporo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- 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
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- ride@ember.to
- Website
- ember.to
Bus from Ferry Terminal to Union Street
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
- Phone
- 0155-31-8811
- Website
- takubus.com
Bus from たんちょう釧路空港 to 帯広駅バスターミナル
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ¥3,103
- Schedules at
- takubus.com
- Phone
- +44 845 600 0449
- info@northlinkferries.co.uk
- Website
- northlinkferries.co.uk
Ferry from Stromness Orkney Ferry Terminal to Scrabster Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥2,900–4,100
- Website
- https://www.northlinkferries.co.uk/
- Low
- ¥2,900–3,500
- Peak
- ¥3,500–4,100
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