There are 8 ways to get from Kobe to Niseko by train, car, car ferry, or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from Shin-Kōbe Station to Tōkyō Stationtrain
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Shin-Hakodate-Hokutotrain
- Take the train from Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto to Oshamambetrain
- Take the train from Oshamambe to Nisekotrain
12h 26m¥34,075–48,545Drive, car ferry
cheapest- Drive from Kobe to Maizurucar
- Take the car ferry from Maizuru to Otarucarferry
- Drive from Otaru to Nisekocar
24h 11m¥12,214–29,809Fly Kobe to New Chitose Airport, train
- Fly from Kobe (UKB) to New Chitose Airport (CTS)plane UKB - CTS
- Take the train from New Chitose Airport to Otarutrain
- Take the train from Otaru to Nisekotrain
7h 28m¥17,410–42,650Fly Osaka International Airport to New Chitose Airport, train
- Fly from Osaka International Airport (ITM) to New Chitose Airport (CTS)plane ITM - CTS
- Take the train from New Chitose Airport to Otarutrain
- Take the train from Otaru to Nisekotrain
7h 49m¥19,083–60,470Fly Osaka International Airport to Hakodate Airport, train
- Fly from Osaka International Airport (ITM) to Hakodate Airport (HKD)plane ITM - HKD
- Take the train from Hakodate to Oshamambetrain
- Take the train from Oshamambe to Nisekotrain
8h 25m¥21,793–68,130Fly Osaka International Airport to Okadama Airport, train
- Fly from Osaka International Airport (ITM) to Okadama Airport (OKD)plane ITM - OKD
- Take the train from Otaru to Nisekotrain
9h 30m¥78,543–89,770Train to Chūbu Centrair International Airport, fly to New Chitose Airport, train
- Take the train from Shin-Kōbe Station to Nagoya Stationtrain
- Fly from Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO) to New Chitose Airport (CTS)plane NGO - CTS
- Take the train from New Chitose Airport to Otarutrain
- Take the train from Otaru to Nisekotrain
9h 1m¥19,159–41,509Train to Okayama Airport, fly to New Chitose Airport, train
- Take the train from Shin-Kōbe Station to Okayamatrain
- Fly from Okayama Airport (OKJ) to New Chitose Airport (CTS)plane OKJ - CTS
- Take the train from New Chitose Airport to Otarutrain
- Take the train from Otaru to Nisekotrain
9h 42m¥36,392–79,220
Kobe (UKB) to New Chitose Airport (CTS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kobe to Niseko is to drive and car ferry which costs ¥12000 - ¥30000 and takes 24h 11m.
The fastest way to get from Kobe to Niseko is to fly and train which takes 7h 28m and costs ¥17000 - ¥43000.
No, there is no direct train from Kobe station to Niseko. However, there are services departing from Shin-Kōbe Station and arriving at Niseko via Tōkyō Station, Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto and Oshamambe. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 26m.
The distance between Kobe and Niseko is 1528 km.
The best way to get from Kobe to Niseko without a car is to train which takes 12h 26m and costs ¥34000 - ¥49000.
It takes approximately 12h 26m to get from Kobe to Niseko, including transfers.
Kobe to Niseko train services, operated by Japan Railways Shinkansen, depart from Shin-Kōbe Station.
Kobe to Niseko train services, operated by Japan Railways Shinkansen, arrive at Tōkyō Station.
There are 594+ hotels available in Niseko.
What companies run services between Kobe, Japan and Niseko, Japan?
You can take a train from Shin-Kōbe Station to Niseko via Tōkyō Station, Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto, and Oshamambe in around 12h 26m.
Airlines
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Kobe to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–90,000
Flights from Kobe to New Chitose Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–90,000
Flights from Osaka International Airport to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥15,000–39,000
Flights from Osaka International Airport to New Chitose Airport via Akita
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥15,000–39,000
Flights from Osaka International Airport to New Chitose Airport via Aomori
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥15,000–39,000
Flights from Osaka International Airport to New Chitose Airport via Sendai
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥15,000–39,000
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Hakodate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–65,000
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Hakodate Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–65,000
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥10,000–55,000
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to New Chitose Airport via Sendai
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥10,000–55,000
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to New Chitose Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥11,000–55,000
Flights from Okayama Airport to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥17,000–85,000
Flights from Okayama Airport to New Chitose Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥18,000–95,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Osaka International Airport to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥16,000–60,000
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Hakodate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥18,000–60,000
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Hakodate Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥18,000–60,000
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Okadama Airport via Hakodate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥23,000–120,000
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Okadama Airport via Misawa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–85,000
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Okadama Airport via Akita
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–85,000
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Okadama Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Hakodate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–85,000
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–30,000
Flights from Okayama Airport to New Chitose Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥18,000–95,000
- Website
- skymark.co.jp
Flights from Kobe to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–33,000
Flights from Kobe to New Chitose Airport via Ibaraki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–33,000
Flights from Kobe to New Chitose Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–33,000
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–25,000
- Website
- airdo.jp
Flights from Kobe to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–31,000
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥11,000–36,000
- Website
- flypeach.com
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥9,000–25,000
- Website
- blue-panorama.com
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Okadama Airport via Niigata
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–110,000
Train operators
- Phone
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Shin-Kōbe Station to Tōkyō Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–18,000
- 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
- ¥12,000–17,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥14,000–18,000
- Green seat
- ¥18,000–25,000
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 Shin-Kōbe Station to Nagoya Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- 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 Shin-Kōbe Station to Okayama
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥4,200–6,500
- 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
- ¥4,200–6,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥5,000–6,500
- Green seat
- ¥6,000–8,500
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto to Oshamambe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥3,000–4,200
- 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
- ¥3,600–4,100
- Reserved Seat
- ¥3,000–4,200
- Green Seat
- ¥4,200–5,500
Train from Hakodate to Oshamambe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥3,400–4,700
- 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
- ¥4,000–4,500
- Reserved Seat
- ¥3,400–4,700
- Green Seat
- ¥4,800–6,500
- Phone
- 011-222-7111
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto to Oshamambe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–2,600
- Schedules at
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Oshamambe to Niseko
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,400–1,900
- Schedules at
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from New Chitose Airport to Otaru
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–2,300
- Schedules at
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Otaru to Niseko
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–2,100
- Schedules at
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Hakodate to Oshamambe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–3,100
- Schedules at
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Ferry operators
- 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
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