There are 5 ways to get from Melbourne to Sapporo by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Melbourne Airport to New Chitose Airport, train
best- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to New Chitose Airport (CTS)plane MEL - CTS
- Take the train from New Chitose Airport to Sapporotrain
16h 27m¥52,901–113,301Bus to Avalon Airport, fly to New Chitose Airport, train
- Take the bus from Skybus Coach Terminal to Avalon Airport/Outside Terminalbus
- Fly from Avalon Airport (AVV) to New Chitose Airport (CTS)plane AVV - CTS
- Take the train from New Chitose Airport to Sapporotrain
17h 58m¥92,901–273,301Fly Melbourne Airport to Asahikawa Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Asahikawa Airport (AKJ)plane MEL - AKJ
- Take the train from Asahikawa to Sapporo(Jr)train
21h 3m¥66,261–118,051Fly Melbourne Airport to Hakodate Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Hakodate Airport (HKD)plane MEL - HKD
- Take the train from Hakodate to Sapporotrain
21h 48m¥75,111–204,361Fly Melbourne Airport to Obihiro Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Obihiro Airport (OBO)plane MEL - OBO
- Take the train from Obihiro to Sapporo(Jr)train
22h 53m¥93,401–251,401
Melbourne Airport (MEL) to New Chitose Airport (CTS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Melbourne to Sapporo is to fly and train which costs ¥50000 - ¥120000 and takes 16h 27m.
The fastest way to get from Melbourne to Sapporo is to fly and train which takes 16h 27m and costs ¥50000 - ¥120000.
The distance between Melbourne and Sapporo is 9019 km.
It takes approximately 16h 27m to get from Melbourne to Sapporo, including transfers.
Sapporo is 2h behind Melbourne. It is currently 4:14 AM in Melbourne and 2:14 AM in Sapporo.
There are 1626+ hotels available in Sapporo.
What companies run services between Melbourne, VIC, Australia and Sapporo, Japan?
There is no direct connection from Melbourne to Sapporo. However, you can take the bus to Melbourne Airport T3 Skybus/Arrival Dr, walk to Melbourne Airport (MEL) 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 Avalon Airport/Outside Terminal, walk to Avalon Airport (AVV) airport, fly to New Chitose Airport (CTS), walk to New Chitose Airport, then take the train to Sapporo.
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Avalon Airport to New Chitose Airport via Sydney, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–650,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Asahikawa Airport via Sydney, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–500,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Asahikawa Airport via Manila, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–170,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Hakodate Airport via Sydney, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–550,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Hakodate Airport via Manila, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–190,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Obihiro Airport via Sydney, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–750,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Obihiro Airport via Manila, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–240,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to New Chitose Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–180,000
Flights from Avalon Airport to New Chitose Airport via Sydney, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥90,000–270,000
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Avalon Airport to New Chitose Airport via Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥100,000–340,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Asahikawa Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–270,000
- Website
- airdo.jp
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Asahikawa Airport via Sydney, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–500,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Obihiro Airport via Sydney, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–750,000
- Website
- tigerairtw.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Asahikawa Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–250,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Hakodate Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–280,000
- Website
- china-airlines.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to New Chitose Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–200,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to New Chitose Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥42,000–110,000
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to New Chitose Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–170,000
- Website
- cebupacificair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to New Chitose Airport via Manila
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–140,000
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to New Chitose Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥44,000–160,000
- Website
- jinair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to New Chitose Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥44,000–160,000
- Website
- jejuair.net
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Hakodate Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–220,000
- Website
- aerok.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Obihiro Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–290,000
- 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
- Phone
- 1300 759 287
- info@skybus.com.au
- Website
- skybus.com.au
Bus from Skybus Coach Terminal to Avalon Airport/Outside Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥1,902
- Website
- https://www.skybus.com.au
- Schedules at
- https://www.skybus.com.au/timetables/
- Book at
- https://www.skybus.com.au/buy-tickets/
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