There are 9 ways to get from Minakami to Sapporo by train, plane, car, car ferry, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Tokyo International Airport, fly to New Chitose Airport, train
best- Take the train from Jōmō-Kōgen to Tōkyō Stationtrain
- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to New Chitose Airport (CTS)plane HND - CTS
- Take the train from New Chitose Airport to Sapporotrain
5h 42m¥16,572–44,737Drive, car ferry
cheapest- Drive from Minakami to Niigatacar
- Take the car ferry from Niigata to Otarucarferry
19h 20m¥10,425–24,003Train
- Take the train from Jōmō-Kōgen to Ōmiyatrain
- Take the train from Ōmiya to Shin-Hakodate-Hokutotrain
- Take the train from Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto to Sapporotrain
11h 4m¥28,882–42,517Train to Niigata Airport, fly to New Chitose Airport, train
- Take the train from Jōmō-Kōgen to Niigatatrain
- Fly from Niigata Airport (KIJ) to New Chitose Airport (CTS)plane KIJ - CTS
- Take the train from New Chitose Airport to Sapporotrain
6h 9m¥25,372–48,337Train, train to Ibaraki Airport, fly to New Chitose Airport
- Take the train from Jōmō-Kōgen to Uenotrain
- Take the train from Ueno to Ishiokatrain
- Fly from Ibaraki Airport (IBR) to New Chitose Airport (CTS)plane IBR - CTS
- Take the train from New Chitose Airport to Sapporotrain
6h 40m¥30,182–55,217Train, train to Matsumoto Airport, fly to New Chitose Airport
- Take the train from Gokan to Takasakitrain
- Take the train from Takasaki to Naganotrain
- Take the train from Nagano to Matsumototrain
- Fly from Matsumoto Airport (MMJ) to New Chitose Airport (CTS)plane MMJ - CTS
- Take the train from New Chitose Airport to Sapporotrain
6h 51m¥28,125–85,385Train to Tokyo International Airport, fly to Asahikawa Airport, train
- Take the train from Jōmō-Kōgen to Tōkyō Stationtrain
- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Asahikawa Airport (AKJ)plane HND - AKJ
- Take the train from Asahikawa to Sapporo(Jr)train
8h 29m¥19,932–58,487Train, bus
- Take the train from Jōmō-Kōgen to Ōmiyatrain
- Take the train from Ōmiya to Shin-Hakodate-Hokutotrain
- Take the bus from 新函館北斗駅前 to 札幌駅前bus
12h 20m¥23,282–40,517Train via Akita
- Take the train from Jōmō-Kōgen to Niigatatrain
- Take the train from Niigata to Akitatrain
- Take the train from Akita to Shin-Aomoritrain
- Take the train from Shin-Aomori to Shin-Hakodate-Hokutotrain
- Take the train from Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto to Sapporotrain
16h 47m¥26,882–42,517
Tokyo International Airport (HND) to New Chitose Airport (CTS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Minakami to Sapporo is to drive and car ferry which costs ¥10000 - ¥24000 and takes 19h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Minakami to Sapporo is to train and fly which takes 5h 42m and costs ¥16000 - ¥45000.
The distance between Minakami and Sapporo is 1041 km.
The best way to get from Minakami to Sapporo without a car is to train which takes 11h 4m and costs ¥28000 - ¥43000.
It takes approximately 5h 42m to get from Minakami to Sapporo, including transfers.
There are 1645+ hotels available in Sapporo.
What companies run services between Minakami, Japan and Sapporo, Japan?
You can take a bus from 後閑駅前 to Sapporo via 上毛高原駅, Jōmō-Kōgen, Ōmiya, and Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto in around 11h 4m.
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥9,500–40,000
Flights from Niigata Airport to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–60,000
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Asahikawa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥9,500–43,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–48,000
Flights from Niigata Airport to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥21,000–35,000
Flights from Matsumoto Airport to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥19,000–55,000
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Asahikawa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–55,000
- Website
- airdo.jp
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥9,500–35,000
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Asahikawa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥9,500–43,000
- Website
- skymark.co.jp
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥11,000–40,000
Flights from Ibaraki Airport to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥17,000–35,000
- Website
- fujidream.co.jp
Flights from Niigata Airport to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥21,000–35,000
Flights from Matsumoto Airport to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥19,000–55,000
- Phone
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Jōmō-Kōgen to Tōkyō Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥4,600–7,000
- 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
- ¥4,600–6,500
- Reserved seat
- ¥5,500–7,000
- Green seat
- ¥6,500–9,500
Train from Jōmō-Kōgen to Ōmiya
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥4,000–6,000
- 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
- ¥4,000–5,500
- Reserved seat
- ¥4,900–6,000
- Green seat
- ¥6,000–8,000
Train from Ōmiya to Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- 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 Jōmō-Kōgen to Niigata
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- 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
Train from Jōmō-Kōgen to Ueno
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥4,600–7,000
- 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
- ¥4,600–6,500
- Reserved seat
- ¥5,500–7,000
- Green seat
- ¥6,500–9,000
Train from Takasaki to Nagano
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥4,000–6,500
- 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
- ¥4,000–5,500
- Reserved seat
- ¥5,000–6,500
- Green seat
- ¥6,000–8,000
Train from Shin-Aomori to Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto
- Ave. Duration
- 57 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
- 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 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 Ueno to Ishioka
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- 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 Nagano to Matsumoto
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–3,400
- 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
- ¥2,900–3,400
- Reserved Seat
- ¥2,300–3,200
- Green Seat
- ¥3,000–4,000
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 Niigata to Akita
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- 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
Train from Akita to Shin-Aomori
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- 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
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jreast.co.jp
Train from Ueno to Ishioka
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–1,700
- Schedules at
- jreast.co.jp
Train from Gokan to Takasaki
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥750–1,000
- Schedules at
- jreast.co.jp
Train from Nagano to Matsumoto
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥950–1,300
- Schedules at
- jreast.co.jp
Train from Akita to Shin-Aomori
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–3,500
- Schedules at
- jreast.co.jp
- 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
- ¥1,900–9,000
- Schedules at
- chuo-bus.co.jp
- Adult
- ¥3,700–9,000
- Student
- ¥3,500–7,000
- Website
- snf.jp
Car ferry from Niigata to Otaru
- 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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