There are 5 ways to get from Reading to Sapporo by train or plane
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Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to New Chitose Airport, train
best- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to New Chitose Airport (CTS)plane LGW - CTS
- Take the train from New Chitose Airport to Sapporotrain
20h 24m¥85,904–250,457Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Asahikawa Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Reading to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Asahikawa Airport (AKJ)plane LHR - AKJ
- Take the train from Asahikawa to Sapporo(Jr)train
22h 29m¥74,833–313,689Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to New Chitose Airport, train
- Take the train from Reading to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to New Chitose Airport (CTS)plane LHR - CTS
- Take the train from New Chitose Airport to Sapporotrain
20h 9m¥91,473–278,939Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Okadama Airport
- Take the train from Reading to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Okadama Airport (OKD)plane LHR - OKD
23h 56m¥105,733–447,829Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Hakodate Airport, train
- Take the train from Reading to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Hakodate Airport (HKD)plane LHR - HKD
- Take the train from Hakodate to Sapporotrain
25h 21m¥88,683–359,999
London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to New Chitose Airport (CTS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Reading to Sapporo is to train and fly which costs ¥85000 - ¥250000 and takes 20h 24m.
The fastest way to get from Reading to Sapporo is to train and fly which takes 20h 9m and costs ¥90000 - ¥280000.
The distance between Reading and Sapporo is 9067 km.
It takes approximately 20h 24m to get from Reading to Sapporo, including transfers.
Sapporo is 8h ahead of Reading. It is currently 10:57 AM in Reading and 6:57 PM in Sapporo.
There are 835+ hotels available in Sapporo.
What companies run services between Reading, England and Sapporo, Japan?
There is no direct connection from Reading to Sapporo. However, you can take the train to Gatwick Airport, walk to London Gatwick Airport (LGW) airport, fly to New Chitose Airport (CTS), walk to New Chitose Airport, then take the train to Sapporo. Alternatively, you can take the train to London Paddington, take the train to Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3, walk to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) airport, fly to New Chitose Airport (CTS), walk to New Chitose Airport, then take the train to Sapporo.
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to New Chitose Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥44,000–220,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to New Chitose Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–300,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Okadama Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Hakodate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥100,000–600,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Okadama Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Akita
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥140,000–600,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Asahikawa Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–380,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Hakodate Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–330,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to New Chitose Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥44,000–400,000
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to New Chitose Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–800,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Hakodate Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–1,200,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to New Chitose Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥41,000–210,000
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to New Chitose Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–400,000
- Website
- thaismileair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to New Chitose Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–240,000
- Website
- jejuair.net
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Hakodate Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–340,000
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥4,900–9,500
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥3,300–6,500
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- 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
- 0343 222 1234
- Website
- tfl.gov.uk
Train from Reading to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥5,000–11,000
- Website
- https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/elizabeth-line/
- 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
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