There are 7 ways to get from Riga to Sapporo by plane, train, bus, or shuttle
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Fly Riga International Airport to New Chitose Airport, train
best- Fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to New Chitose Airport (CTS)plane RIX - CTS
- Take the train from New Chitose Airport to Sapporotrain
23h 4m¥42,554–196,876Bus to Lennart Meri International Airport, fly to New Chitose Airport, train
- Take the bus from Tērbatas iela to Tallinna bussijaambus
- Fly from Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL) to New Chitose Airport (CTS)plane TLL - CTS
- Take the train from New Chitose Airport to Sapporotrain
28h 12m¥52,357–197,608Shuttle to Palanga International Airport, fly to New Chitose Airport, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Rīga Lidosta Airport to Klaipėda
- Fly from Palanga International Airport (PLQ) to New Chitose Airport (CTS)plane PLQ - CTS
- Take the train from New Chitose Airport to Sapporotrain
26h 57m¥75,218–275,718Fly Riga International Airport to Okadama Airport
- Fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Okadama Airport (OKD)plane RIX - OKD
35h 39m¥101,166–393,780Fly Riga International Airport to Asahikawa Airport, train
- Fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Asahikawa Airport (AKJ)plane RIX - AKJ
- Take the train from Asahikawa to Sapporo(Jr)train
26h 19m¥60,985–218,913Bus, train to Pulkovo Airport, fly to New Chitose Airport, train
- Take the bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Pskov Bus stationbus
- Take the train from Pskov-1 to Airporttrain
- Fly from Pulkovo Airport (LED) to New Chitose Airport (CTS)plane LED - CTS
- Take the train from New Chitose Airport to Sapporotrain
38h 32mFly Riga International Airport to Hakodate Airport, train
- Fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Hakodate Airport (HKD)plane RIX - HKD
- Take the train from Hakodate to Sapporotrain
28h 20m¥72,999–255,824
Riga International Airport (RIX) to New Chitose Airport (CTS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Riga to Sapporo is to bus and fly and train which costs ¥50000 - ¥200000 and takes 28h 12m.
The fastest way to get from Riga to Sapporo is to fly and train which takes 23h 4m and costs ¥42000 - ¥200000.
The distance between Riga and Sapporo is 7561 km.
It takes approximately 23h 4m to get from Riga to Sapporo, including transfers.
Sapporo is 6h ahead of Riga. It is currently 3:32 AM in Riga and 9:32 AM in Sapporo.
There are 1775+ hotels available in Sapporo.
What companies run services between Riga, Latvia and Sapporo, Japan?
Finnair, Blue Panorama Airlines, and Air Baltic fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Okadama Airport (OKD) twice daily.
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to New Chitose Airport via Tashkent, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ¥41,000–200,000
Flights from Riga International Airport to New Chitose Airport via Warsaw Chopin, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥41,000–200,000
Flights from Riga International Airport to New Chitose Airport via Budapest, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥43,000–220,000
Flights from Riga International Airport to New Chitose Airport via Oslo, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ¥45,000–230,000
Flights from Riga International Airport to New Chitose Airport via Berlin Brandenburg, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥47,000–240,000
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to New Chitose Airport via Warsaw Chopin, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥39,000–190,000
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to New Chitose Airport via Berlin Brandenburg, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥45,000–230,000
Flights from Palanga International Airport to New Chitose Airport via Oslo, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–360,000
Flights from Palanga International Airport to New Chitose Airport via Riga International Airport, Warsaw Chopin, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 55m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–320,000
Flights from Pulkovo Airport to New Chitose Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥40,000–200,000
Flights from Pulkovo Airport to New Chitose Airport via Moscow Sheremetyevo, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥39,000–180,000
Flights from Pulkovo Airport to New Chitose Airport via Almaty, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–200,000
Flights from Pulkovo Airport to New Chitose Airport via Irkutsk, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥48,000–190,000
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Riga International Airport to New Chitose Airport via Oslo, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ¥45,000–230,000
Flights from Riga International Airport to New Chitose Airport via Berlin Brandenburg, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥47,000–240,000
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to New Chitose Airport via Warsaw Chopin, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥39,000–190,000
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to New Chitose Airport via Berlin Brandenburg, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥45,000–230,000
Flights from Palanga International Airport to New Chitose Airport via Copenhagen, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–270,000
Flights from Palanga International Airport to New Chitose Airport via Oslo, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–360,000
Flights from Riga International Airport to Asahikawa Airport via Istanbul, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–1,100,000
Flights from Riga International Airport to Asahikawa Airport via Helsinki, Chūbu Centrair
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–260,000
Flights from Pulkovo Airport to New Chitose Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥40,000–200,000
Flights from Riga International Airport to Hakodate Airport via Copenhagen, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–250,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to New Chitose Airport via Helsinki, Chūbu Centrair
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥48,000–190,000
Flights from Palanga International Airport to New Chitose Airport via Copenhagen, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–270,000
Flights from Riga International Airport to Asahikawa Airport via Vienna, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–1,000,000
Flights from Riga International Airport to Asahikawa Airport via Copenhagen, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–220,000
Flights from Riga International Airport to Asahikawa Airport via Vienna, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–290,000
Flights from Riga International Airport to Asahikawa Airport via Warsaw Chopin, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–310,000
- Website
- blue-panorama.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Okadama Airport via Helsinki, Chūbu Centrair
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 36m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥100,000–400,000
- Website
- jejuair.net
Flights from Riga International Airport to Hakodate Airport via Helsinki, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–290,000
Flights from Riga International Airport to Hakodate Airport via Warsaw Chopin, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥90,000–340,000
- Website
- airdo.jp
Flights from Riga International Airport to Asahikawa Airport via Istanbul, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–1,100,000
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Asahikawa Airport via Vienna, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–290,000
Flights from Riga International Airport to Asahikawa Airport via Warsaw Chopin, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–310,000
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to New Chitose Airport via Tashkent, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–210,000
- Website
- eastarjet.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to New Chitose Airport via Tashkent, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–210,000
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to New Chitose Airport via Helsinki, Chūbu Centrair
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥48,000–190,000
- Website
- skymark.co.jp
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to New Chitose Airport via Helsinki, Chūbu Centrair
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥48,000–190,000
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Palanga International Airport to New Chitose Airport via Copenhagen, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–270,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Pulkovo Airport to New Chitose Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥46,000–180,000
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Pulkovo Airport to New Chitose Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥46,000–180,000
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Pulkovo Airport to New Chitose Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥46,000–180,000
- 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
- Phone
- 8 (800) 775-00-00
- Website
- rzd.ru
Train from Pskov-1 to Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ¥1,367–2,800
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- Lastochka Train
- ¥2,000–2,800
- Commuter Electric Train
- ¥1,800–2,600
- Phone
- +372 680 0909
- info@luxexpress.eu
- Website
- luxexpress.eu
Bus from Tērbatas iela to Tallinna bussijaam
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥3,300–6,500
- Website
- https://luxexpress.eu/en/
- Phone
- +370 686 94403
- Website
- keleiviu.lt
Shuttle from Rīga Lidosta Airport to Klaipėda
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- ¥3,669
- Schedules at
- keleiviu.lt
- Phone
- +7 (901) 374-41-56
- markatek_spb@mail.ru
- Website
- markatek.travel
Bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Pskov Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Website
- https://markatek.travel/
- Schedules at
- https://markatek.travel/schedule/
- Phone
- +371 22 474 814
- vissa@apollo.lv
- Website
- vissareiss.lv
Bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Pskov Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Website
- https://vissareiss.lv/
- Schedules at
- https://vissareiss.lv/?highlight=0&sitepage=#Schedule
- Book at
- https://vissareiss.lv/index.php?sitepage=ticket_offer_en
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