There are 8 ways to get from Sano to Sapporo by train, plane, bus, car, or car ferry
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Train to Tokyo International Airport, fly, train
best- Take the train from Oyama to Tōkyō Station
- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to New Chitose Airport (CTS)HND - CTS
- Take the train from New Chitose Airport to Sapporo
5h 31m¥13,269–44,859Train, train to Narita International Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Tatebayashi to Kita-Senju
- Take the train from Nippori to Narita Airport Terminal 2·3
- Fly from Narita International Airport (NRT) to New Chitose Airport (CTS)NRT - CTS
- Take the train from New Chitose Airport to Sapporo
6h¥9,670–30,163Train
- Take the train from Oyama to Sendai
- Take the train from Sendai to Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto
- Take the train from Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto to Sapporo
11h 11m¥25,479–38,139Bus, train
- Take the bus from 佐野新都市バスターミナル to 仙台駅東口
- Take the bus from Sendai to Morioka
- Take the train from Morioka to Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto
- Take the bus from 新函館北斗駅前 to 札幌駅前
16h 22m¥20,500–31,700Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Sano to Oarai
- Take the car ferry from Oarai to Tomakomai
- Drive from Tomakomai to Sapporo
20h 5m¥12,220–27,085Train to Ibaraki Airport, fly, train
- Take the train from Oyama(Tochigi) to Tomobe
- Fly from Ibaraki Airport (IBR) to New Chitose Airport (CTS)IBR - CTS
- Take the train from New Chitose Airport to Sapporo
6h 12m¥23,199–39,739Train to Fukushima, fly, train
- Take the train from Oyama to Shin-Shirakawa
- Fly from Fukushima (FKS) to New Chitose Airport (CTS)FKS - CTS
- Take the train from New Chitose Airport to Sapporo
6h 21m¥19,909–63,639Train, train to Niigata Airport, fly
- Take the train from Sano to Takasaki
- Take the train from Takasaki to Niigata
- Fly from Niigata Airport (KIJ) to New Chitose Airport (CTS)KIJ - CTS
- Take the train from New Chitose Airport to Sapporo
7h 23m¥21,816–49,659
Tokyo International Airport (HND) to New Chitose Airport (CTS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sano to Sapporo is to train and fly which costs ¥9500 - ¥31000 and takes 6h.
The fastest way to get from Sano to Sapporo is to train and fly which takes 5h 31m and costs ¥13000 - ¥45000.
No, there is no direct train from Sano to Sapporo. However, there are services departing from Sano and arriving at Sapporo via Oyama, Sendai and Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 11m.
The distance between Sano and Sapporo is 996 km.
The best way to get from Sano to Sapporo without a car is to train which takes 11h 11m and costs ¥25000 - ¥39000.
It takes approximately 5h 31m to get from Sano to Sapporo, including transfers.
Sano to Sapporo train services, operated by Japan Railways Shinkansen, depart from Oyama station.
Sano to Sapporo train services, operated by Japan Railways Shinkansen, arrive at Sendai station.
There are 1618+ hotels available in Sapporo.
What companies run services between Sano, Japan and Sapporo, Japan?
You can take a train from Sano to Sapporo via Oyama, Sendai, and Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto in around 11h 11m.
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥9,000–38,000
Flights from Narita International Airport to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–65,000
Flights from Fukushima to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥10,000–50,000
Flights from Niigata Airport to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–65,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–50,000
Flights from Narita International Airport to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥6,500–22,000
Flights from Narita International Airport to New Chitose Airport via Chūbu Centrair
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–65,000
Flights from Niigata Airport to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥15,000–36,000
- Website
- airdo.jp
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥9,500–38,000
- Website
- skymark.co.jp
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥9,000–34,000
Flights from Ibaraki Airport to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥15,000–27,000
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥6,500–22,000
- Website
- flypeach.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥6,500–21,000
- Website
- fujidream.co.jp
Flights from Niigata Airport to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥15,000–36,000
- Website
- en.ch.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥6,000–22,000
- Phone
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Oyama to Tōkyō Station
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥3,300–5,000
- 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
- ¥3,300–4,400
- Reserved seat
- ¥4,100–5,000
- Green seat
- ¥5,000–6,500
Train from Oyama to Sendai
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥6,500–9,500
- 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
- ¥6,500–9,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥7,500–9,500
- Green seat
- ¥9,500–13,000
Train from Sendai to Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥11,000–17,000
- 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
- ¥11,000–16,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥13,000–17,000
- Green seat
- ¥17,000–23,000
Train from Morioka to Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- 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
- ¥8,000–11,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥9,500–12,000
- Green seat
- ¥12,000–16,000
Train from Oyama to Shin-Shirakawa
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥3,600–5,500
- 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
- ¥3,600–4,900
- Reserved seat
- ¥4,500–5,500
- Green seat
- ¥5,500–7,500
Train from Takasaki to Niigata
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- 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
- ¥5,500–7,500
- Reserved seat
- ¥6,500–8,500
- Green seat
- ¥8,000–11,000
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jreast.co.jp
Train from Oyama to Tōkyō Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–1,600
- Schedules at
- jreast.co.jp
Train from Oyama(Tochigi) to Tomobe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥800–1,100
- Schedules at
- jreast.co.jp
Train from Sano to Takasaki
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–1,400
- Schedules at
- jreast.co.jp
- 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
- Phone
- 050-5306-1102
- Website
- tobu.co.jp
Train from Tatebayashi to Kita-Senju
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- tobu.co.jp
- Phone
- 03-5962-0102
- Website
- tobu.co.jp
Train from Tatebayashi to Kita-Senju
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–1,600
- Website
- https://www.tobu.co.jp/foreign/en/
- Phone
- 0570-081-160
- Website
- keisei.co.jp
Train from Nippori to Narita Airport Terminal 2·3
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥2,520–2,570
- Website
- https://www.keisei.co.jp/keisei/tetudou/skyliner/us/index.php
- Phone
- 0570-081-160
- Website
- keisei.co.jp
Train from Nippori to Narita Airport Terminal 2·3
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥850–1,200
- Website
- https://www.keisei.co.jp/keisei/tetudou/skyliner/us/index.php
- Phone
- 027-287-4000
- Website
- ncb.jp
Bus from 佐野新都市バスターミナル to 仙台駅東口
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥5,500–7,500
- Website
- https://ncb.jp/
- Phone
- 0570ー000448
- Website
- jrbustohoku.co.jp
Bus from Sendai to Morioka
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥3,300
- Schedules at
- jrbustohoku.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
- ¥3,500–9,000
- Schedules at
- chuo-bus.co.jp
- Adult
- ¥3,700–9,000
- Student
- ¥3,500–7,000
- Website
- ferry-sunflower.co.jp
Car ferry from Oarai to Tomakomai
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥9,500–23,000
- Schedules at
- sunflower.co.jp
- Tourist (Evening Ferry)
- ¥9,500–20,000
- Comfort (Evening Ferry)
- ¥12,000–23,000
- Superior Insaide (Evening Ferry)
- ¥18,000–29,000
- Superior Ocean View (Evening Ferry)
- ¥20,000–32,000
- Premium (Evening Ferry)
- ¥24,000–40,000
- Suite (Evening Ferry)
- ¥47,000–65,000
- Casual Room (Night Ferry)
- ¥12,000–23,000
- Deluxe Room (Night Ferry)
- ¥23,000–38,000
- Car (Less than 5m)
- ¥29,000–43,000
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