There are 6 ways to get from Sapporo to Kobe by train, plane, car ferry, car, bus, or night bus
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Train to New Chitose Airport, fly to Kobe
best- Take the train from Sapporo to New Chitose Airporttrain
- Fly from New Chitose Airport (CTS) to Kobe (UKB)plane CTS - UKB
3h 57m¥14,238–76,593Car ferry, drive
cheapest- Take the car ferry from Otaru to Maizurucarferry
- Drive from Maizuru to Kobecar
23h 25m¥2,573–28,928Train
- Take the train from Sapporo to Shin-Hakodate-Hokutotrain
- Take the train from Shin Hakodate Hokuto to Moriokatrain
- Take the train from Morioka to Tokyotrain
- Take the train from Tokyo to Shin Kobetrain
14h 1mBus, train, nightbus
- Take the bus from 札幌駅前 to 新函館北斗駅前bus
- Take the train from Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto to Shichinohe-Towadatrain
- Take the night bus from Shichinohe-Towada to Tokyo Station Yaesu South Exitnightbus
- Take the bus from Tokyo Station Yaesu South Exit to Kobe Sannomiyabus
28h 11m¥20,600–32,700Train to New Chitose Airport, fly to Osaka International Airport
- Take the train from Sapporo to New Chitose Airporttrain
- Fly from New Chitose Airport (CTS) to Osaka International Airport (ITM)plane CTS - ITM
4h 25m¥16,878–57,443Fly Okadama Airport to Osaka International Airport
- Fly from Okadama Airport (OKD) to Osaka International Airport (ITM)plane OKD - ITM
7h 27m¥83,113–87,382
New Chitose Airport (CTS) to Kobe (UKB) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sapporo to Kobe is to car ferry and drive which costs ¥2500 - ¥29000 and takes 23h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Sapporo to Kobe is to train and fly which takes 3h 57m and costs ¥14000 - ¥80000.
No, there is no direct train from Sapporo to Kobe. However, there are services departing from Sapporo and arriving at Shin Kobe via Shin Hakodate Hokuto, Morioka and Tokyo. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 1m.
The distance between Sapporo and Kobe is 1119 km.
The best way to get from Sapporo to Kobe without a car is to train which takes 14h 1m and costs .
It takes approximately 3h 57m to get from Sapporo to Kobe, including transfers.
Sapporo to Kobe train services, operated by JR HOKKAIDO (Hokkaido Railway Company), depart from Sapporo station.
The best way to get from Sapporo to Kobe is to train which takes 14h 1m and costs . Alternatively, you can fly, which costs ¥83000 - ¥88000 and takes 7h 27m.
Sapporo to Kobe train services, operated by JR HOKKAIDO (Hokkaido Railway Company), arrive at Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto station.
There are 321+ hotels available in Kobe.
What companies run services between Sapporo, Japan and Kobe, Japan?
You can take a train from Sapporo to Shin Kobe via Shin Hakodate Hokuto, Morioka, and Tokyo in around 14h 1m. Alternatively, Japan Airlines, All Nippon Airways, and Blue Panorama Airlines fly from Okadama Airport (OKD) to Osaka International Airport (ITM) 5 times a day.
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Kobe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥22,000–120,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Kobe via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥23,000–130,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Osaka International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–70,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Osaka International Airport via Akita
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–70,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Osaka International Airport via Aomori
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–70,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Osaka International Airport via Hakodate
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–70,000
Flights from Okadama Airport to Osaka International Airport via Hakodate
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥34,000–180,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Osaka International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥15,000–55,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Osaka International Airport via Morioka
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥15,000–55,000
Flights from Okadama Airport to Osaka International Airport via Hakodate
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥82,000–86,000
Flights from Okadama Airport to Osaka International Airport via Akita
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥82,000–86,000
Flights from Okadama Airport to Osaka International Airport via Memambetsu
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥82,000–86,000
Flights from Okadama Airport to Osaka International Airport via Misawa
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥82,000–86,000
Flights from Okadama Airport to Osaka International Airport via Niigata
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–180,000
- Website
- skymark.co.jp
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Kobe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–31,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Kobe via Ibaraki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–31,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Kobe via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–31,000
- Website
- airdo.jp
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Kobe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥27,000–65,000
- Phone
- 011-222-7111
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Sapporo to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–1,400
- Schedules at
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Sapporo to Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥6,000–8,000
- Schedules at
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jreast.co.jp
Train from Shin Hakodate Hokuto to Morioka
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥4,700–6,500
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/
Train from Morioka to Tokyo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥7,000–9,500
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/
Train from Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto to Shichinohe-Towada
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–3,700
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/
- Phone
- 050-3772-3910
- Website
- jr-central.co.jp
Train from Tokyo to Shin Kobe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Schedules at
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- hokkaidoubus-newstar.jp
Bus from 札幌駅前 to 新函館北斗駅前
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥5,000
- Schedules at
- hokkaidoubus-newstar.jp
- Website
- kokusaikogyo.bus-japan.net
Night bus from Shichinohe-Towada to Tokyo Station Yaesu South Exit
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- ¥8,000–11,000
- Schedules at
- kokusaikogyo.bus-japan.net
- Book at
- japanbusonline.com
- en-info@willer.co.jp
- Website
- travel.willer.co.jp
Bus from Tokyo Station Yaesu South Exit to Kobe Sannomiya
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ¥4,800–13,000
- Website
- https://willer-travel.com/en/
- Economy
- ¥4,800–9,500
- Relax (front seat)
- ¥5,000–10,000
- Relax (Back seat)
- ¥5,000–10,000
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