There are 8 ways to get from Sapporo to Mount Aso by train, plane, bus, car ferry, car, or night bus
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Train to New Chitose Airport, fly to Aso Kumamoto Airport
best- Take the train from Sapporo to New Chitose Airporttrain
- Fly from New Chitose Airport (CTS) to Aso Kumamoto Airport (KMJ)plane CTS - KMJ
8h 15m¥21,228–58,543Train to New Chitose Airport, fly to Fukuoka Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Sapporo to New Chitose Airporttrain
- Fly from New Chitose Airport (CTS) to Fukuoka Airport (FUK)plane CTS - FUK
- Take the train from Hakata to Kumamototrain
9h 38m¥17,348–44,493Train, bus
- Take the train from Sapporo to Shin-Hakodate-Hokutotrain
- Take the train from Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto to Tōkyō Stationtrain
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Hakatatrain
- Take the bus from Hakata Bus Terminal to Mashiki ICbus
- Take the bus from Mashiki I.C. to Asosanjo Terminalbus
18h 11m¥50,660–72,297Car ferry, drive
- Take the car ferry from Otaru to Maizurucarferry
- Drive from Maizuru to Mount Asocar
31h 35m¥21,565–43,816Bus, train, night bus
- 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 Sendaitrain
- Take the bus from Sendai Station East Exit to Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminalbus
- Take the night bus from Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal to Hakata Bus Terminalnightbus
- Take the bus from Hakata Bus Terminal to Mashiki ICbus
- Take the bus from Mashiki I.C. to Asosanjo Terminalbus
34h 11m¥29,010–63,040Fly Okadama Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport
- Fly from Okadama Airport (OKD) to Aso Kumamoto Airport (KMJ)plane OKD - KMJ
8h 10m¥27,123–133,182Train to New Chitose Airport, fly to Oita Airport, bus, train
- Take the train from Sapporo to New Chitose Airporttrain
- Fly from New Chitose Airport (CTS) to Oita Airport (OIT)plane CTS - OIT
- Take the bus from Ōita Airport to Ōita Stationbus
- Take the train from Oita to Aso(Kumamoto)train
11h 12m¥20,878–83,193Bus, car ferry, train, night bus
- Take the bus from 札幌駅前 to 苫小牧フェリーターミナルbus
- Take the car ferry from Tomakomai West Port Ferry Terminal to Tsurugacarferry
- Take the train from Shin-Hikida to Kyōtotrain
- Take the train from Kyōto to Tennōjitrain
- Take the night bus from Abeno Harukas to Kumamoto Kencho-maenightbus
- Take the bus from Kumamoto Prefectural Office to Asosanjo Terminalbus
41h 11m
New Chitose Airport (CTS) to Aso Kumamoto Airport (KMJ) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sapporo to Mount Aso is to train and fly which costs ¥17000 - ¥45000 and takes 9h 38m.
The fastest way to get from Sapporo to Mount Aso is to fly which takes 8h 10m and costs ¥27000 - ¥140000.
The distance between Sapporo and Mount Aso is 1542 km.
The best way to get from Sapporo to Mount Aso without a car is to train and bus which takes 18h 11m and costs ¥50000 - ¥75000.
It takes approximately 8h 15m to get from Sapporo to Mount Aso, including transfers.
There are 513+ hotels available in Mount Aso.
What companies run services between Sapporo, Japan and Mount Aso, Japan?
Fuji Dream and Japan Airlines fly from Okadama Airport (OKD) to Aso Kumamoto Airport (KMJ) 4 times a day.
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥17,000–85,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Osaka Itami
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥16,000–80,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Oita Airport via Osaka Itami
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥15,000–75,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Oita Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥16,000–80,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Oita Airport via Chūbu Centrair
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥16,000–80,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Oita Airport via Hakodate, Osaka Itami
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥15,000–75,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–70,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Osaka Itami
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–70,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Chūbu Centrair
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥15,000–75,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥16,000–80,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Osaka Itami
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥16,000–80,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥20,000–43,000
Flights from Okadama Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Nagoya Airfield
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–170,000
Flights from Okadama Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Hakodate, Osaka Itami
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥26,000–130,000
Flights from Okadama Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Akita, Osaka Itami
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥26,000–130,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Oita Airport via Osaka Itami
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥16,000–75,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Oita Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥16,000–80,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Oita Airport via Sendai, Osaka Itami
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥16,000–80,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥9,000–85,000
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥20,000–43,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥9,000–27,000
- Website
- fujidream.co.jp
Flights from Okadama Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Nagoya Airfield
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–170,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥37,000–85,000
- Website
- flypeach.com
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥11,000–42,000
- Website
- skymark.co.jp
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥18,000–28,000
- Website
- airdo.jp
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥16,000–49,000
- 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
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Sapporo to Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- 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 Oita to Aso(Kumamoto)
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ¥3,100–4,300
- 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
- ¥3,700–4,200
- Reserved Seat
- ¥3,100–4,300
- Green Seat
- ¥4,300–6,000
Train from Kyōto to Tennōji
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–3,200
- 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
- ¥2,800–3,200
- Reserved Seat
- ¥2,100–2,900
- Green Seat
- ¥2,700–3,600
- Phone
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto to Tōkyō Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥18,000–25,000
- 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
- ¥18,000–25,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥20,000–25,000
- Green seat
- ¥26,000–35,000
Train from Tōkyō Station to Hakata
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥23,000–32,000
- 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
- ¥23,000–31,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥26,000–32,000
- Green seat
- ¥33,000–44,000
Train from Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto to Sendai
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- 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 Hakata to Kumamoto
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥3,600–6,000
- 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
- ¥3,600–4,900
- Reserved seat
- ¥4,500–6,000
- Green seat
- ¥5,500–7,500
- Phone
- 0570-00-2486
- Website
- jr-odekake.net
Train from Shin-Hikida to Kyōto
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
- Phone
- 050-3616-2150
- Website
- nishitetsu.jp
Bus from Hakata Bus Terminal to Mashiki IC
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–2,600
- Schedules at
- nishitetsu.jp
Night bus from Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal to Hakata Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥9,000–26,000
- Schedules at
- nishitetsu.jp
- Business seat
- ¥9,000–20,000
- Premium seat
- ¥18,000–25,000
- Phone
- 0570-09-1121
- Website
- sankobus.jp
Bus from Mashiki I.C. to Asosanjo Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥200–2,200
- Website
- https://www.sankobus.jp/
Bus from Kumamoto Prefectural Office to Asosanjo Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥200–2,200
- Website
- https://www.sankobus.jp/
- 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
- Phone
- 0570-200-600
- Website
- chuo-bus.co.jp
Bus from 札幌駅前 to 新函館北斗駅前
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ¥3,500–9,000
- Schedules at
- chuo-bus.co.jp
- Adult
- ¥3,700–9,000
- Student
- ¥3,500–7,000
Bus from 札幌駅前 to 苫小牧フェリーターミナル
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,050–1,150
- Schedules at
- chuo-bus.co.jp
- Phone
- 050-3802-1544
- Website
- jamjamliner.jp
Bus from Sendai Station East Exit to Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥3,500–6,500
- Schedules at
- jamjamliner.jp
- 4 seats per row spacious
- ¥3,500–5,500
- 3 seats per row
- ¥4,500–6,500
- Phone
- 097-534-7455
- Website
- oitakotsu.co.jp
Bus from Ōita Airport to Ōita Station
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,550
- Schedules at
- oitakotsu.co.jp
- Phone
- 0570-001631
- Website
- kintetsu-bus.co.jp
Night bus from Abeno Harukas to Kumamoto Kencho-mae
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥8,000–12,000
- Schedules at
- kintetsu-bus.co.jp
- Website
- snf.jp
Car ferry from Otaru to Maizuru
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥9,000–25,000
- Schedules at
- snf.jp
- State Room
- ¥19,000–25,000
- Tourist
- ¥9,000–21,000
- Suite Room
- ¥45,000–55,000
- Deluxe Room
- ¥28,000–37,000
- Tourist A
- ¥11,000–19,000
- Tourist S
- ¥18,000–25,000
- State room B
- ¥21,000–31,000
- Deluxe room A
- ¥33,000–43,000
- Suite room
- ¥58,000–63,000
Car ferry from Tomakomai West Port Ferry Terminal to Tsuruga
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥9,000–24,000
- Schedules at
- snf.jp
- State Room
- ¥18,000–24,000
- Tourist
- ¥9,000–20,000
- Suite Room
- ¥44,000–55,000
- Deluxe Room
- ¥27,000–35,000
- Tourist A
- ¥10,000–19,000
- Tourist S
- ¥17,000–24,000
- State room A
- ¥22,000–31,000
- Deluxe room A
- ¥32,000–42,000
- Junior Suite
- ¥46,000–51,000
- Suite
- ¥56,000–60,000
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