There are 10 ways to get from Sapporo to Osaka by train, plane, car ferry, car, bus, or night bus
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Train to New Chitose Airport, fly to Osaka International Airport
best- Take the train from Sapporo to New Chitose Airporttrain
- Fly from New Chitose Airport (CTS) to Osaka International Airport (ITM)plane CTS - ITM
4h 20m¥16,478–56,893Car ferry, drive
cheapest- Take the car ferry from Otaru to Maizurucarferry
- Drive from Maizuru to Osakacar
23h 15m¥11,352–28,497Train
- 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 Shin-Ōsaka Stationtrain
11h 28m¥37,660–52,497Bus, 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 night bus from Sendai Station to Ōsakanightbus
20h 47m¥24,010–40,740Train to New Chitose Airport, fly to Kobe
- Take the train from Sapporo to New Chitose Airporttrain
- Fly from New Chitose Airport (CTS) to Kobe (UKB)plane CTS - UKB
4h 38m¥16,838–39,293Fly Okadama Airport to Osaka International Airport
- Fly from Okadama Airport (OKD) to Osaka International Airport (ITM)plane OKD - ITM
6h 54m¥76,373–86,532Train to New Chitose Airport, fly to Chūbu Centrair International Airport, train
- Take the train from Sapporo to New Chitose Airporttrain
- Fly from New Chitose Airport (CTS) to Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO)plane CTS - NGO
- Take the train from Nagoya Station to Shin-Ōsaka Stationtrain
5h 20m¥16,178–37,643Train to Hakodate Airport, fly to Osaka International Airport
- Take the train from Sapporo to Hakodatetrain
- Fly from Hakodate Airport (HKD) to Osaka International Airport (ITM)plane HKD - ITM
7h 59m¥25,726–67,063Bus, car ferry, train
- 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 Tsuruga to Shin-Ōsaka Stationtrain
26h 36m¥14,299–30,956Bus, car ferry, train via Tōkai
- 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 to Nagoyacarferry
- Take the train from Nagoya Station to Shin-Ōsaka Stationtrain
44h 11m¥17,409–46,966
New Chitose Airport (CTS) to Osaka International Airport (ITM) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sapporo to Osaka is to train and fly which costs ¥16000 - ¥40000 and takes 4h 38m.
The fastest way to get from Sapporo to Osaka is to train and fly which takes 4h 20m and costs ¥16000 - ¥60000.
No, there is no direct train from Sapporo to Osaka station. However, there are services departing from Sapporo and arriving at Shin-Ōsaka Station via Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto and Tōkyō Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 28m.
The distance between Sapporo and Osaka is 1098 km.
The best way to get from Sapporo to Osaka without a car is to train which takes 11h 28m and costs ¥37000 - ¥55000.
It takes approximately 4h 20m to get from Sapporo to Osaka, including transfers.
Sapporo to Osaka train services, operated by Japan Railways Limited Express, depart from Sapporo station.
The best way to get from Sapporo to Osaka is to train which takes 11h 28m and costs ¥37000 - ¥55000. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs ¥75000 - ¥90000 and takes 6h 54m.
Sapporo to Osaka train services, operated by Japan Railways Limited Express, arrive at Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto station.
There are 8020+ hotels available in Osaka.
What companies run services between Sapporo, Japan and Osaka, Japan?
You can take a train from Sapporo to Shin-Ōsaka Station via Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto and Tōkyō Station in around 11h 28m. Alternatively, Japan Airlines, All Nippon Airways, and two other airlines fly from Okadama Airport (OKD) to Osaka International Airport (ITM) 4 times a day.
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Osaka International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–55,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Osaka International Airport via Akita
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–38,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Osaka International Airport via Sendai
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–38,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Osaka International Airport via Aomori
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–38,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Kobe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–85,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Kobe via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–85,000
Flights from Okadama Airport to Osaka International Airport via Hakodate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥22,000–120,000
Flights from Okadama Airport to Osaka International Airport via Niigata
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–110,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–65,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Sendai
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–70,000
Flights from Hakodate Airport to Osaka International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–65,000
Flights from Hakodate Airport to Osaka International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–65,000
Flights from Hakodate Airport to Osaka International Airport via New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–65,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Osaka International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–55,000
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 Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–85,000
Flights from Okadama Airport to Osaka International Airport via Akita
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–85,000
Flights from Okadama Airport to Osaka International Airport via Memambetsu
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–85,000
Flights from Okadama Airport to Osaka International Airport via Misawa
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–85,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–29,000
Flights from Hakodate Airport to Osaka International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥17,000–55,000
Flights from Hakodate Airport to Osaka International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥17,000–55,000
- Website
- skymark.co.jp
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Kobe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–30,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Kobe via Ibaraki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–30,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Kobe via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–30,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥15,000–30,000
- Website
- airdo.jp
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Kobe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–30,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–40,000
- Website
- flypeach.com
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥9,000–24,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Sendai
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥9,000–24,000
- Website
- ibexair.co.jp
Flights from Okadama Airport to Osaka International Airport via Niigata
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–110,000
- 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 Sapporo to Hakodate
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- 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
Train from Tsuruga to Shin-Ōsaka Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥3,900–5,500
- 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
- ¥4,500–5,000
- Reserved Seat
- ¥3,900–5,500
- Green Seat
- ¥5,500–7,500
- 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 Shin-Ōsaka Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–17,000
- 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
- ¥12,000–17,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥13,000–17,000
- Green seat
- ¥17,000–23,000
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 Nagoya Station to Shin-Ōsaka Station
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥5,000–7,500
- 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
- ¥5,000–7,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥6,000–7,500
- Green seat
- ¥7,500–11,000
- 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
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,050–1,150
- Schedules at
- chuo-bus.co.jp
- Phone
- 0570-001631
- Website
- kintetsu-bus.co.jp
Night bus from Sendai Station to Ōsaka
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥9,500–15,000
- 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
- Website
- taiheiyo-ferry.co.jp
Car ferry from Tomakomai to Nagoya
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- ¥11,000–38,000
- Schedules at
- taiheiyo-ferry.co.jp
- Second Class
- ¥11,000–14,000
- Berth (C, B or S)
- ¥11,000–20,000
- Economy Single
- ¥17,000–22,000
- First Class
- ¥19,000–31,000
- Deluxe Cabin
- ¥28,000–38,000
- Car under 5m
- ¥37,000–48,000
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