There are 8 ways to get from Sapporo to Saga by train, plane, car ferry, car, bus, or night bus
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Train, fly to Fukuoka Airport
best- 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 Sagatrain
5h 44m¥12,848–38,793Train
- 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 train from Hakata to Sagatrain
15h 25m¥50,760–70,697Car ferry, drive
- Take the car ferry from Otaru to Maizurucarferry
- Drive from Maizuru to Sagacar
30h 35m¥20,569–42,822Bus, 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 Nishitetsu Tenjin Bus Terminalnightbus
- Take the bus from Chikushino-shi to Saga Station Bus Centerbus
32h 12m¥28,000–58,880Train, fly to Saga Airport
- Take the train from Sapporo to New Chitose Airporttrain
- Fly from New Chitose Airport (CTS) to Saga Airport (HSG)plane CTS - HSG
7h 38m¥27,298–141,723Train, fly to Aso Kumamoto Airport
- Take the train from Sapporo to New Chitose Airporttrain
- Fly from New Chitose Airport (CTS) to Aso Kumamoto Airport (KMJ)plane CTS - KMJ
- Take the train from Kumamoto to Shin-Tosutrain
8h 41m¥26,628–65,043Train, fly to Nagasaki Airport
- Take the train from Sapporo to New Chitose Airporttrain
- Fly from New Chitose Airport (CTS) to Nagasaki Airport (NGS)plane CTS - NGS
- Take the train from Haiki to Sagatrain
9h 11m¥22,358–48,863Bus, 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 Ōsakatrain
- Take the night bus from Osaka WBT Umeda to Saga Station Bus Centernightbus
39h 1m
New Chitose Airport (CTS) to Fukuoka Airport (FUK) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sapporo to Saga is to train and fly which costs ¥12000 - ¥39000 and takes 5h 44m.
The fastest way to get from Sapporo to Saga is to train and fly which takes 5h 44m and costs ¥12000 - ¥39000.
No, there is no direct train from Sapporo to Saga. However, there are services departing from Sapporo and arriving at Saga via Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto, Tōkyō Station and Hakata. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 25m.
The distance between Sapporo and Saga is 1518 km.
The best way to get from Sapporo to Saga without a car is to train which takes 15h 25m and costs ¥50000 - ¥75000.
It takes approximately 5h 44m to get from Sapporo to Saga, including transfers.
Sapporo to Saga train services, operated by Japan Railways Limited Express, depart from Sapporo station.
Sapporo to Saga train services, operated by Japan Railways Limited Express, arrive at Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto station.
There are 147+ hotels available in Saga.
What companies run services between Sapporo, Japan and Saga, Japan?
You can take a train from Sapporo to Saga via Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto, Tōkyō Station, and Hakata in around 15h 25m.
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–75,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Osaka Itami
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–80,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Chūbu Centrair
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥15,000–80,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Saga Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥26,000–140,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Saga Airport via Kushiro, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥29,000–160,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Saga Airport via Akita, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥26,000–140,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥17,000–90,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Osaka Itami
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥16,000–85,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Nagasaki Airport via Osaka Itami
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥18,000–95,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Nagasaki Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥19,000–100,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Nagasaki Airport via Chūbu Centrair
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥18,000–95,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥9,000–75,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥15,000–90,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Osaka Itami
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥15,000–80,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥23,000–44,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Nagasaki Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥17,000–100,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Nagasaki Airport via Osaka Itami
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥17,000–95,000
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥9,000–30,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Aso Kumamoto Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥23,000–44,000
- Website
- skymark.co.jp
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥18,000–24,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Nagasaki Airport via Kobe
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥22,000–44,000
- Website
- flypeach.com
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥10,000–45,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Nagasaki Airport via Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–55,000
- Website
- airdo.jp
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–50,000
- Website
- fujidream.co.jp
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Fukuoka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥34,000–75,000
- 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 Hakata to Saga
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 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
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 Haiki to Saga
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- 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
- ¥2,100–3,000
- Green Seat
- ¥2,700–3,600
Train from Kyōto to Ōsaka
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–2,900
- 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
- ¥2,500–2,900
- Reserved Seat
- ¥1,800–2,600
- Green Seat
- ¥2,300–3,100
- 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 Kumamoto to Shin-Tosu
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 5 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥3,100–4,900
- 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
- ¥3,100–4,200
- Reserved seat
- ¥4,000–4,900
- Green seat
- ¥4,700–6,500
- Phone
- 0570-04-1717
- Website
- jrkyushu.co.jp
Train from Haiki to Saga
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
- 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
Train from Kyōto to Ōsaka
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.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
- ¥1,300–1,700
- 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
- 050-3616-2150
- Website
- nishitetsu.jp
Night bus from Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal to Nishitetsu Tenjin Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥9,000–25,000
- Schedules at
- nishitetsu.jp
- Business seat
- ¥9,000–20,000
- Premium seat
- ¥18,000–25,000
Bus from Chikushino-shi to Saga Station Bus Center
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥750–1,300
- Schedules at
- nishitetsu.jp
- Phone
- (050) 5805-0383
- en-info@willer.co.jp
- Website
- travel.willer.co.jp
Night bus from Osaka WBT Umeda to Saga Station Bus Center
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥3,900–11,000
- Schedules at
- willer-travel.com
- Prime (Front Seat)
- ¥4,300–11,000
- Prime (Rear Ladies Seat)
- ¥3,900–11,000
- 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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