There are 5 ways to get from Shanghai to Sapporo by plane, train, car ferry, night bus, or bus
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Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to New Chitose Airport, train
best- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to New Chitose Airport (CTS)plane PVG - CTS
- Take the train from New Chitose Airport to Sapporotrain
6h 46m¥23,231–46,631Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to New Chitose Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to New Chitose Airport (CTS)plane SHA - CTS
- Take the train from New Chitose Airport to Sapporotrain
8h 9m¥17,095–61,495Car ferry, night bus, train
- Take the car ferry from Shanghai to Kobe Port Terminalcarferry
- Take the night bus from Kobe Sannomiya to Sendai Station East Exitnightbus
- Take the train from Sendai to Shin-Hakodate-Hokutotrain
- Take the train from Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto to Sapporotrain
2d 22h¥44,210–66,250Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Okadama Airport
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Okadama Airport (OKD)plane PVG - OKD
10h 55m¥44,641–181,731Car ferry, bus
- Take the car ferry from Shanghai to Kobe Port Terminalcarferry
- Take the bus from Sannomiya Bus Terminal to Maizuru Ferry Terminalbus
- Take the car ferry from Maizuru to Otarucarferry
3d 2h¥32,520–53,870
Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to New Chitose Airport (CTS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Shanghai to Sapporo is to fly and train which costs ¥23000 - ¥47000 and takes 6h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to Sapporo is to fly and train which takes 6h 46m and costs ¥23000 - ¥47000.
The distance between Shanghai and Sapporo is 2264 km.
The best way to get from Shanghai to Sapporo without a car is to car ferry and night bus and train which takes 2 days 22h and costs ¥44000 - ¥70000.
It takes approximately 6h 46m to get from Shanghai to Sapporo, including transfers.
Sapporo is 1h ahead of Shanghai. It is currently 9:40 AM in Shanghai and 10:40 AM in Sapporo.
There are 1643+ hotels available in Sapporo.
What companies run services between Shanghai, China and Sapporo, Japan?
Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Okadama Airport (OKD) 4 times a day.
Airlines
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥11,000–42,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to New Chitose Airport via Chūbu Centrair
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–44,000
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to New Chitose Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥16,000–110,000
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to New Chitose Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Aomori
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥16,000–60,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Okadama Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Hakodate
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥43,000–180,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Okadama Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Akita
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥43,000–180,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Okadama Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Misawa
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥43,000–180,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥10,000–42,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to New Chitose Airport via Chūbu Centrair
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–44,000
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥10,000–42,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to New Chitose Airport via Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥21,000–85,000
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥10,000–34,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to New Chitose Airport via Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥21,000–85,000
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to New Chitose Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥27,000–120,000
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–39,000
- Website
- flypeach.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to New Chitose Airport via Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥16,000–46,000
Train operators
- 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 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
- 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
Bus operators
- Phone
- 050-3802-1544
- Website
- jamjamliner.jp
Night bus from Kobe Sannomiya to Sendai Station East Exit
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- ¥5,500–13,000
- Schedules at
- jamjamliner.jp
- 4 seats per row spacious
- ¥5,500–13,000
- 3 seats per row
- ¥7,500–12,000
- Phone
- 03-5755-2151
- Website
- nihon-kotsu.co.jp
Bus from Sannomiya Bus Terminal to Maizuru Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥2,450
- Schedules at
- nihonkotsu.co.jp
Ferry operators
- Phone
- 06-6536-6541
- Website
- shinganjin.com
Car ferry from Shanghai to Kobe Port Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 47h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ¥20,000–25,000
- Schedules at
- shinganjin.com
- 2nd Class B
- ¥20,000
- 1st Class
- ¥25,000
- Special Class
- ¥40,000
- VIP
- ¥100,000
- Website
- snf.jp
Car ferry from Maizuru to Otaru
- 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
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