There are 6 ways to get from Shimane to Sapporo by plane, train, car, car ferry, night bus, bus, or night train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Izumo Airport, train
best- Fly from Izumo Airport (IZO) to New Chitose Airport (CTS)IZO - CTS
- Take the train from New Chitose Airport to Sapporo
4h 47m¥27,307–105,308Drive, car ferry
cheapest- Drive from Matsue to Maizuru
- Take the car ferry from Maizuru to Otaru
25h 21m¥14,054–32,356Train
- Take the train from Matsue to Okayama
- Take the train from Okayama to Tōkyō Station
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto
- Take the train from Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto to Sapporo
16h 11m¥47,134–66,432Night bus, train, bus
- Take the night bus from Matsue Sta. to Tokyo Station Nihonbashi Exit
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto
- Take the bus from 新函館北斗駅前 to 札幌駅前
22h 55m¥28,640–52,939Fly from Miho–Yonago Airport, train
- Fly from Miho–Yonago Airport (YGJ) to New Chitose Airport (CTS)YGJ - CTS
- Take the train from New Chitose Airport to Sapporo
6h 47m¥25,083–133,449Night train, bus, car ferry
- Take the night train from Izumoshi to Sannomiya
- Take the bus from Sannomiya Bus Terminal to Maizuru Ferry Terminal
- Take the car ferry from Maizuru to Otaru
34h 2m¥21,177–40,770
Izumo Airport (IZO) to New Chitose Airport (CTS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Shimane to Sapporo is to drive and car ferry which costs ¥14000 - ¥33000 and takes 25h 21m.
The fastest way to get from Shimane to Sapporo is to fly and train which takes 4h 47m and costs ¥27000 - ¥110000.
The distance between Shimane and Sapporo is 1171 km.
The best way to get from Shimane to Sapporo without a car is to train which takes 16h 11m and costs ¥47000 - ¥70000.
It takes approximately 4h 47m to get from Shimane to Sapporo, including transfers.
There are 1623+ hotels available in Sapporo.
What companies run services between Shimane, Japan and Sapporo, Japan?
You can take a vehicle from Matsue to Sapporo via Matsue, Okayama, Tōkyō Station, and Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto in around 16h 11m.
Airlines
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Izumo Airport to New Chitose Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥23,000–110,000
Flights from Izumo Airport to New Chitose Airport via Osaka Itami
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥23,000–100,000
Flights from Izumo Airport to New Chitose Airport via Fukuoka
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥23,000–120,000
Flights from Izumo Airport to New Chitose Airport via Chūbu Centrair
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥23,000–100,000
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Miho–Yonago Airport to New Chitose Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥23,000–130,000
Flights from Miho–Yonago Airport to New Chitose Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Hakodate
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥23,000–130,000
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 Matsue to Okayama
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- 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
- ¥5,500–6,500
- Reserved Seat
- ¥5,000–7,500
- Green Seat
- ¥7,500–10,000
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
Night train from Izumoshi to Sannomiya
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥8,500–13,000
- 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
- ¥9,000–11,000
- Reserved Seat
- ¥8,500–13,000
- Green Seat
- ¥13,000–18,000
- Phone
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Okayama to Tōkyō Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥15,000–21,000
- 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
- ¥15,000–21,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥17,000–21,000
- Green seat
- ¥22,000–29,000
Train from Tōkyō Station to Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- 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
Bus operators
- Phone
- 0570-666-012
- Website
- chugoku-jrbus.co.jp
Night bus from Matsue Sta. to Tokyo Station Nihonbashi Exit
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥5,500–17,000
- Schedules at
- chugoku-jrbus.j-server.com
- 4 seats in a row
- ¥5,500–16,000
- 3 seats in a row
- ¥6,500–17,000
- Website
- hokkaidoubus-newstar.jp
Bus from 新函館北斗駅前 to 札幌駅前
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥5,000
- Schedules at
- hokkaidoubus-newstar.jp
- Phone
- 0570-200-600
- Website
- chuo-bus.co.jp
Bus from 新函館北斗駅前 to 札幌駅前
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 21m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,500–9,000
- Schedules at
- chuo-bus.co.jp
- Adult
- ¥3,700–9,000
- Student
- ¥3,500–7,000
- 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
- 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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