There are 8 ways to get from Shirakawa-go Bus Terminal to Niseko by bus, train, car ferry, car, or plane
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Bus, train
best- Take the bus from Shirakawa-go to Kanazawa Station West Exit
- Take the train from Kanazawa to Ōmiya
- Take the train from Ōmiya to Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto
- Take the train from Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto to Oshamambe
- Take the train from Oshamambe to Niseko
14h 6m¥31,688–50,300Bus, car ferry
cheapest- Take the bus from Shirakawa-go to Kanazawa Station West Exit
- Take the bus from Kanazawa to Bandai City Bus Center
- Take the car ferry from Niigata to Otaru
- Take the bus from 小樽駅前bt to 本通り
29h 17m¥14,518–32,100Bus, train via Sendai
- Take the bus from Shirakawago to Toyama Station
- Take the bus from Toyama Eki-mae to Sendai Station
- Take the train from Sendai to Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto
- Take the train from Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto to Oshamambe
- Take the train from Oshamambe to Niseko
20h 22m¥24,579–38,300Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Shirakawa-go Bus Terminal to Oma
- Take the car ferry from Oma to Hakodate
- Drive from Hakodate to Niseko
15h 56m¥19,386–29,203Bus to Komatsu Airport, fly to New Chitose Airport, train
- Take the bus from Shirakawa-go to Kanazawa Station West Exit
- Fly from Komatsu Airport (KMQ) to New Chitose Airport (CTS)KMQ - CTS
- Take the train from New Chitose Airport to Otaru
- Take the train from Otaru to Niseko
9h 4m¥26,088–77,600Bus to Chūbu Centrair International Airport, fly to New Chitose Airport, train
- Take the bus from Shirakawago to Meitetsu Bus Center
- Fly from Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO) to New Chitose Airport (CTS)NGO - CTS
- Take the train from New Chitose Airport to Otaru
- Take the train from Otaru to Niseko
10h 33m¥15,850–39,200Bus, train to Toyama Airport, fly to New Chitose Airport, train
- Take the bus from Shirakawa-go to Kanazawa Station West Exit
- Take the train from Kanazawa to Toyama
- Fly from Toyama Airport (TOY) to New Chitose Airport (CTS)TOY - CTS
- Take the train from New Chitose Airport to Otaru
- Take the train from Otaru to Niseko
10h 12m¥29,128–108,600Bus to Chūbu Centrair International Airport, fly to Hakodate Airport, train
- Take the bus from Shirakawago to Meitetsu Bus Center
- Fly from Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO) to Hakodate Airport (HKD)NGO - HKD
- Take the train from Hakodate to Oshamambe
- Take the train from Oshamambe to Niseko
11h 14m¥19,560–76,860
Komatsu Airport (KMQ) to New Chitose Airport (CTS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Shirakawa-go Bus Terminal to Niseko is to bus and car ferry which costs ¥14000 - ¥33000 and takes 29h 17m.
The fastest way to get from Shirakawa-go Bus Terminal to Niseko is to bus and fly and train which takes 9h 4m and costs ¥26000 - ¥80000.
The distance between Shirakawa-go Bus Terminal and Niseko is 1438 km.
The best way to get from Shirakawa-go Bus Terminal to Niseko without a car is to bus and train which takes 14h 6m and costs ¥31000 - ¥55000.
It takes approximately 14h 6m to get from Shirakawa-go Bus Terminal to Niseko, including transfers.
There are 574+ hotels available in Niseko.
What companies run services between Shirakawa-go Bus Terminal, Japan and Niseko, Japan?
There is no direct connection from Shirakawa-go Bus Terminal to Niseko. However, you can take the bus to Kanazawa Station West Exit, walk to Kanazawa, take the train to Ōmiya, take the train to Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto, take the train to Oshamambe, then take the train to Niseko. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Shirakawago to Niseko via Toyama Station, Toyama Eki-mae, Sendai Station, Sendai, Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto, and Oshamambe in around 20h 22m.
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- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Komatsu Airport to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥15,000–60,000
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥10,000–55,000
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to New Chitose Airport via Sendai
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥10,000–55,000
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to New Chitose Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥11,000–60,000
Flights from Toyama Airport to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥22,000–90,000
Flights from Toyama Airport to New Chitose Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥22,000–90,000
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Hakodate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–65,000
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Hakodate Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–70,000
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Hakodate Airport via New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥14,000–75,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Komatsu Airport to New Chitose Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥39,000–90,000
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥27,000–65,000
- Website
- flypeach.com
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥7,500–26,000
- Website
- skymark.co.jp
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–23,000
- Website
- airdo.jp
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–36,000
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Hakodate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–44,000
- Phone
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Kanazawa to Ōmiya
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥10,000–15,000
- 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
- ¥10,000–14,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥11,000–15,000
- Green seat
- ¥14,000–20,000
Train from Ōmiya to Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥17,000–25,000
- 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
- ¥17,000–24,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥20,000–25,000
- Green seat
- ¥25,000–34,000
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
Train from Kanazawa to Toyama
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–4,500
- 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
- ¥2,800–3,800
- Reserved seat
- ¥3,600–4,500
- Green seat
- ¥4,300–6,000
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto to Oshamambe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥3,000–4,200
- 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
- ¥3,600–4,100
- Reserved Seat
- ¥3,000–4,200
- Green Seat
- ¥4,200–5,500
Train from Hakodate to Oshamambe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥3,400–4,700
- 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
- ¥4,000–4,500
- Reserved Seat
- ¥3,400–4,700
- Green Seat
- ¥4,800–6,500
- Phone
- 011-222-7111
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto to Oshamambe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–2,600
- Schedules at
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Oshamambe to Niseko
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,400–1,900
- Schedules at
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from New Chitose Airport to Otaru
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–2,300
- Schedules at
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Otaru to Niseko
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–2,100
- Schedules at
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Hakodate to Oshamambe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–3,100
- Schedules at
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
- Phone
- 076-431-3409
- Website
- ainokaze.co.jp
Train from Kanazawa to Toyama
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–1,300
- Website
- http://ainokaze.co.jp/
- Phone
- 076-234-0123
- Website
- hokutetsu.co.jp
Bus from Shirakawa-go to Kanazawa Station West Exit
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥1,300–4,200
- Schedules at
- hokutetsu.co.jp
Bus from Kanazawa to Bandai City Bus Center
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ¥4,600–6,500
- Schedules at
- hokutetsu.co.jp
- Phone
- 0577-32-1688
- Website
- nouhibus.co.jp
Bus from Shirakawago to Toyama Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–4,200
- Schedules at
- nouhibus.co.jp
- Website
- jrbustohoku.co.jp
Bus from Toyama Eki-mae to Sendai Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥7,500–11,000
- Schedules at
- jrbustohoku.co.jp
- Phone
- 0570-200-600
- Website
- chuo-bus.co.jp
Bus from 小樽駅前bt to 本通り
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,300–1,700
- Schedules at
- chuo-bus.co.jp
- Phone
- 011-231-0500
- Website
- nisekobus.co.jp
Bus from 小樽駅前bt to 本通り
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–2,100
- Schedules at
- nisekobus.co.jp
- Phone
- 058-240-0489
- Website
- gifubus.co.jp
Bus from Shirakawago to Meitetsu Bus Center
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,000–4,000
- Schedules at
- gifubus.co.jp
- Book at
- willerexpress.com
- Adult
- ¥3,000–4,000
- Website
- snf.jp
Car ferry from Niigata to Otaru
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- ¥7,000–19,000
- Schedules at
- snf.jp
- State Room
- ¥13,000–17,000
- Tourist
- ¥7,000–14,000
- Suite Room
- ¥37,000–41,000
- Deluxe Room
- ¥19,000–25,000
- Tourist C
- ¥7,000–12,000
- Tourist A
- ¥9,500–15,000
- Tourist S
- ¥11,000–19,000
- State room A (inside)
- ¥15,000–25,000
- State room A
- ¥16,000–26,000
- Deluxe room A
- ¥23,000–33,000
- Suite room
- ¥40,000–44,000
- Website
- tsugarukaikyo.co.jp
Car ferry from Oma to Hakodate
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–3,800
- Schedules at
- tsugarukaikyo.co.jp
- Book at
- tsugarukaikyo.com
- Standard
- ¥1,800–2,900
- Casual
- ¥2,200–3,500
- First Class
- ¥2,500–3,800
- Car smaller than 6m
- ¥10,000–21,000
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