There are 9 ways to get from Tottori to Otaru by plane, train, car, car ferry, bus, or night bus
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 Tottori, train
best- Fly from Tottori (TTJ) to New Chitose Airport (CTS)TTJ - CTS
- Take the train from New Chitose Airport to Minami-Otaru
6h 43m¥28,070–152,670Drive, car ferry
cheapest- Drive from Tottori to Maizuru
- Take the car ferry from Maizuru to Otaru
23h 13m¥11,484–28,588Train
- Take the train from Tottori to Himeji
- Take the train from Himeji to Tōkyō Station
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto
- Take the train from Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto to Shin-Sapporo
- Take the train from Shin-Sapporo to Minami-Otaru
15h 55m¥42,628–61,339Bus, night bus, train
- Take the bus from Tottori to Namba Station, Osaka
- Take the night bus from Kintetsu Namba to Sendai Station
- Take the train from Sendai to Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto
- Take the bus from 新函館北斗駅前 to 大通bc
27h 36m¥30,000–41,650Train to Tajima Airport, fly, train
- Take the train from Tottori to Toyooka
- Fly from Tajima Airport (TJH) to New Chitose Airport (CTS)TJH - CTS
- Take the train from New Chitose Airport to Minami-Otaru
7h 28m¥45,551–89,890Train to Kobe, fly, train
- Take the train from Tottori to Sannomiya
- Fly from Kobe (UKB) to New Chitose Airport (CTS)UKB - CTS
- Take the train from New Chitose Airport to Minami-Otaru
7h 14m¥20,779–57,259Train to Osaka International Airport, fly, train
- Take the train from Tottori to Sannomiya
- Fly from Osaka International Airport (ITM) to New Chitose Airport (CTS)ITM - CTS
- Take the train from New Chitose Airport to Minami-Otaru
7h 46m¥23,419–75,109Train, train to Okayama Airport, fly
- Take the train from Tottori to Kamigori
- Take the train from Kamigōri to Okayama
- Fly from Okayama Airport (OKJ) to New Chitose Airport (CTS)OKJ - CTS
- Take the train from New Chitose Airport to Minami-Otaru
8h 57m¥25,498–77,871Train, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Tottori to Sannomiya
- Take the bus from Sannomiya Bus Terminal to Maizuru Ferry Terminal
- Take the car ferry from Maizuru to Otaru
27h 26m¥16,419–34,259
Tottori (TTJ) to New Chitose Airport (CTS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Tottori to Otaru is to drive and car ferry which costs ¥11000 - ¥29000 and takes 23h 13m.
The fastest way to get from Tottori to Otaru is to fly and train which takes 6h 43m and costs ¥28000 - ¥160000.
No, there is no direct train from Tottori to Otaru. However, there are services departing from Tottori and arriving at Minami-Otaru via Himeji, Tōkyō Station, Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto and Shin-Sapporo. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 55m.
The distance between Tottori and Otaru is 1121 km.
The best way to get from Tottori to Otaru without a car is to train which takes 15h 55m and costs ¥42000 - ¥65000.
It takes approximately 6h 43m to get from Tottori to Otaru, including transfers.
Tottori to Otaru train services, operated by Japan Railways Limited Express, depart from Tottori station.
Tottori to Otaru train services, operated by Japan Railways Limited Express, arrive at Himeji station.
There are 279+ hotels available in Otaru.
What companies run services between Tottori, Japan and Otaru, Japan?
You can take a train from Tottori to Minami-Otaru via Himeji, Tōkyō Station, Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto, and Shin-Sapporo in around 15h 55m.
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Tottori to New Chitose Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥26,000–150,000
Flights from Tottori to New Chitose Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Hakodate
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥27,000–150,000
Flights from Kobe to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–60,000
Flights from Kobe to New Chitose Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥16,000–35,000
Flights from Osaka International Airport to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥15,000–49,000
Flights from Osaka International Airport to New Chitose Airport via Akita
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥15,000–49,000
Flights from Osaka International Airport to New Chitose Airport via Aomori
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥15,000–49,000
Flights from Osaka International Airport to New Chitose Airport via Sendai
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥15,000–49,000
Flights from Okayama Airport to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥15,000–85,000
Flights from Okayama Airport to New Chitose Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥17,000–95,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Tajima Airport to New Chitose Airport via Osaka International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥38,000–80,000
Flights from Tajima Airport to New Chitose Airport via Osaka International Airport, Aomori
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥38,000–80,000
Flights from Osaka International Airport to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥36,000–65,000
Flights from Osaka International Airport to New Chitose Airport via Aomori
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥36,000–65,000
Flights from Okayama Airport to New Chitose Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–110,000
- Website
- skymark.co.jp
Flights from Kobe to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥15,000–37,000
Flights from Kobe to New Chitose Airport via Ibaraki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥15,000–37,000
Flights from Kobe to New Chitose Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥15,000–37,000
- Website
- airdo.jp
Flights from Kobe to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–60,000
- Phone
- 011-222-7111
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from New Chitose Airport to Minami-Otaru
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–2,200
- Schedules at
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Shin-Sapporo to Minami-Otaru
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥950–1,300
- Schedules at
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Tottori to Himeji
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥3,600–5,500
- 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
- ¥4,200–4,800
- Reserved Seat
- ¥3,600–5,500
- Green Seat
- ¥5,000–7,000
Train from Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto to Shin-Sapporo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥7,000–11,000
- 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
- ¥7,500–9,000
- Reserved Seat
- ¥7,000–11,000
- Green Seat
- ¥11,000–15,000
Train from Tottori to Toyooka
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–3,800
- 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
- ¥3,400–3,800
- Reserved Seat
- ¥2,700–3,800
- Green Seat
- ¥3,700–4,900
Train from Tottori to Sannomiya
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥4,900–7,000
- 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
- ¥5,000–6,500
- Reserved Seat
- ¥4,900–7,000
- Green Seat
- ¥7,000–10,000
Train from Tottori to Kamigori
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥2,900–4,000
- 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
- ¥3,500–4,000
- Reserved Seat
- ¥2,900–4,000
- Green Seat
- ¥3,900–5,500
Train from Kamigōri to Okayama
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- 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
- Phone
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Himeji to Tōkyō Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥13,000–19,000
- 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
- ¥13,000–19,000
- Reserved seat
- ¥15,000–19,000
- Green seat
- ¥20,000–27,000
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
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
- 0570-00-2486
- Website
- jr-odekake.net
Train from Kamigōri to Okayama
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
- Phone
- 03-5755-2151
- Website
- nihon-kotsu.co.jp
Bus from Tottori to Namba Station, Osaka
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥3,800
- Schedules at
- nihonkotsu.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
- Phone
- 0570-001631
- Website
- kintetsu-bus.co.jp
Night bus from Kintetsu Namba to Sendai Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥9,500–15,000
- Schedules at
- kintetsu-bus.co.jp
- Website
- hokkaidoubus-newstar.jp
Bus from 新函館北斗駅前 to 大通bc
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥5,000
- Schedules at
- hokkaidoubus-newstar.jp
- 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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