There are 9 ways to get from Sapporo (Station) to Otari by train, plane, car ferry, car, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train, fly to Matsumoto Airport
best- Take the train from Sapporo to New Chitose Airporttrain
- Fly from New Chitose Airport (CTS) to Matsumoto Airport (MMJ)plane CTS - MMJ
- Take the train from Shiojiri to Hakubatrain
6h 30m¥27,718–103,693Car ferry, drive
cheapest- Take the carferry from Otaru to Niigatacarferry
- Drive from Niigata to Otaricar
19h 35m¥4,078–25,335Train via Morioka
- Take the train from Sapporo to Shin-Hakodate-Hokutotrain
- Take the train from Shin Hakodate Hokuto to Moriokatrain
- Take the train from Morioka to Ōmiyatrain
- Take the train from Omiya Station to Itoigawatrain
15h 5m¥22,091–29,859Bus, train, Ski 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 Shin Aomoritrain
- Take the bus from Aomori to Tokyo Station Nihonbashi Exitbus
- Take the bus from Tokyo Station Kajibashi to Hakuba Cortina Hotelbus
25h 31m¥23,700–33,630Train, fly to Toyama Airport
- Take the train from Sapporo to New Chitose Airporttrain
- Fly from New Chitose Airport (CTS) to Toyama Airport (TOY)plane CTS - TOY
- Take the train from Toyama to Itoigawatrain
- Take the train from Itoigawa to Minami-Otaritrain
8h 5m¥68,928–275,243Train, fly to Komatsu Airport
- Take the train from Sapporo to New Chitose Airporttrain
- Fly from New Chitose Airport (CTS) to Komatsu Airport (KMQ)plane CTS - KMQ
- Take the train from Kanazawa to Itoigawatrain
- Take the train from Itoigawa to Minami-Otaritrain
8h 25m¥35,288–75,793Train, fly to Tokyo International Airport
- Take the train from Sapporo to New Chitose Airporttrain
- Fly from New Chitose Airport (CTS) to Tokyo International Airport (HND)plane CTS - HND
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Itoigawatrain
- Take the train from Itoigawa to Minami-Otaritrain
9h 8m¥17,778–49,113Train, fly to Niigata Airport
- Take the train from Sapporo to New Chitose Airporttrain
- Fly from New Chitose Airport (CTS) to Niigata Airport (KIJ)plane CTS - KIJ
- Take the train from Niigata to Naoetsutrain
- Take the train from Itoigawa to Minami-Otaritrain
10h 5m¥22,468–66,213Train
- Take the train from Sapporo to Shin-Hakodate-Hokutotrain
- Take the train from Shin Hakodate Hokuto to Omiya Stationtrain
- Take the train from Omiya Station to Naganotrain
- Take the train from Nagano to Minami-Otaritrain
18h 43m¥21,791–29,259
New Chitose Airport (CTS) to Matsumoto Airport (MMJ) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Sapporo (Station) to Otari is to car ferry and drive which costs ¥4000 - ¥26000 and takes 19h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Sapporo (Station) to Otari is to train and fly which takes 6h 30m and costs ¥27000 - ¥110000.
No, there is no direct train from Sapporo (Station) to Otari. However, there are services departing from Sapporo and arriving at Minami-Otari via Shin Hakodate Hokuto, Morioka, Omiya Station and Itoigawa. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 5m.
The distance between Sapporo (Station) and Otari is 942 km.
The best way to get from Sapporo (Station) to Otari without a car is to train via Morioka which takes 15h 5m and costs ¥22000 - ¥30000.
It takes approximately 6h 30m to get from Sapporo (Station) to Otari, including transfers.
Sapporo (Station) to Otari train services, operated by JR HOKKAIDO (Hokkaido Railway Company), depart from Sapporo station.
Sapporo (Station) to Otari train services, operated by JR HOKKAIDO (Hokkaido Railway Company), arrive at Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto station.
There are 750+ hotels available in Otari.
What companies run services between Sapporo (Station), Japan and Otari, Japan?
You can take a train from Sapporo to Minami-Otari via Shin Hakodate Hokuto, Morioka, Omiya Station, and Itoigawa in around 15h 5m.
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Toyama Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–270,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Toyama Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–270,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Komatsu Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥90,000–180,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Komatsu Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥20,000–220,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥10,000–140,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Niigata Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–140,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Matsumoto Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥20,000–55,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Komatsu Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥33,000–55,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–49,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Niigata Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥17,000–43,000
- Website
- airdo.jp
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥10,000–28,000
- Website
- skymark.co.jp
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥11,000–36,000
- Website
- fujidream.co.jp
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Matsumoto Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥20,000–55,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Niigata Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥17,000–43,000
- Phone
- 011-222-7111
- Website
- JR HOKKAIDO
Train from Sapporo to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–1,400
- Website
- JR HOKKAIDO
Train from Sapporo to Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥6,000–8,000
- Website
- JR HOKKAIDO
Train from Sapporo to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–1,400
- Website
- JR HOKKAIDO
Train from Sapporo to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–1,400
- Website
- JR HOKKAIDO
Train from Sapporo to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–1,400
- Website
- JR HOKKAIDO
Train from Sapporo to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–1,400
- Website
- JR HOKKAIDO
Train from Sapporo to Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥6,000–8,000
- Website
- JR HOKKAIDO
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- JR EAST
Train from Shiojiri to Hakuba
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–1,500
- Website
- JR EAST
Train from Shin Hakodate Hokuto to Morioka
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥4,700–6,500
- Website
- JR EAST
Train from Morioka to Ōmiya
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥6,500–9,000
- Website
- JR EAST
Train from Omiya Station to Itoigawa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥4,200–5,500
- Website
- JR EAST
Train from Shin Hakodate Hokuto to Shin Aomori
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–2,900
- Website
- JR EAST
Train from Toyama to Itoigawa
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–1,500
- Website
- JR EAST
Train from Itoigawa to Minami-Otari
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥600–800
- Website
- JR EAST
Train from Kanazawa to Itoigawa
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–2,600
- Website
- JR EAST
Train from Itoigawa to Minami-Otari
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥600–800
- Website
- JR EAST
Train from Tōkyō Station to Itoigawa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥4,600–6,000
- Website
- JR EAST
Train from Itoigawa to Minami-Otari
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥600–800
- Website
- JR EAST
Train from Niigata to Naoetsu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–2,700
- Website
- JR EAST
Train from Itoigawa to Minami-Otari
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥600–800
- Website
- JR EAST
Train from Shin Hakodate Hokuto to Omiya Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 7m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥11,000–15,000
- Website
- JR EAST
Train from Omiya Station to Nagano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–3,700
- Website
- JR EAST
Train from Nagano to Minami-Otari
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–2,600
- Website
- JR EAST
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- JR HOKKAIDO
Train from Itoigawa to Minami-Otari
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥600–900
- Website
- JR HOKKAIDO
- Website
- JR EAST
- Website
- JR CENTRAL
- Website
- JR WEST
- Website
- JR SHIKOKU
- Website
- JR KYUSHU
Train from Itoigawa to Minami-Otari
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥600–900
- Website
- JR HOKKAIDO
- Website
- JR EAST
- Website
- JR CENTRAL
- Website
- JR WEST
- Website
- JR SHIKOKU
- Website
- JR KYUSHU
Train from Itoigawa to Minami-Otari
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥600–900
- Website
- JR HOKKAIDO
- Website
- JR EAST
- Website
- JR CENTRAL
- Website
- JR WEST
- Website
- JR SHIKOKU
- Website
- JR KYUSHU
Train from Itoigawa to Minami-Otari
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥600–900
- Website
- JR HOKKAIDO
- Website
- JR EAST
- Website
- JR CENTRAL
- Website
- JR WEST
- Website
- JR SHIKOKU
- Website
- JR KYUSHU
- 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
- secure.j-bus.co.jp
- Phone
- 0570ー000448
- Website
- jrbustohoku.co.jp
Bus from Aomori to Tokyo Station Nihonbashi Exit
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥6,500–11,000
- Schedules at
- jrbustohoku.co.jp
- Adult
- ¥6,500–11,000
- Phone
- 050-3802-1547
- Website
- jamjamliner.jp
Bus from Tokyo Station Kajibashi to Hakuba Cortina Hotel
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥7,000–11,000
- Schedules at
- jamjamliner.jp
- 4 seats per row
- ¥7,000–11,000
- Website
- snf.jp
Car ferry from Otaru to Niigata
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- ¥7,000–19,000
- Schedules at
- snf.jp
- 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
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