There are 10 ways to get from Sapporo to Kurashiki by train, plane, car ferry, car, bus, or night bus
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Train, fly to Okayama Airport
best- Take the train from Sapporo to New Chitose Airporttrain
- Fly from New Chitose Airport (CTS) to Okayama Airport (OKJ)plane CTS - OKJ
5h 10m¥37,728–72,543Car ferry, drive
cheapest- Take the car ferry from Otaru to Maizurucarferry
- Drive from Maizuru to Kurashikicar
24h 49m¥4,473–31,828Train 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 Tōkyō Stationtrain
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Okayamatrain
16h 17mBus, train, night 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 Moriokatrain
- Take the bus from Morioka to Sendaibus
- Take the night bus from Sendai to Meitetsu Bus Centernightbus
- Take the bus from Nagoya Station Shinkansen Exit to Kurashikibus
28h 11m¥27,300–34,800Train, fly to Kobe
- Take the train from Sapporo to New Chitose Airporttrain
- Fly from New Chitose Airport (CTS) to Kobe (UKB)plane CTS - UKB
- Take the train from Shin Kobe to Okayamatrain
5h 50m¥15,608–84,993Train, fly to Osaka International Airport
- Take the train from Sapporo to New Chitose Airporttrain
- Fly from New Chitose Airport (CTS) to Osaka International Airport (ITM)plane CTS - ITM
- Take the train from Shin Osaka to Okayamatrain
5h 33m¥19,058–55,583Train, fly to Hiroshima Airport, bus
- Take the train from Sapporo to New Chitose Airporttrain
- Fly from New Chitose Airport (CTS) to Hiroshima Airport (HIJ)plane CTS - HIJ
- Take the bus from Hiroshima Airport to Hiroshima Shinkansen-Guchibus
- Take the train from Hiroshima to Okayamatrain
5h 58m¥20,858–66,183Train, fly to Takamatsu Airport
- Take the train from Sapporo to New Chitose Airporttrain
- Fly from New Chitose Airport (CTS) to Takamatsu Airport (TAK)plane CTS - TAK
- Take the train from Takamatsu(Kagawa) to Chayamachitrain
8h 47m¥22,938–58,863Train
- Take the train from Sapporo to Shin-Hakodate-Hokutotrain
- Take the train from Shin Hakodate Hokuto to Tōkyō Stationtrain
- Take the train from Tōkyō Station to Okayamatrain
17h 14mCar ferry, bus
- Take the car ferry from Otaru to Maizurucarferry
- Take the bus from Maizuru Ferry Terminal to Sannomiya Bus Terminalbus
- Take the bus from Sannomiya BT to Kurashikibus
31h 47m¥6,187–32,613
New Chitose Airport (CTS) to Okayama Airport (OKJ) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sapporo to Kurashiki is to car ferry and drive which costs ¥4400 - ¥32000 and takes 24h 49m.
The fastest way to get from Sapporo to Kurashiki is to train and fly which takes 5h 10m and costs ¥37000 - ¥75000.
No, there is no direct train from Sapporo to Kurashiki. However, there are services departing from Sapporo and arriving at Kurashiki via Shin Hakodate Hokuto, Morioka, Tōkyō Station and Okayama. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 17m.
The distance between Sapporo and Kurashiki is 1190 km.
The best way to get from Sapporo to Kurashiki without a car is to train via Morioka which takes 16h 17m and costs .
It takes approximately 5h 10m to get from Sapporo to Kurashiki, including transfers.
Sapporo to Kurashiki train services, operated by JR HOKKAIDO (Hokkaido Railway Company), depart from Sapporo station.
Sapporo to Kurashiki train services, operated by JR HOKKAIDO (Hokkaido Railway Company), arrive at Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto station.
There are 348+ hotels available in Kurashiki.
What companies run services between Sapporo, Japan and Kurashiki, Japan?
You can take a train from Sapporo to Kurashiki via Shin Hakodate Hokuto, Morioka, Tōkyō Station, and Okayama in around 16h 17m.
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Okayama Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–270,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Okayama Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–290,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Kobe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–260,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Kobe via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–270,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Osaka International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–220,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Osaka International Airport via Akita
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–220,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Osaka International Airport via Aomori
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–220,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Hiroshima Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–280,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Hiroshima Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–300,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Takamatsu Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–280,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Takamatsu Airport via Hakodate, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–280,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Okayama Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥17,000–95,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Osaka International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥15,000–55,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Hiroshima Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥16,000–70,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Hiroshima Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥16,000–70,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Takamatsu Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥17,000–95,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Takamatsu Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥20,000–55,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Takamatsu Airport via Aomori, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥17,000–95,000
- Website
- skymark.co.jp
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Kobe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–42,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Kobe via Ibaraki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–42,000
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Kobe via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–42,000
- Website
- airdo.jp
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Kobe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥12,000–34,000
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Takamatsu Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥20,000–55,000
- Website
- en.airbusan.com
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Takamatsu Airport via Gimhae
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥8,500–110,000
- Phone
- 011-222-7111
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Sapporo to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–1,400
- Website
- https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/index.html
Train from Sapporo to Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥6,000–8,000
- Website
- https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/index.html
Train from Sapporo to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–1,400
- Website
- https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/index.html
Train from Sapporo to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–1,400
- Website
- https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/index.html
Train from Sapporo to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–1,400
- Website
- https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/index.html
Train from Sapporo to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–1,400
- Website
- https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/index.html
Train from Sapporo to Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥6,000–8,000
- Website
- https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/index.html
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jreast.co.jp
Train from Shin Hakodate Hokuto to Morioka
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥4,700–6,500
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/
Train from Morioka to Tōkyō Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥7,000–9,500
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/
Train from Shin Hakodate Hokuto to Morioka
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥4,700–6,500
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/
Train from Shin Hakodate Hokuto to Tōkyō Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥11,000–16,000
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/
- Phone
- 050-3772-3910
- Website
- jr-central.co.jp
Train from Tōkyō Station to Okayama
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Schedules at
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
Train from Shin Kobe to Okayama
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Schedules at
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
Train from Shin Osaka to Okayama
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Schedules at
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
Train from Hiroshima to Okayama
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Schedules at
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
Train from Tōkyō Station to Okayama
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Schedules at
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
- Phone
- 0570-00-2486
- Website
- westjr.co.jp
Train from Shin Kobe to Okayama
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–2,800
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
Train from Shin Osaka to Okayama
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–3,300
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
Train from Hiroshima to Okayama
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–3,000
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Takamatsu(Kagawa) to Chayamachi
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–1,400
- Website
- https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/index.html
- 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/
- 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 Morioka to Sendai
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥3,300
- Schedules at
- jrbustohoku.co.jp
- Website
- miyakou.co.jp
Night bus from Sendai to Meitetsu Bus Center
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥9,500–12,000
- Schedules at
- miyakou.co.jp
- Adult
- ¥9,500–12,000
- Phone
- 052-582-5151
- Website
- meitetsu-bus.co.jp
Bus from Nagoya Station Shinkansen Exit to Kurashiki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ¥4,800–8,000
- Schedules at
- meitetsu-bus.co.jp
- Phone
- 0570-010-666
- Website
- chugoku-jrbus.co.jp
Bus from Hiroshima Airport to Hiroshima Shinkansen-Guchi
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,450
- Schedules at
- chugoku-jrbus.co.jp
- Phone
- 03-5755-2151
- Website
- nihon-kotsu.co.jp
Bus from Maizuru Ferry Terminal to Sannomiya Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥2,450
- Schedules at
- nihonkotsu.co.jp
- Phone
- 0570-08-5050
- Website
- ryobi-holdings.jp
Bus from Sannomiya BT to Kurashiki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- ¥3,050
- Schedules at
- ryobi-holdings.jp
- Phone
- (086)222-6601
- Website
- chutetsu-bus.co.jp
Bus from Sannomiya BT to Kurashiki
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ¥3,000–4,200
- Schedules at
- chutetsu-bus.co.jp
- Website
- snf.jp
Car ferry from Otaru to Maizuru
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥11,000–25,000
- Schedules at
- snf.jp
- 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
Car ferry from Otaru to Maizuru
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥11,000–25,000
- Schedules at
- snf.jp
- 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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