What is the main airport in Hokkaido?

New Chitose Airport
New Chitose Airport (CTS) is Hokkaido’s main international airport, located near the capital of the prefecture: Sapporo city.

Where do you fly into for Hokkaido?

The most common way for international tourists to travel to Hokkaido is to fly into New Chitose Airport (Sapporo). This is the closest airport to the very popular Niseko ski resort, and most visitors to other Hokkaido ski resorts also use Sapporo as the gateway airport.

Does Hokkaido have an international airport?

Three main Hokkaido airports: New Chitose Airport (CTS), Hakodate Airport (HKD), and Asahikawa Airport (AKJ) With several direct international flights, New Chitose Airport is well-known as the gateway to Hokkaido.

How many airports are there in Sapporo?

Two airports serve the city of Sapporo in Japan, the New Chitose Airport (CTS) and Okadama Airport (OKD). New Chitose Airport is the main international airport serving Sapporo metropolitan area.

How long is the flight from Tokyo to Hokkaido?

The total flight duration from Tokyo, Japan to Hokkaido is 1 hour, 32 minutes.

Does Kyoto have an airport?

Kansai International Airport (関西国際空港, Kansai Kokusai Kūkō, commonly known as Kankū (関空)) (IATA: KIX, ICAO: RJBB) is the primary international airport in the Greater Osaka Area of Japan and the closest international airport to the cities of Osaka, Kyoto, and Kobe.

What is the main airport in Japan?

Narita
Japan’s most important international airports are Tokyo’s Narita and Haneda airports, Osaka’s Kansai Airport and Nagoya’s Central Japan Airport. Japan’s next largest international airports are Fukuoka Airport, Sapporo’s New Chitose Airport and Naha Airport in Okinawa.

Why is Sapporo so cold?

In winter, Siberian currents prevail, which pick up moisture when passing over the Sea of Japan, so the temperature is almost permanently below freezing (0 °C or 32 °F), and it snows about every day or so. Sapporo is one of the snowiest cities in the world.

Does Sapporo have an international airport?

New Chitose Airport (新千歳空港, Shin-Chitose Kūkō) (IATA: CTS, ICAO: RJCC) is an international airport located 2.7 NM (5.0 km; 3.1 mi) south-southeast of Chitose and Tomakomai, Hokkaidō, Japan, serving the Sapporo metropolitan area. By both traffic and land area, it is the largest airport in Hokkaidō.

Is there a bullet train from Tokyo to Hokkaido?

The new Hokkaido Shinkansen travels the 825 km (513 miles) from Tokyo to near Hakodate, Hokkaido’s southern port city, in just over four hours. It’s another approximately 20 minutes by a connector train into Hakodate proper.

How much is the bullet train from Tokyo to Hokkaido?

Take the JR Tohoku/Hokkaido Shinkansen from Tokyo to Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto (4 hours) and transfer to the Hokuto limited express to Sapporo (3.5 hours). The entire one way trip costs around 29,000 yen and takes around eight hours. It is fully covered by the Japan Rail Pass and JR East South Hokkaido Rail Pass.

What airport do I fly into for Kyoto?

Osaka International Airport
Osaka International Airport (Itami; ITM): The closest airport to Kyoto – 50 minutes by convenient airport limousine bus. Serves mostly domestic flights (many airlines will fly you here free from Narita if you fly with them internationally).