Two days: Sapporo or Hakodate?
Stay one night in Sapporo for park walks and city views, or Hakodate for night scenery between two seas and fort views. The Sapporo itinerary uses New Chitose Airport; Hakodate uses Hakodate Airport. Allow for airport travel and departure procedures first on the final day. Sightsee only if you can still arrive by the time advised by your airline.
Choose a 2 days, 1 night itinerary
Central Sapporo and city views
Choose this for city parks and observation decks in Sapporo. It avoids long journeys to other cities on airport transfer days.
Central Sapporo and city views →2 days, 1 night BHakodate night views and Goryokaku
Stay one night near Hakodate Station, see the summit night view on day 1 and Goryokaku on day 2. This suits a short trip using Hakodate Airport with those two attractions as your priorities.
Hakodate night views and Goryokaku →Central Sapporo and city views
Choose this for city parks and observation decks in Sapporo. It avoids long journeys to other cities on airport transfer days.
Day 1 | Odori Park and TV Tower after arrival
Walk in Odori Park and see central Sapporo from the TV Tower. Reduce the first day’s sightseeing if you arrive late; visit the Clock Tower the following morning.
- International arrivals: 2nd-floor Arrivals → 2nd-floor walkway towards the Domestic Terminal
After immigration and baggage collection, follow the connecting walkway towards the Domestic Terminal. For a domestic arrival, skip this step and start with the route down to the JR station.
- Domestic Terminal → New Chitose Airport Station on basement level 1
Follow JR signs down to New Chitose Airport Station on basement level 1. The airport guide shows escalator and elevator routes from the Domestic Terminal’s 2nd floor.
- New Chitose Airport Station → Airport train towards Sapporo → JR Sapporo Station
Take an Airport train towards Sapporo and get off at Sapporo Station. The reference adult one-way non-reserved fare is JPY 1,230; check the official fare or on-site display for your date. Reserved seats in car 4 carry an extra charge.
- JR Sapporo Station → Namboku Line Sapporo Station → Odori Station
Walk to Sapporo Station on the Namboku Line and board towards Makomanai. Get off one stop later at Odori and walk towards the east end of the park.
- Odori Station → Walk in eastern Odori Park
Explore the city on foot around the east end of Odori Park, where the TV Tower stands.
- Eastern Odori Park → Choose tickets at the TV Tower’s 3rd-floor counter
Enter the tower on the 1st floor and go to the ticket counter on the 3rd floor. An individual adult observation deck ticket costs JPY 1,200. If you can also visit the Clock Tower interior the next day, compare the JPY 1,300 combined ticket. Read the sales and validity conditions in the cost section below before buying.
- TV Tower 3rd-floor ticket counter → Visit the observation deck, then return towards the park
After buying your ticket, visit the observation deck and come back down. Last admission is 21:50; skip the deck on inspection days. Keep the Clock Tower ticket for the next day if you bought the combined ticket.
- Returning to an Odori hotel: Odori or Susukino → Odori Station → hotel
Walk to your hotel after dinner in Odori. From Susukino, take the Namboku Line towards Asabu · 麻生 one stop to Odori, then walk to your hotel.
- Returning to a Sapporo Station hotel: Odori or Susukino → Namboku Line Sapporo Station → hotel
Take the Namboku Line towards Asabu. Get off at Sapporo one stop from Odori or two stops from Susukino. Use your hotel’s recommended exit and walk there.
Dinner options: after the TV Tower, eat in Odori or Susukino according to which makes the return to your hotel easier. Choose a restaurant and mealtime around your hotel location. Meals are excluded from the subtotal. Skip arrival-day sightseeing if you arrive late. Leave only the Clock Tower and airport journey for the final day; don’t add the TV Tower then. If you cannot visit both attractions, choose individual tickets rather than the combined ticket.
Day 2 | Clock Tower, then New Chitose Airport
Visit the Clock Tower interior before travelling to New Chitose Airport on the final day.
- From a Sapporo Station hotel to the Clock Tower → JR Sapporo Station → underground walkway exit 9
Walk from your hotel to JR Sapporo Station, follow the underground walkway towards Odori and leave via exit 9. The Clock Tower is about 10 minutes from the JR station, excluding the hotel-to-station walk. Continue on foot from the exit to the tower.
- From an Odori hotel to the Clock Tower → Exit on the City Hall side → Clock Tower
Walk towards City Hall from your hotel. The Clock Tower is about 5 minutes from Odori Station’s City Hall-side exit, excluding the walk from your hotel to that exit.
- Clock Tower entrance → Show or buy your ticket and visit the interior
The Clock Tower opens at 08:45 and is closed on 1–3 January. Show your combined ticket, or buy an individual adult ticket for JPY 350.
Clock Tower official admission: fees, opening and last entryAdmission and opening hours
- Clock Tower to airport: via Sapporo Station → JR Sapporo Station
Walk from the Clock Tower to JR Sapporo Station. If your hotel is storing your bags, collect them first and allow the extra time in your airport plan.
- Clock Tower to airport: via Odori → Namboku Line Odori Station → Sapporo Station
Walk from the Clock Tower to Odori Station. Collect bags from your hotel first if stored there. Take the Namboku Line towards Asabu one stop to Sapporo, then walk to the JR station.
- JR Sapporo Station → Train towards New Chitose Airport → New Chitose Airport Station
Take a train to New Chitose Airport and get off at the terminus. Allow for waiting and the journey from the airport station to Departures separately from the train ride.
- New Chitose Airport Station, basement level 1 → Domestic Terminal, 2nd floor
Follow airport signs up to the Domestic Terminal’s 2nd floor. For a domestic flight, go to your airline’s departure counter; for an international flight, continue to the international connecting walkway.
Airport JR access guideNew Chitose Airport official floor map, as of 2026-09-17
- International departures: Domestic Terminal, 2nd floor → 2nd-floor connecting walkway → International Terminal
Follow the 2nd-floor walkway towards the International Terminal. Leaving the station does not mean you’ve reached International Departures; allow time to walk between terminals.
- International Terminal, 2nd floor → 3rd-floor Departures and airline counters
Follow departure signs up to the 3rd floor and find your booked airline’s counter. Follow the airline’s date-specific advice for time needed for check-in, baggage drop, security and departure immigration.
Do not add the TV Tower on the final day if you missed it on arrival. Compare individual tickets rather than the combined ticket if you won’t visit both attractions.
Included: Clock Tower and TV Tower JPY 1,550 + return airport JR fare JPY 2,460
Extra: Flights, accommodation, meals, luggage storage, shopping and Sapporo subway fares. The airport JR calculation uses the one-way non-reserved fare of JPY 1,230; check the official fare or on-site display for your date. Extra charges for reserved seats in car 4 are excluded. Attraction costs use standard individual admission.
If you visit both the Clock Tower and TV Tower within the combined ticket’s sales and validity period, the adult combined ticket of JPY 1,300 + return non-reserved airport JR fare of JPY 2,460 = JPY 3,760. Both attractions sell the combined ticket, which can be used the next day within its validity. A ticket bought on 31 March 2027 cannot be used on 1 April. Skip the relevant visit on Clock Tower closure or TV Tower inspection days. Compare individual tickets for just one attraction. Skipping the TV Tower removes JPY 1,200 from the standard subtotal.
Clock Tower official admission: fees, opening and last entryAdmission and opening hoursJR official access and timetablesJR standard fares
Hakodate night views and Goryokaku
Stay one night near Hakodate Station, see the summit night view on day 1 and Goryokaku on day 2. This suits a short trip using Hakodate Airport with those two attractions as your priorities.
Day 1 | Arrive in Hakodate and see the night view
See Hakodate and the sea on both sides from Mount Hakodate on day 1. After travelling from the airport to the city, time your ascent around ropeway operations and sunset.
- Hakodate Airport Arrivals → Airport bus stop 2
After collecting your bags, leave through an exit near Arrivals and go to stop 2. Confirm the route number and destination for express route 8 towards Hakodate Station.
Hakodate Bus: airport to stationAirport stop official timetable
- Airport stop 2 → Express route 8 → Hakodate Station
Take express route 8 confirmed for your date and get off at Hakodate Station. It takes about 25 minutes without a transfer and costs JPY 500 one way for adults. Bus waits are excluded from the ride time.
Hakodate Bus: airport to stationAirport stop official timetable
- Tram stop outside Hakodate Station → Routes 2 or 5 → Jujigai
After leaving the airport bus, walk to the tram stop. Board towards Yachigashira or Hakodate Dock-mae and get off at Jujigai. The adult one-way fare is JPY 250.
- Jujigai tram stop → Ropeway lower station
Walk uphill for about 10 minutes to the ropeway’s lower station. If the ropeway is suspended, walk about 5 minutes from Jujigai towards the waterfront and explore Kanemori Red Brick Warehouse. For the return, take a tram towards Yunokawa from Jujigai and get off at Hakodate Station.
Access mapOfficial suspension noticeHakodate City tourism guide
- Ropeway lower station → 1st-floor ticketing → 3rd-floor boarding lobby
Buy an adult return ticket for JPY 1,800 on the 1st floor, then go up to the 3rd-floor boarding lobby. Check operations, the last downward ropeway and return tram times for your date.
- Lower station, 3rd floor → Ropeway → summit station
Follow boarding instructions and ride to the summit station. The ride takes about 3 minutes; allow separately for ticketing and queues.
- Summit station → Night view from the observation deck
Look over Hakodate and the sea from the observation deck. Finish in time for the last downward ride and return tram you checked earlier.
- Summit station → Downward ropeway → lower station
Take the ropeway back to the lower station. Allow for queues rather than staying until just before the last downward ride.
- Lower station → Walk to Jujigai tram stop
Return to Jujigai along the route you walked up. Leave time to catch a tram back to the station.
- Jujigai tram stop → Tram towards Yunokawa → Hakodate Station
Take a tram towards Yunokawa and get off at Hakodate Station. The adult one-way fare is JPY 250. Eat near the station, then return to your booked hotel.
If you arrive too late for express route 8, check another airport transport option. Skip the first night’s view rather than postponing it to the evening of departure day.
Day 2 | Goryokaku in the morning, then airport
Visit Goryokaku Tower when it opens at 09:00, then head to Hakodate Airport.
- Hakodate Station tram stop → Tram towards Yunokawa → Goryokaku-koen-mae
Take a tram towards Yunokawa and get off at Goryokaku-koen-mae. The adult one-way fare is JPY 270.
- Goryokaku-koen-mae tram stop → Goryokaku Tower entrance
Walk about 10 minutes from the stop to the tower. Allow separately for this walk after leaving the tram.
- Goryokaku Tower → 1st-floor ticketing and observation deck visit
After the 09:00 opening, buy an adult ticket for JPY 1,200 on the 1st floor and see the star-shaped fort. Finish your visit in time for the airport bus.
- Goryokaku Tower → Walk to Goryokaku-koen-mae tram stop
Return along the same route to Goryokaku-koen-mae tram stop. Include the tower-to-stop walk in your plan.
- Goryokaku-koen-mae → Tram → Hakodate Station
Take a tram towards Yachigashira or Hakodate Dock-mae and get off at Hakodate Station. The adult one-way fare is JPY 270. Collect any bags stored at your hotel before going to the airport bus stop.
- Bus stops outside Hakodate Station → Airport-bound stop 3
Go to stop 3 outside the station and confirm the route number and destination for airport-bound express route 8.
Hakodate Bus: station to airportStation stop official timetable
- Stop 3 outside the station → Express route 8 → Hakodate Airport
Board the airport-bound express route 8 you selected and get off at the airport. The direct ride takes about 25 minutes and costs JPY 500 one way for adults. Allow separately for waiting, traffic delays and departure procedures.
Hakodate Bus: station to airportStation stop official timetable
- After arriving at Hakodate Airport → Your booked airline’s departure counter
Follow airport departure signs to your airline’s counter. Follow the airline’s date-specific deadlines for check-in, baggage drop, security and international departure immigration.
Check with: your airline’s airport counter and departure-procedure deadlines
Goryokaku Tower opens at 09:00. Skip final-day sightseeing if you cannot finish in time for the airport bus.
Included: Goryokaku Tower and return ropeway JPY 3,000 + return express route 8 JPY 1,000 + return trams over two days JPY 1,040
Extra: Flights, accommodation, meals, luggage storage and shopping. Changing the visit order or transport sections also changes fares. Attraction costs use standard individual admission.
If maintenance or strong winds suspend the ropeway, replace the first day’s summit view with a warehouse-area walk. Keeping the listed transport but skipping the ropeway gives a subtotal of JPY 3,240 per adult. The displayed subtotal uses express route 8. After checking the actual service, stops and applicable dates, switching to the shuttle adds JPY 200 for each one-way journey replaced.
Admission and hoursFares and hoursAirport guideTram fares, revised 2025-12-01Official suspension noticeHakodate Bus: airport to stationHakodate Bus: station to airport
Frequently asked questions
Can I sightsee on day 2 with a morning flight?
For a morning flight, skip day 2 sightseeing and go to the airport. Choose a train or bus that meets your airline’s advised arrival time. Allow for collecting bags if stored at the hotel.
JR official access and timetablesClock Tower official admission: fees, opening and last entryAdmission and hoursHakodate Bus: station to airportStation stop official timetable
Official sources and dates checked
- Official suspension notice ·
- Sapporo tourism guide ·
- Admission and opening hours ·
- Getting there ·
- Facility’s station-exit guide ·
- JR standard fares ·
- Admission and hours ·
- Access ·
- Tram fares, revised 2025-12-01 ·
- Fares and hours ·
- Access map ·
- Lower station floor guide ·
- Hakodate City tourism guide ·
- JR official access and timetables ·
- Airport JR access guide ·
- Subway route map ·
- Airport guide ·
- Tram guide ·
- Clock Tower official admission: fees, opening and last entry ·
- Hakodate Bus: airport to station ·
- Hakodate Bus: station to airport ·
- Airport stop official timetable ·
- Station stop official timetable ·
- New Chitose Airport official floor map, as of 2026-09-17 ·