Sapporo or Hakodate for a 2-day trip?
Stay 1 night in Sapporo for parks and city views, or in Hakodate for night scenery between two stretches of sea and fortress views. The Sapporo route uses New Chitose Airport; the Hakodate route uses Hakodate Airport. First allow for airport travel and departure procedures on your final day. Sightsee only if you can reach the airport by your airline's required time.
Choose a 2 days / 1 night itinerary
Central Sapporo and city views
Choose this for parks and observation decks in central Sapporo. Airport travel days do not involve long journeys to another city.
Central Sapporo and city views →2 days / 1 night BHakodate night views and Goryokaku
Stay 1 night near Hakodate Station, see the mountain night view on day 1 and Goryokaku from above on day 2. This suits a short trip through Hakodate Airport focused on those two sights.
Hakodate night views and Goryokaku →Central Sapporo and city views
Choose this for parks and observation decks in central Sapporo. Airport travel days do not involve long journeys to another city.
Day 1 | Odori Park and TV Tower after arrival
Walk in Odori Park and see central Sapporo from the TV Tower observation deck on arrival day. Shorten sightseeing if you arrive late, and visit the Clock Tower the next morning.
- International arrival: floor 2 arrivals hall → Floor 2 connecting passage towards the domestic terminal
After immigration and baggage collection, follow the connecting passage towards the domestic terminal. If you arrive on a domestic flight, skip this step and start with the route down from the domestic terminal to the JR station.
- Domestic terminal → New Chitose Airport Station, basement floor 1
Follow JR signs down to New Chitose Airport Station on basement floor 1. The airport guide shows escalator and lift routes from domestic-terminal floor 2.
- New Chitose Airport Station → Sapporo-bound Airport train → JR Sapporo Station
Take a Sapporo-bound Airport train and get off at Sapporo. The reference adult one-way unreserved fare is 1,230 yen; check the official fare or station display for your date. Reserved seats in car 4 cost extra.
- JR Sapporo Station → Namboku Line Sapporo → Odori
Go to Sapporo Station on the Namboku Line and take a Makomanai-bound train. Get off one stop later at Odori and walk towards the east end of the park.
- Odori Station → Walk in eastern Odori Park
Explore central Sapporo on a walk through the eastern part of Odori Park, where the TV Tower stands.
- Eastern Odori Park → Choose a ticket at the TV Tower's third-floor counter
Enter on the tower's first floor and go to the third-floor ticket counter. A separate adult observation-deck ticket costs 1,200 yen. If you can also visit inside the Clock Tower the next day, compare the 1,300-yen combined ticket. Read the sales and validity conditions in the cost section below before buying.
- TV Tower third-floor ticket counter → Visit the deck, then return towards the park
Buy your ticket, visit the deck and come back down. Last admission is 21:50; skip the deck on inspection closure dates. If you bought a combined ticket, keep the Clock Tower ticket for the next day.
- Returning to an Odori hotel: from Odori or Susukino → Odori Station → hotel
After dinner in Odori, walk to your hotel. From Susukino, take the Namboku Line one stop towards Asabu · 麻生, get off at Odori and walk to the hotel.
- Returning to a Sapporo Station hotel: from Odori or Susukino → Namboku Line Sapporo Station → hotel
Take an Asabu-bound Namboku Line train. Sapporo is one stop from Odori or two from Susukino. Use the exit recommended by your hotel and walk there.
Dinner: after the TV Tower, choose Odori or Susukino according to the easiest route back to your hotel. Pick a restaurant and time that suit your base. Meals are excluded from the subtotal. Skip arrival-day sightseeing if you arrive late. Keep the last day to the Clock Tower and airport journey; do not add the TV Tower. If you cannot visit both attractions, choose an individual ticket rather than the combined ticket.
Day 2 | Clock Tower, then New Chitose Airport
Visit inside the Clock Tower, then travel to New Chitose Airport on the last 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, then follow the underground walkway towards Odori and use exit 9. The station-to-Clock Tower walk takes about 10 minutes; the hotel-to-station walk is extra. Continue from the exit to the Clock Tower.
- From an Odori hotel to the Clock Tower → City Hall side exit → Clock Tower
Walk from your hotel towards City Hall. The Clock Tower is about 5 minutes from the City Hall side exit of Odori Station. Add the walk from your hotel to that exit.
- Clock Tower entrance → Show or buy a ticket, then visit inside
The Clock Tower opens at 08:45 and closes on 1–3 January. Show your combined ticket if you have one, or buy a 350-yen adult individual ticket.
Clock Tower: official admission, opening and last-entry informationAdmission and hours
- Clock Tower to airport: via Sapporo Station → JR Sapporo Station
Walk from the Clock Tower to JR Sapporo Station. If you left luggage at the hotel, collect it first and allow extra time for the airport journey.
- Clock Tower to airport: via Odori → Namboku Line Odori → Sapporo
Walk from the Clock Tower to Odori Station, collecting hotel luggage first if needed. Take an Asabu-bound Namboku Line train one stop to Sapporo, then walk to the JR station.
- JR Sapporo Station → New Chitose Airport-bound train → airport station
Take a New Chitose Airport-bound train to the terminus. Train waits and the walk from the airport station to departures are additional to the ride.
- New Chitose Airport Station, basement floor 1 → Domestic terminal, floor 2
Follow airport signs up to domestic-terminal floor 2. For a domestic departure, go to your airline's counter. For an international departure, continue along the connecting passage towards the international terminal.
Airport: JR access guideNew Chitose Airport: official floor map dated 2026-09-17
- International departure: domestic-terminal floor 2 → Floor 2 connecting passage → international terminal
Follow the floor 2 connecting passage towards the international terminal. Leaving the station does not mean you have reached international departures; allow for the walk between terminals.
- International terminal, floor 2 → Floor 3 departures and airline counters
Follow departure signs up to floor 3 and go to your booked airline's counter. Follow the airline's guidance for your date when allowing time for check-in, baggage drop, security and departure immigration.
Do not add the TV Tower to the last day if you missed it on arrival. Compare individual tickets rather than a combined ticket if you will not visit both attractions.
Included: Clock Tower and TV Tower: 1,550 yen + return airport JR: 2,460 yen
Extra costs: Flights, accommodation, meals, luggage storage, shopping and Sapporo subway travel are excluded. Airport JR uses the reference 1,230-yen one-way unreserved fare; check official fares or station displays for your date. The car 4 Airport reserved-seat supplement is excluded. Attraction costs use standard individual admission.
If you visit both attractions within the combined ticket's sales and validity conditions, the adult combined ticket is 1,300 yen + return unreserved airport JR 2,460 yen = 3,760 yen. Both attractions sell the ticket, and it can be used the next day within 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 dates; compare individual tickets if visiting only one. Skipping the TV Tower removes its 1,200-yen individual admission from the standard total.
Clock Tower: official admission, opening and last-entry informationAdmission and hoursJR: official access and timetablesStandard JR fares
Hakodate night views and Goryokaku
Stay 1 night near Hakodate Station, see the mountain night view on day 1 and Goryokaku from above on day 2. This suits a short trip through Hakodate Airport focused on those two sights.
Day 1 | Arrive in Hakodate and see the night view
Look over Hakodate and the sea on both sides from Mount Hakodate on day 1. After travelling into the city, time your ascent to ropeway services and sunset.
- Hakodate Airport arrivals → Airport bus stop 2
After collecting luggage, leave through an exit near arrivals and go to stop 2. Check the route number and destination for the rapid route 8 service to Hakodate Station.
Hakodate Bus: airport-to-station guideOfficial timetable at the airport stop
- Airport stop 2 → Rapid route 8 → Hakodate Station
Take the rapid route 8 service checked for your date and get off at Hakodate Station. The direct ride takes about 25 minutes and costs adults 500 yen one way. Bus waits are extra.
Hakodate Bus: airport-to-station guideOfficial timetable at the airport stop
- Hakodate-ekimae tram stop → Routes 2 or 5 → Jujigai
After the airport bus, walk to the tram stop. Take a tram towards Yachigashira or Hakodate Dock and get off at Jujigai. The adult one-way fare is 250 yen.
- 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. Afterwards, take a Yunokawa-bound tram from Jujigai to Hakodate-ekimae.
Access mapOfficial service-suspension noticeHakodate City tourism guide
- Ropeway lower station → Floor 1 tickets → floor 3 boarding lobby
Buy an adult return ticket for 1,800 yen on floor 1, then go to the floor 3 boarding lobby. Check services, the last downward ropeway and return tram for your date.
- Lower station, floor 3 → Ropeway → summit station
Follow signs to board the ropeway and get off at the summit station. The ride takes about 3 minutes; ticketing and queues are extra.
- Summit station → Night views from the observation deck
Look over Hakodate and the sea from the observation deck. Finish in time for the last downward ropeway 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 at the deck until just before the last descent.
- Lower station → Walk to Jujigai tram stop
Retrace your route to Jujigai tram stop and leave time to catch the tram back to the station.
- Jujigai tram stop → Yunokawa-bound tram → Hakodate-ekimae
Take a Yunokawa-bound tram to Hakodate-ekimae; the adult one-way fare is 250 yen. Have dinner near the station and return to your booked hotel.
If you arrive too late for the rapid route 8 bus, check another airport transport option. Skip the day 1 night view rather than moving it to departure evening.
Day 2 | Morning at Goryokaku, then the airport
Visit Goryokaku Tower, which opens at 09:00, then travel to Hakodate Airport.
- Hakodate-ekimae tram stop → Yunokawa-bound tram → Goryokaku-koen-mae
Take a Yunokawa-bound tram to Goryokaku-koen-mae. The adult one-way fare is 270 yen.
- Goryokaku-koen-mae tram stop → Goryokaku Tower entrance
Walk about 10 minutes from the stop to the tower. Allow separately for this walk after getting off the tram.
- Goryokaku Tower → Floor 1 tickets and observation deck
After the tower opens at 09:00, buy a 1,200-yen adult ticket on floor 1 and see the star-shaped fortress from above. Finish in time for your airport bus.
- Goryokaku Tower → Walk back to Goryokaku-koen-mae tram stop
Retrace your route to Goryokaku-koen-mae tram stop. Include the tower-to-stop walk in your plan.
- Goryokaku-koen-mae → Tram → Hakodate-ekimae
Take a tram towards Yachigashira or Hakodate Dock and get off at Hakodate-ekimae. The adult one-way fare is 270 yen. Collect any luggage left 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 check the route number and destination for the airport-bound rapid route 8 bus.
Hakodate Bus: station-to-airport guideOfficial timetable at the station stop
- Stop 3 outside the station → Rapid route 8 → Hakodate Airport
Take the airport-bound rapid route 8 service you selected and get off at the airport. The direct journey takes about 25 minutes and costs adults 500 yen one way. Allow extra for waits, road delays and departure procedures.
Hakodate Bus: station-to-airport guideOfficial timetable at the station stop
- After arrival at Hakodate Airport → Your airline's departure counter
Follow departure signs to your booked airline's counter. Use the airline's guidance for your date for check-in, baggage drop, security and international departure immigration deadlines.
Check with your airline: airport counter and departure deadlines
Goryokaku Tower opens at 09:00. Skip last-day sightseeing if you cannot finish in time for the airport bus.
Included: Goryokaku Tower and return ropeway: 3,000 yen + return rapid route 8: 1,000 yen + return trams over two days: 1,040 yen
Extra costs: Flights, accommodation, meals, luggage storage and shopping are excluded. Transport costs change if you alter the visit order or journeys. Attraction costs use standard individual admission.
If maintenance or strong winds suspend the ropeway, replace the first day's mountain visit with a warehouse-area walk and skip the summit night view. Without the ropeway but with the same transport above, the subtotal is 3,240 yen per adult. The displayed subtotal uses rapid route 8. If you switch to the shuttle after checking the actual service, stop and applicable date, add 200 yen for each one-way journey you change.
Admission and hoursFares and hoursAirport guideTram fares · revised 2025-12-01Official service-suspension noticeHakodate Bus: airport-to-station guideHakodate Bus: station-to-airport guide
Frequently asked questions
Can I sightsee on day 2 before a morning flight?
For a morning departure, skip day 2 sightseeing and go to the airport. Choose an airport train or bus that meets your airline's required arrival time. Allow for collecting any hotel-stored luggage too.
JR: official access and timetablesClock Tower: official admission, opening and last-entry informationAdmission and hoursHakodate Bus: station-to-airport guideOfficial timetable at the station stop
Official sources and dates checked
- Official service-suspension notice ·
- Sapporo tourism guide ·
- Admission and hours ·
- Directions ·
- Facility directions from station exits ·
- Standard JR 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, opening and last-entry information ·
- Hakodate Bus: airport-to-station guide ·
- Hakodate Bus: station-to-airport guide ·
- Official timetable at the airport stop ·
- Official timetable at the station stop ·
- New Chitose Airport: official floor map dated 2026-09-17 ·