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Taxi from Sapporo to Hokkaido? 2016/9/1 21:05
Hi folks,

Looking into possibility of booking a taxi from Sapporo JR station to Sounkyo Onsen (exact address below).

Choyo Tei
078-1795 Hokkaido, Kamikawa, Sounkyo Onsen, Japan

Has anyone done this/know if it's possible? Hotel does offer a pickup but it's only once a day and our train from Tokyo will not arrive in time.

Thanks in advance
by readie45  

Re: Taxi from Sapporo to Hokkaido? 2016/9/2 09:46
Hokkaido is an island. Sapporo is a city in it.

And you want to take a taxi from Sapporo?!?
It is over 135km to Asahikawa alone. A taxi would be sheer insanity.

Take a train to Asahikawa and then to Kamikawa Stn, and then take a taxi if you need to.

Plus you are taking a train from Tokyo to Sapporo? It will take over 8 hours which would murder the whole day. Why not fly? There are cheap low cost carriers like Jet Star, Peach or Vanilla Air, or try ANA's Experience Japan fare.
http://www.ana.co.jp/wws/us/e/wws_common/promotions/share/experience_j...
You can be up there in less than 2 hours.
by Ken (guest) rate this post as useful

Re: Taxi from Sapporo to Hokkaido? 2016/9/2 10:01
If I've got the hotel right, here is the access information for the hotel"

A 25-minute taxi ride from JR Kamikawa Train Station, the hotel is a 5-minute walk from Daisetsuzan Sounkyo Ropeway cable car and a 10-minute drive from Ryusei no Taki Waterfalls. It is a 2-hour drive from JR Asahikawa Train Station and provides free parking.

If you stick Sapporo to Kamikawa Station into google maps, it shows over 2 hours by car. Do you really want to take a 2 hour taxi ride?! If you've got that kind of money to burn, just take a helicopter or something! Otherwise, I'd rethink your plans, with the help of google maps this time to give you a better idea of distances. Hokkaido is big.

As Ken suggested, I think your best option is to fly. If you really want to take the train, I would break the journey up a bit and go to maybe Hakodate from Tokyo (4 hours), spend the night there are do a little sightseeing, then head to Sapporo and on to Kamikawa and the hotel. You could break the trip up further in Sapporo (or even fly Hakodate to Sapporo) as well.
by scarreddragon rate this post as useful

Re: Taxi from Sapporo to Hokkaido? 2016/9/2 10:14


Looking into possibility of booking a taxi from Sapporo JR station to Sounkyo Onsen (exact address below).
Choyo Tei
078-1795 Hokkaido, Kamikawa, Sounkyo Onsen, Japan


Taxi is expensive, may be connecting train to Kamikawa station and then taxi or bus from the station would be a better option.
https://www.taxifarefinder.com/main.php?city=Sapporo-Hokkaido-Japan&fr...
by shinji (guest) rate this post as useful

Re: Taxi from Sapporo to Hokkaido? 2016/9/2 11:03
Around 40000Y(?) include Toll(EXpWay) fee.
http://bit.ly/2bWV7Fr

So just possible but unusual
so take a train,Exp bus or Car rent(if possible by IDP) recommed.
http://en.choyotei.com/access

@ shinji
taxifarefinder.com result may wrong.
http://hokuhakyo.or.jp/fare/
http://hokuhakyo.or.jp/fare/sum/
Seems no long distance discount included and more facts.
by SEELE (guest) rate this post as useful

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