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Kobe-Osaka to Sapporo-Otaru

2 operators run this water, from 312 h 00 to 360 h 00 — a difference of 48 h 00 on the same crossing. Sapporo-Otaru has an airport 31 km from the quay, so this is a crossing you can make one way and fly the other.

Every way across

One row per operator and speed. Where a service is sold as fast and its average does not clear 45 km/h, the word appears in quotation marks — the boat is fast craft, the crossing is not.

Silversea Cruises Kobe-Osaka → Sapporo-Otaru crossing 312 h 00 rate not held
Lindblad Expeditions Kobe-Osaka → Sapporo-Otaru crossing 360 h 00 rate not held

Other ways to reach Sapporo-Otaru

If this crossing does not suit, these quays also reach Sapporo-Otaru without a change. It is the question a single-route page cannot answer about itself and an atlas can.

Niigata – Sapporo-Otaru 16 h 30 Shin Nihonkai Ferry
Maizuru – Sapporo-Otaru 20 h 55 Shin Nihonkai Ferry
Seward – Sapporo-Otaru 336 h 00 Windstar Cruises
Anchorage AK – Sapporo-Otaru 480 h 00 Lindblad Expeditions
Keelung – Sapporo-Otaru 480 h 00 Hapag Lloyd Cruises
Hullo - Vancouver Ferry Terminal – Sapporo-Otaru 504 h 00 Hapag Lloyd Cruises, Windstar Cruises

And other ways to reach Kobe-Osaka

Beppu – Kobe-Osaka 11 h 50 Sunflower Ferry
Shinmoji – Kobe-Osaka 12 h 30 Hankyu Ferry, Meimon Taiyo Ferry
Kagoshima – Kobe-Osaka 13 h 59 Sunflower Ferry
Busan – Kobe-Osaka 17 h 00 Costa Cruises, Emerald Cruises
Hong Kong – Kobe-Osaka 192 h 00 Azamara Cruises, Regent Seven Seas Cruises
Tokyo – Kobe-Osaka 216 h 00 Azamara Cruises, Seabourn Cruises
Halong Bay – Kobe-Osaka 240 h 00 Windstar Cruises
Incheon – Kobe-Osaka 240 h 00 Azamara Cruises, Silversea Cruises
Keelung – Kobe-Osaka 240 h 00 Ponant Cruises
Yokohama – Kobe-Osaka 264 h 00 Azamara Cruises, Windstar Cruises

Where else these quays go

Which months this runs

Season not heldwe can say when we looked, not which months run

Our records for the Kobe-Osaka–Sapporo-Otaru crossing were read on 11 August 2026 and describe the network as it ran that week. We hold no month-by-month variation, so this page cannot tell you whether a crossing runs in February.

If you are travelling well outside August 2026, confirm with the operator before you plan around it.

What we do not know

No fares. The choice between Silversea Cruises at 312 h 00 and Lindblad Expeditions at 360 h 00 is mostly a price decision, and we hold no prices for either.

No departure times. No rate is held for this pair either, so we cannot say how often it runs.