← Hokkaido itinerariesOtaru Day Trip from Sapporo: Canal Cruise & Night View
Leave Sapporo Station at 09:00 and visit Otaru Sankaku Market, Otaru Canal (Asakusa Bridge), Sakaimachi Street (Kitaichi Glass No. 3 Building) and 3 more places on foot and by train. Day trip. Listed costs: about ¥5,680 per person.
- ℹ Made by Shioriba (run by a Japanese traveler), checked against official sources. A model plan, not a travel diary. Times and prices are a guide.
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- 09:001
- Train 35 min¥800Timetable
- 09:402
You can also buy a 1-day bus pass at the counter outside the station
- Walk 5 min
- 09:503About 45 min hereOfficial siteotaru.gr.jp
A market next to the station. Seafood rice bowls for breakfast
- Walk 10 min
- 10:454
- Walk 15 min
- 11:155About 1 hr 10 min hereOfficial sitekitaichiglass.co.jp
A street of glass-craft and sweets shops
- Walk 5 min
- 12:306About 2 hr 15 min hereOfficial siteotaru-orgel.co.jp
A red-brick building on the Marchen Crossing
- Walk 15 min
- 15:007
About 40 minutes. Same-day tickets available, and you can book online too
- Bus 35 min¥240Timetable
- 16:308
Summer season Apr 25–Nov 3. Sunset and night views over the harbor from the top
- Bus 20 min¥240Timetable
- 20:009
- Train 35 min¥800Timetable
- 20:4510
Getting around and time at each stop
- Sapporo Station (start) → Otaru Station: Train 35 min (¥800)
- Otaru Station → Otaru Sankaku Market: Walk 5 min
- Otaru Sankaku Market → Otaru Canal (Asakusa Bridge): Walk 10 min
- Otaru Canal (Asakusa Bridge) → Sakaimachi Street (Kitaichi Glass No. 3 Building): Walk 15 min
- Sakaimachi Street (Kitaichi Glass No. 3 Building) → Otaru Music Box Museum Main Building: Walk 5 min
- Otaru Music Box Museum Main Building → Otaru Canal Cruise: Walk 15 min
- Otaru Canal Cruise → Otaru Tenguyama Ropeway: Bus 35 min (¥240)
- Otaru Tenguyama Ropeway → Otaru Station: Bus 20 min (¥240)
- Otaru Station → Sapporo Station (finish): Train 35 min (¥800)
Time at each stop (approx., includes free time): Otaru Sankaku Market: about 45 min · Sakaimachi Street (Kitaichi Glass No. 3 Building): about 1 hr 10 min · Otaru Music Box Museum Main Building: about 2 hr 15 min · Otaru Canal Cruise: about 55 min · Otaru Tenguyama Ropeway: about 3 hr 10 min
Travel times are a guide. Check timetables on the day.
Listed costs per person, in yen
- Transport
- ¥2,080
- Stay
- ¥0
- Admission
- ¥3,600
- Total
- ¥5,680
- Not a tour price. Meals may not be included.
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