| Destination | Airline | Narita | Haneda |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abu Dhabi | Etihad Airways | ☑ | |
| Addis Ababa | Ethiopian Airlines | ☑ | |
| Amsterdam | KLM | ☑ | |
| Atlanta | Delta Air Lines | ☑ | |
| Auckland | Air New Zealand | ☑ | ☑ |
| Bangkok–Don Mueang | NokScoot (Seasonal Charter) | ☑ | |
| Scoot | ☑ | ||
| Thai AirAsia X | ☑ | ||
| Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi | All Nippon Airways | ☑ | ☑ |
| Japan Airlines | ☑ | ☑ | |
| Jet Asia Airways | ☑ | ||
| Orient Thai Airlines (Charter) | ☑ | ||
| Thai Airways | ☑ | ☑ | |
| Beijing–Capital | Air China | ☑ | ☑ |
| All Nippon Airways | ☑ | ☑ | |
| China Eastern Airlines | ☑ | ||
| Hainan Airlines | ☑ | ||
| Japan Airlines | ☑ | ☑ | |
| Pakistan International Airlines | ☑ | ||
| Boston | Japan Airlines | ☑ | |
| Brisbane | Qantas | ☑ | |
| Brussels | All Nippon Airways | ☑ | |
| Busan | Air Busan | ☑ | |
| Japan Airlines | ☑ | ||
| Jeju Air | ☑ | ||
| Korean Air | ☑ | ||
| Cairns | Jetstar Airways | ☑ | |
| Cairo | EgyptAir | ☑ | |
| Calgary | Air Canada | ☑ | |
| Cebu | Cebu Pacific | ☑ | |
| Philippine Airlines | ☑ | ||
| Vanilla Air | ☑ | ||
| Changchun | China Southern Airlines | ☑ | |
| Changsha | China Southern Airlines | ☑ | |
| Chengdu | Air China | ☑ | |
| All Nippon Airways | ☑ | ||
| Sichuan Airlines | ☑ | ||
| Chicago–O'Hare | All Nippon Airways | ☑ | ☑ |
| American Airlines | ☑ | ||
| Japan Airlines | ☑ | ||
| United Airlines | ☑ | ||
| Chongqing | Spring Airlines Japan | ☑ | |
| Colombo | SriLankan Airlines | ☑ | |
| Copenhagen | Scandinavian Airlines | ☑ | |
| Da Nang | Vietnam Airlines | ☑ | |
| Daegu | Air Busan | ☑ | |
| T'way Airlines | ☑ | ||
| Dalian | Air China | ☑ | |
| All Nippon Airways | ☑ | ||
| China Southern Airlines | ☑ | ||
| Japan Airlines | ☑ | ||
| Dallas/Fort Worth | American Airlines | ☑ | |
| Japan Airlines | ☑ | ||
| Delhi | Air India | ☑ | |
| All Nippon Airways | ☑ | ||
| Japan Airlines | ☑ | ||
| Denpasar/Bali | Garuda Indonesia | ☑ | |
| Indonesia AirAsia X | ☑ | ||
| Denver | United Airlines | ☑ | |
| Detroit | Delta Air Lines | ☑ | |
| Doha | Qatar Airways | ☑ | ☑ |
| Dubai–International | Emirates | ☑ | ☑ |
| Düsseldorf | All Nippon Airways | ☑ | |
| Frankfurt | All Nippon Airways | ☑ | |
| Japan Airlines | ☑ | ||
| Lufthansa | ☑ | ||
| Fuzhou | XiamenAir | ☑ | |
| Gold Coast | Jetstar Airways | ☑ | |
| Guam | Japan Airlines | ☑ | |
| United Airlines | ☑ | ||
| Guangzhou | All Nippon Airways | ☑ | ☑ |
| China Southern Airlines | ☑ | ||
| Japan Airlines | ☑ | ||
| Hakodate | Vanilla Air | ☑ | |
| Hangzhou | All Nippon Airways | ☑ | |
| Hanoi | All Nippon Airways | ☑ | |
| Japan Airlines | ☑ | ||
| Vietnam Airlines | ☑ | ☑ | |
| Harbin | China Southern Airlines | ☑ | |
| Spring Airlines Japan | ☑ | ||
| Helsinki | Finnair | ☑ | |
| Japan Airlines | ☑ | ||
| Ho Chi Minh City | All Nippon Airways (operated by Air Japan) | ☑ | |
| Japan Airlines | ☑ | ☑ | |
| Vanilla Air | ☑ | ||
| Vietnam Airlines | ☑ | ||
| Hong Kong | All Nippon Airways | ☑ | ☑ |
| All Nippon Airways (operated by Air Japan) | ☑ | ||
| Cathay Dragon (resumes 1 March 2018) | ☑ | ||
| Cathay Pacific | ☑ | ☑ | |
| Ethiopian Airlines | ☑ | ||
| HK Express | ☑ | ☑ | |
| Hong Kong Airlines | ☑ | ||
| Japan Airlines | ☑ | ☑ | |
| Jetstar Japan | ☑ | ||
| Vanilla Air | ☑ | ||
| Honolulu | All Nippon Airways | ☑ | |
| All Nippon Airways (operated by Air Japan) | ☑ | ||
| China Airlines | ☑ | ||
| Delta Air Lines | ☑ | ||
| Hawaiian Airlines | ☑ | ☑ | |
| Japan Airlines | ☑ | ||
| Korean Air | ☑ | ||
| United Airlines | ☑ | ||
| Houston–Intercontinental | All Nippon Airways | ☑ | |
| United Airlines | ☑ | ||
| Islamabad | Pakistan International Airlines | ☑ | |
| Istanbul–Atatürk | Turkish Airlines | ☑ | |
| Jakarta–Soekarno–Hatta | All Nippon Airways | ☑ | ☑ |
| Garuda Indonesia | ☑ | ||
| Japan Airlines | ☑ | ||
| Jeju | Korean Air | ☑ | |
| T'way Airlines | ☑ | ||
| Kailua-Kona | Japan Airlines | ☑ | |
| Kailua–Kona | Hawaiian Airlines | ☑ | |
| Kaohsiung | China Airlines | ☑ | |
| EVA Air | ☑ | ||
| Japan Airlines | ☑ | ||
| Tigerair Taiwan | ☑ | ||
| Vanilla Air | ☑ | ||
| Khabarovsk | S7 Airlines | ☑ | |
| Yakutia Airlines (Seasonal) | ☑ | ||
| Koror | Delta Air Lines | ☑ | |
| Kota Kinabalu | Malaysia Airlines | ☑ | |
| Kuala Lumpur–International | AirAsia X | ☑ | |
| All Nippon Airways | ☑ | ☑ | |
| Japan Airlines | ☑ | ||
| Malaysia Airlines | ☑ | ||
| Malaysia Airlines (Seasonal) | ☑ | ||
| Lahore | Pakistan International Airlines | ☑ | |
| London–Heathrow | All Nippon Airways | ☑ | |
| British Airways | ☑ | ☑ | |
| Japan Airlines | ☑ | ||
| Los Angeles | All Nippon Airways | ☑ | ☑ |
| American Airlines | ☑ | ☑ | |
| Delta Air Lines | ☑ | ||
| Japan Airlines | ☑ | ||
| Singapore Airlines | ☑ | ||
| United Airlines | ☑ | ||
| Luxor | EgyptAir (Charter) | ☑ | |
| Macau | Air Macau | ☑ | |
| Madrid | Iberia | ☑ | |
| Manila | All Nippon Airways | ☑ | ☑ |
| Cebu Pacific | ☑ | ||
| Delta Air Lines | ☑ | ||
| Japan Airlines | ☑ | ||
| Jetstar Japan | ☑ | ||
| Philippine Airlines | ☑ | ☑ | |
| Melbourne | Japan Airlines | ☑ | |
| Qantas | ☑ | ||
| Mexico City | Aeroméxico | ☑ | |
| All Nippon Airways | ☑ | ||
| Milan–Malpensa | Alitalia | ☑ | |
| Minneapolis/St. Paul | Delta Air Lines | ☑ | |
| Montréal–Trudeau | Air Canada (begins 2 June 2018) | ☑ | |
| Moscow–Domodedovo | Japan Airlines | ☑ | |
| Moscow–Sheremetyevo | Aeroflot | ☑ | |
| Mumbai | All Nippon Airways | ☑ | |
| Munich | All Nippon Airways | ☑ | |
| Lufthansa | ☑ | ||
| Nanjing | China Eastern Airlines | ☑ | |
| New York–JFK | All Nippon Airways | ☑ | ☑ |
| Japan Airlines | ☑ | ☑ | |
| Newark | United Airlines | ☑ | |
| Niigata | All Nippon Airways | ☑ | |
| Nouméa | Aircalin | ☑ | |
| Novosibirsk | S7 Airlines (begins 2 June 2018) | ☑ | |
| Osaka–Itami | All Nippon Airways | ☑ | |
| Papeete | Air Tahiti Nui | ☑ | |
| Paris-Charles de Gaulle | Air France | ☑ | |
| Japan Airlines (Seasonal) | ☑ | ||
| Paris–Charles de Gaulle | Air France | ☑ | |
| All Nippon Airways | ☑ | ||
| Japan Airlines | ☑ | ||
| Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky | Yakutia Airlines | ☑ | |
| Phnom Penh | All Nippon Airways | ☑ | |
| Phuket | Orient Thai Airlines (Charter) | ☑ | |
| Port Moresby | Air Niugini | ☑ | |
| Portland (OR) | Delta Air Lines | ☑ | |
| Qingdao | All Nippon Airways | ☑ | |
| Saipan | Delta Air Lines | ☑ | |
| San Diego | Japan Airlines | ☑ | |
| San Francisco | All Nippon Airways | ☑ | |
| Japan Airlines | ☑ | ||
| United Airlines | ☑ | ☑ | |
| San Jose (CA) | All Nippon Airways | ☑ | |
| Seattle/Tacoma | All Nippon Airways | ☑ | |
| Delta Air Lines | ☑ | ||
| Seoul–Gimpo | All Nippon Airways | ☑ | |
| Asiana Airlines | ☑ | ||
| Japan Airlines | ☑ | ||
| Korean Air | ☑ | ||
| Seoul–Incheon | Air Seoul | ☑ | |
| Asiana Airlines | ☑ | ☑ | |
| Eastar Jet | ☑ | ||
| Jeju Air | ☑ | ||
| Jin Air | ☑ | ||
| Korean Air | ☑ | ☑ | |
| Peach | ☑ | ||
| T'way Airlines | ☑ | ||
| Shanghai–Hongqiao | All Nippon Airways | ☑ | |
| China Eastern Airlines | ☑ | ||
| Japan Airlines | ☑ | ||
| Shanghai Airlines | ☑ | ||
| Shanghai–Pudong | Air China | ☑ | |
| All Nippon Airways | ☑ | ☑ | |
| China Eastern Airlines | ☑ | ☑ | |
| Japan Airlines | ☑ | ☑ | |
| Jetstar Japan | ☑ | ||
| Juneyao Airlines | ☑ | ||
| Peach | ☑ | ||
| Shanghai Airlines | ☑ | ||
| Spring Airlines | ☑ | ||
| Shenyang | All Nippon Airways | ☑ | |
| China Southern Airlines | ☑ | ||
| Shenzhen | Shenzhen Airlines | ☑ | |
| Singapore | All Nippon Airways | ☑ | ☑ |
| Delta Air Lines | ☑ | ||
| Japan Airlines | ☑ | ☑ | |
| Scoot | ☑ | ||
| Singapore Airlines | ☑ | ☑ | |
| Sydney | All Nippon Airways | ☑ | |
| Japan Airlines | ☑ | ||
| Qantas | ☑ | ||
| Taipei–Songshan | All Nippon Airways | ☑ | |
| China Airlines | ☑ | ||
| EVA Air | ☑ | ||
| Japan Airlines | ☑ | ||
| Taipei–Taoyuan | All Nippon Airways (Operated by Air Japan) | ☑ | |
| Cathay Pacific | ☑ | ||
| China Airlines | ☑ | ||
| EVA Air | ☑ | ||
| Japan Airlines | ☑ | ||
| Jetstar Japan | ☑ | ||
| Peach | ☑ | ||
| Scoot | ☑ | ||
| Tigerair Taiwan | ☑ | ☑ | |
| Vanilla Air | ☑ | ||
| Tashkent | Uzbekistan Airways | ☑ | |
| Tianjin | Air China | ☑ | |
| Okay Airways | ☑ | ||
| Spring Airlines Japan | ☑ | ||
| Tianjin Airlines | ☑ | ||
| Toronto–Pearson | Air Canada | ☑ | |
| Air Canada (Seasonal) | ☑ | ||
| Ube | StarFlyer | ☑ | |
| Ulaanbaatar | MIAT Mongolian Airlines | ☑ | |
| Vancouver | Air Canada | ☑ | |
| All Nippon Airways | ☑ | ||
| Japan Airlines | ☑ | ||
| Vienna | Austrian Airlines (Seasonal | ☑ | |
| resumes 16 May 2018) | ☑ | ||
| Vladivostok | Aeroflot | ☑ | |
| S7 Airlines | ☑ | ||
| Warsaw–Chopin | LOT Polish Airlines | ☑ | |
| Washington–Dulles | All Nippon Airways | ☑ | |
| United Airlines | ☑ | ||
| Wuhan | All Nippon Airways | ☑ | |
| China Southern Airlines | ☑ | ||
| Spring Airlines Japan | ☑ | ||
| Xi'an | Hainan Airlines | ☑ | |
| Xiamen | All Nippon Airways | ☑ | |
| XiamenAir | ☑ | ||
| Yakutsk | Yakutia Airlines | ☑ | |
| Yangon | All Nippon Airways | ☑ | |
| Yuzhno–Sakhalinsk | Yakutia Airlines | ☑ | |
| Zhengzhou | China Southern Airlines | ☑ | |
| Zürich | Swiss International Air Lines | ☑ |
Sunday, November 12, 2017
Destinations with non stop flights from Tokyo (東京からのノンストップの目的地)
Tuesday, October 4, 2016
Autumn Colours in Daisetsuzan National Park
Daisetsuzan National Park is the first place in Hokkaido to view Autumn colors. Asahidake Onsen is about 45km from Asahikawa and considered one of the best bases to explore the National Park. At a height of 2290m Asahidake is the tallest mountain in Hokkaido. A ropeway takes you halfway up the mountain which costs 2900 yen round trip (from June to Mid October).
Daisetsuzan National Park is the earliest place in Hokkaido to view autumn colours. Asahidake Onsen is about 45km from Asahikawa and situated at the base of Mt. Asahidake. At 2290m, Mt. Asahidake is the tallest mountain in Hokkaido. Asahidake offers lot of hiking opportunities for hikers of all experience levels.
We visited Daisetsuzan during the first week of October. There is a ropeway from the parking lot to halfway up the mountain (About 1600m). Roundtrip costs 2900 yen during summer and autumn months. From upper station there are several hiking trails which allows to enjoy the serene beauty. One of those hiking trails runs all the way to the top of the mountain. We took the circular trail starting from the station. This trail is not two difficult and took about two hours to complete.
Kogen Onsen is another place in Daisetsuzan to enjoy autumn colours. Here also there is a circular trail. Serious hikers can take the climbing trail to top of Mount Midoridake. There were snow patches on top of the mountain remaining even after the summer. Kogen Onsen is about 100km from Asahikawa. Final 10km of the road is unpaved. (This part of the road is closed from September 17 to 25).
Monday, October 3, 2016
Noboribetsus Hell Valley and Ainu Museum
Noboribetsu is a beautiful hell valley and offers several walking trails to enjoy the spectacular geological formation, a small geyser, hot springs and spectacular hot ponds. Situated 125km from Sapporo, this is a good destination for a day trip. There is also a foot onsen to enjoy a foot bath.
We started from Kutchan and reached Jigokudan parking lot. Parking fee is 500yen and this ticket allows to enter the Oyunuma parking lot also. Several walking trails start from here.
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| Statue near the entrance of Jigokudan |
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| Trail map |
There are well prepared wooden walkways which allow having a closer look at hot springs.
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| Jigokudan |
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| Small Geyser |
We followed a walking trail for about 20 minutes to reach a point where we could see Oyunuma pond.
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| Oyunuma |
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| Okunoyu- small pond near Oyunuma parking lot |
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| Oyunuma |
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| Taisho hell |
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| Steaming waterfall on the way to Foot Onsen |
Porotokotan
Ainu is a group of indigenous people once dominated Hokkaido. Porotokotan is an Ainu museum that allows you to learn and enjoy Ainu culture. This is located close to a small lake just 40km from Noboribetsu. There is a cultural performance several times a day which includes Ainu dances and music. Entrance fee is 800 yen.
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| Ainu dance |
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| Ainu music |
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| Traditional Ainu houses |
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| Fireplace inside a house |
Friday, September 30, 2016
Shakotan Peninsula
September is the best month for fruit picking in Hokkaido. Youchi, situated just 60km from Sapporo is filled with fruit farms. For about 600yen you can pick and eat as much as grapes and apples.
Cape Shakotan
Cape Shakotan is a beautiful cape located 100km from Sapporo. There are several hiking trails to choose. A steep decent of about 30 minutes using steps take you to the shore. You can enjoy vivid rock cliff formations and a serene beach.
Cape Kamui
Further 15km drive takes you to Cape Kamui. The wooden trail and steps take you to the edge of the cape in about 30 minutes and allow you to enjoy beautiful sea cliffs and blizzard rock formation all the way.
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
Lake Toya and Usuzan
Lake Toya is a beautiful caldera lake situated 100km south from Sapporo. Riding a bicycle around the lake is one of the best ways to enjoy the serene beauty. The distance around the lake is about 37 kilometres. Our visit to Lake Toya was in late May. We saw lots of tourists kayaking, fishing and riding speed boats in the Lake. There are several campsites around the lake. Almost all were full with campers.
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| Mount Yotei |
Mt. Usu, an active volcano standing close to Lake Toya erupted in the year 2000. This eruption destroyed several buildings and roads around Mount Nishiyama. There are several walking trail that leads you to see newly created craters, destroyed buildings, and abandoned roads. A paid observatory on the other side allows you to see newly created craters of Mt. Usu and enjoy the spectacular views of Lake Toya.
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| Mt. Usu west creator |
Showa Shinzan is a young volcano situated 9km from Mount Nishiyama parking lot. Mt. Usu ropeway starts from here. We took the ropeway to the top of Mt. Usu. From there you can have a walk along a footpath and steps to see Mt. Usu Crater.
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| Showa Shinzan |
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| Mt. Usu Largest Crater |
Winter Festivals in Hokkaido
Winter sports such as Skiing and Snowboarding draws thousands of tourists to Hokkaido in every winter. For those who are looking for something else there are numerous winter festivals.
Lake Shikaribetsu Kotan (Igloo Village)
Lake Shikaribetsu lies about 200km away from Sapporo a 4 - 5 hour drive on the icy roads on the winter. From late January to Late March a village of Igloos built on the frozen lake surface. There are bars and conference rooms additional to traditional igloos. For those who like to have a bath there is a bath house also. Entrance is free of charge.
Sapporo Winter Festival
Sapporo winter festival held annually in February over seven days. There are hundreds of snow statues and ice sculptures built by teams and individuals from various countries.
Useful Links
Lake Shikaribetsu Kotan (Igloo Village)
Lake Shikaribetsu lies about 200km away from Sapporo a 4 - 5 hour drive on the icy roads on the winter. From late January to Late March a village of Igloos built on the frozen lake surface. There are bars and conference rooms additional to traditional igloos. For those who like to have a bath there is a bath house also. Entrance is free of charge.
Sapporo Winter Festival
Sapporo winter festival held annually in February over seven days. There are hundreds of snow statues and ice sculptures built by teams and individuals from various countries.
Useful Links
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