Access Overseas access Access within Japan Access within Hokkaido Overseas access Direct International Flights PDF Download(212KB)   [ Flights ] With several international and domestic air routes connected to Sapporo / New Chitose Airport, the city is quite accessible destination for convention delegates and tourists. Hokkaido, which occupies about 20% of the land area of Japan, also has excellent local air routes. There are flights to six places in Hokkaido from Sapporo and it is easy to get around expansive Hokkaido by plane. Local flights mainly take off from Okadama Airport in Sapporo, so it is very easy to get to the airport. Local flights and time required Okadama to Hakodate approx. 45 minutes Okadama to Kushiro approx. 45 minutes Okadama to Memanbetsu approx. 1 hour Okadama to Nakashibetsu approx. 1 hour Okadama to Wakkanai approx. 1 hour New Chitose to Rishiri approx. 1 hour [ Overland ] Hokkaido is well served by JR rail lines. From Sapporo, you can get to the north, east and south directly by express train. The trains have various facilities, so you can enjoy a relaxing trip. As well, expansive Hokkaido has an advanced road system, and it is possible to get to all regions of Hokkaido by car. Another attraction for car travel is that the roads are wider and have less traffic than standard Japanese roads. You can enjoy real Hokkaido scenery of hills and mountains from a car window. To view the PDF file, Adobe Systems' Acrobat Reader is required.Acrobat Reader can be downloaded(free of charge)from the following URL.   Sapporo Convention Bureau For more information, please contact us at: TEL:+81-11-211-3675 FAX:+81-11-232-3833 E-mail : office@conventionsapporo.jp Copyright (C) 2005 Sapporo Convention Bureau All Rights Reserved.