Hakodate: how to get there and around
Airports, stations, ports, where the hotels are and what the numbers say, from public data rather than a brochure.
Hakodate is a city of 275,730 people in Japan (Hokkaido), 5 m (16 ft) above sea level. The nearest large airport is Hakodate Airport (HKD), 7 km (4 mi) from the centre. It has 5 railway stations on record, including Goryōkaku Station. It is a port city: Port of Hakodate and 1 more.
Key facts
Daylight in Hakodate runs from about 9 h 12 min a day in late December to 15 h 16 min in late June (computed for 41.78° latitude), which matters more than the forecast when a day is built around one flight or one crossing.
Getting there
Hakodate is served by one airport with scheduled flights. The closest large one is Hakodate Airport (HKD), 7 km (4 mi) from the centre, with a longest runway of 9,842 ft, which limits it to short and medium-haul aircraft.
Flights to Hakodate: every airport, routes and times
By rail: stations on record include Goryōkaku Station, Kikyō Station, Sakae-Cho Station, Ōno Shinmichi Station, Bandamaichi. Trains to Hakodate
Buses to Hakodate · Driving and car hire · Ferries
Nearby cities, and how to get between them
- Sapporo, 152 km — flights · trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Sendai, 390 km
- Asahikawa, 259 km — trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Akita, 235 km — buses · car rental · tours
- Aomori, 107 km — trains · buses · car rental · ferries · tours
- Morioka, 233 km — trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Yamagata, 395 km
- Hachinohe, 156 km — buses · car rental · tours
- Tomakomai, 119 km — buses · car rental · tours
- Hirosaki, 133 km — trains · buses · car rental · tours
Twin towns and sister cities: Vladivostok, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Tianjin, City of Lake Macquarie, Goyang, Halifax, Aomori.
Common questions
Which airport serves Hakodate?
Hakodate Airport (HKD), 7 km (4 mi) from the centre.
How big is Hakodate?
About 275,730 people live in Hakodate, across 678 km² (GeoNames and Wikidata).
What time zone is Hakodate in?
Asia/Tokyo, currently UTC+9.
What currency is used in Hakodate?
The Yen (JPY). Traffic drives on the left.
Which cities are near Hakodate?
Sapporo (152 km), Sendai (390 km), Asahikawa (259 km), Akita (235 km), Aomori (107 km).
Where these facts come from
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, elevation, time zone, postal codes
- Wikidata (CC0): area, sister cities, visitor numbers, heritage listings, stations and ports
- OurAirports (public domain): airports, runways
- Natural Earth (public domain): map outlines
Data compiled 14 September 2026. Hotel and hostel figures are from our booking partner’s catalogue on that date. Journey times on this page are estimates from distance, not timetables; check the operator before you rely on one.