Choose airport transport and your first Sapporo hotel, then compare a Jozankei day trip with a hot-spring overnight stay.

Settle transport and check-in for your arrival day, then decide separately whether Jozankei deserves a day trip or a hot-spring night. These two guides cover Sapporo and Jozankei.

Compare the last leg from the airport to the hotel

Compare Sapporo Station hotels with JR access and Odori or Susukino hotels with their actual airport-bus stops. The route to the hotel entrance with luggage matters more than the fastest advertised ride.

Choose a Jozankei day trip or an overnight stay

Keeping a city hotel lets you consider a day trip without moving your luggage. For an evening at the hot springs, compare lodging, meals and shuttle reservations together, without assuming a fixed connection from your flight.

Give the first hotel and the hot-spring hotel different roles

Compare access to JR Tower Hotel Nikko Sapporo and Sapporo Grand Hotel for the airport and rail part of the trip. For a night in Jozankei, review the separate location, meals and shuttle conditions at Jozankei Daiichi Hotel Suizantei.

Recheck operations for your travel date

Check reserved and non-reserved trains and current airport-bus stops before choosing the hotel. The autumn guide’s October foliage and event information does not guarantee park or bus operation in another season.