Furano Getting there & around

Getting there & around

Most lodgings will help you arrange transport to the ski lifts and back. You can also hoof it most of the time, as many places are close to Furano station.

On the JR Furano line, kaisoku trains from Asahikawa reach Furano in 1¼ hours (¥1040), some continuing on to Obihiro (¥2420) in another two hours. Frequent local trains along this line stop at Kami-Furano (¥350, 20 minutes) and Biei (¥620, 40 minutes). Futsū trains go to Takikawa (¥1040, 67 minutes) where you can catch tokkyū to Sapporo (¥3410, one hour). Fairly frequent buses connect Furano with the rest of Hokkaidō as well: Asahikawa (¥860, 95 minutes, eight per day) and Sapporo (¥2100, two hours and 51 minutes, four per day) are common destinations. A Lavender Express special seasonal train runs direct from Sapporo (¥4340, two hours) to Furano, daily from early June to 31 August, and on weekends and holidays from September to the end of October.