From Tokyo · Osaka to Niigata (Niigata Port)

  From Tokyo to Niigata (Niigata Port) From Osaka to Niigata (Niigata Port)
By Air Narita Airport (one flight/day operated by ANA) → Niigata Airport
Niigata Airport (taxi) → Niigata Port
*Travel time: about 1 hour and 30 minutes.
Osaka Int'l (Itami) Airport → Niigata Airport
Niigata Airport (taxi) → Niigata Port
*Travel time: about 2 hours
By Shinkansen (bullet train) Tokyo Station (Joetsu Shinkansen) → Niigata Station
Niigata Station (bus or taxi) → Niigata Port
*Travel time: about 3 hours.
Shin-Osaka Station (Tokaido or Sanyo and Joetsu Shinkansen) → Niigata Station
Niigata Station (bus or taxi) → Niigata Port
*Travel time: about 6 hours and 30 minutes
By Car Tokyo - Niigata Port
*Travel time: 4 to 5 hours
*You can park at Niigata Port (fee required).
Osaka → Niigata Port
*Travel time: about 7 to 8 hours
*You can park at Niigata Port (fee required).
By High-speed Bus Tokyo - Niigata Station
Niigata Station (bus or taxi) → Niigata Port
*Travel time: 5 to 6 hours
Umeda (Osaka) → Niigata Station
Niigata Station (bus or taxi) → Niigata Port
※Travel time: about 10 hours and 30 minutes

From Tokyo to Niigata (Niigata Port)

By Air

Narita Airport (one flight/day operated by ANA) → Niigata Airport
Niigata Airport (taxi) → Niigata Port
*Travel time: about 1 hour and 30 minutes.

By Shinkansen (bullet train)

Tokyo Station (Joetsu Shinkansen) → Niigata Station
Niigata Station (bus or taxi) → Niigata Port
*Travel time: about 3 hours.

By Car

Tokyo - Niigata Port
*Travel time: 4 to 5 hours
*You can park at Niigata Port (fee required).

By High-speed Bus

Tokyo - Niigata Station
Niigata Station (bus or taxi) → Niigata Port
*Travel time: 5 to 6 hours

From Osaka to Niigata (Niigata Port)

By Air

Osaka Int'l (Itami) Airport → Niigata Airport
Niigata Airport (taxi) → Niigata Port
*Travel time: about 2 hours

By Shinkansen (bullet train)

Shin-Osaka Station (Tokaido or Sanyo and Joetsu Shinkansen) → Niigata Station
Niigata Station (bus or taxi) → Niigata Port
*Travel time: about 6 hours and 30 minutes

By Car

Osaka → Niigata Port
*Travel time: about 7 to 8 hours
*You can park at Niigata Port (fee required).

By High-speed Bus

Umeda (Osaka) → Niigata Station
Niigata Station (bus or taxi) → Niigata Port
※Travel time: about 10 hours and 30 minutes

From Niigata Port to Sado Island (Ryotsu Harbor)

Via Sado Kisen Ferries Car Ferry: about 2 hours and 30 minutes / 2,250 - 15,550 JPY/person/one way
Jetfoil: about 1 hour / 6,260 JPY/person/one way
Via Sado Kisen Ferries

Car Ferry: about 2 hours and 30 minutes / 2,250 - 15,550 JPY/person/one way
Jetfoil: about 1 hour / 6,260 JPY/person/one way