Travel to Sapporo & CTS Airport

Domestic flights in Japan are super cheap, and we booked a flight from Tokyo Narita NRT to Sapporo New Chitose CTS on Japan Spring Airlines for only CA$41! But with no checked bags, a limit of 7kg for carryons, and way too much baggage weight between the two of us, we had to figure out how to finagle the system haha.

We checked in at the counter one at a time, while the other person waited with the heavy bags, so they only weighed our little bags. Once we got the boarding passes without the big bags weighed, and made it through security, they didn’t double check any weight at the gate. We made it on, albeit with a bit of stress, without having to pay for any more luggageeee

A very cute green livery for Spring Airlines, it’s a Chinese low cost carrier and this is their Japanese subsidiary.

We landed at New Chitose Airport, Hokkaido’s main airport about an hour drive from Sapporo, and took the direct bus into town. It’s so cold here, with snow still on the ground in some spots! Feels nice to finally have a taste of real winter as I left Victoria before the big snow dump of the year. Good thing I packed a few warm clothes!

We were too early to check into our hostel so decided to go for lunch at a Vietnamese restaurant which seemed to be the only place open around there.

After lunch we checked into our hostel, home for the next five nights as we explore around Sapporo!Read more