--- title: "Hakodate to Yamada – 3 ways by train, car, taxi | Mixroutes" description: "Hakodate to Yamada is 276 km. Fastest: drive in 6h 37m. Cheapest: train from ¥8,675. Real timetables, prices labelled live, quoted or estimated." url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/hakodate-to-yamada" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/hakodate-to-yamada.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- # How to get from Hakodate to Yamada [Plan it for your day](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Hakodate&to=Yamada) [Yamada to Hakodate](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/yamada-to-hakodate) **Fastest:** 6h 37m\ by car, door to door\ **Cheapest:** ¥8,675\ by train\ **Distance:** 276 km\ as the crow flies\ **Departures:** 1\ from 08:00, Thu 5 Nov\ ## 3 ways to travel 276 km apart. Times are the timetables for Thu 5 Nov, planned from 08:00; every price says whether it is live, the operator's fare or our estimate. We add nothing to any fare. best Best if you can wait: the next train leaves at 11:55 and costs ¥13,500 less than driving, which gets you there about 4h 5m sooner. - [**Train** best cheapest 6h 47m¥8,675–18,910 Estimated next 1 from 08:00 · JR](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Hakodate&to=Yamada) - [**Drive** fastest 6h 37m¥22,225–36,050 Estimated Includes the ノスタルジック航路 ferry · 368 km · fuel and the crossing · includes tolls (estimate)](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Hakodate&to=Yamada) - [**Taxi** 6h 37m¥121,175–170,550 Estimated Includes the ノスタルジック航路 ferry · one-way cab · includes tolls (estimate)](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Hakodate&to=Yamada) Data: [Timetables via Transitous](https://transitous.org/sources/) · [Roads © OpenStreetMap contributors, routed by OSRM](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [Places from GeoNames, CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · [All credits and licences](https://www.mixroutes.com/credits) ## Departures today 1. [11:55 → 18:42 6h 47m · 3 changes JR 北斗11号¥8,675–18,910](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Hakodate&to=Yamada&date=2026-11-05&time=08%3A00&it=trkc7ov) The next departures from 08:00, not the whole day. Timetable data via Transitous and the operators' own GTFS feeds. Live delays arrive when an operator publishes a real-time feed. ## Questions people ask How long does it take to get from Hakodate to Yamada? The fastest way is by car: about 6h 37m door to door. The straight-line distance is 276 km. What is the cheapest way from Hakodate to Yamada? The train is the cheapest, from ¥8,675. That figure is an estimate from the operator's fare bands, not a live quote. Is there a direct train from Hakodate to Yamada? Not among the trains we read from 08:00: those involve a change, and the fastest takes 6h 47m. The planner checks the rest of the day. How far is Yamada from Hakodate by road? About 368 km, roughly 6h 37m of driving in normal traffic. Fuel and the the ノスタルジック航路 ferry crossing cost around ¥22,225–36,050; tolls and parking are extra. ## Who runs it Railways - JR - 三陸鉄道 Buses - JR Read from today's timetables. Operators don't pay to be listed here. ## In Yamada Surname list Yamada is the 12th most common Japanese surname. [The Yamada guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/yamada) [Hotels in Yamada Compare prices on Hotels70](https://www.hotels70.com/yamada) ## More routes - [Kochi to Bengaluru](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-bengaluru) - [Kochi to Chennai](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-chennai) - [Kochi to Thiruvananthapuram](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-thiruvananthapuram) - [Kochi to Munnar](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-munnar) - [Kochi to Alappuzha](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-alappuzha) - [Kochi to Kozhikode](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-kozhikode) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/hakodate-to-yamada, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. Mixroutes is made by Lascade LLC, Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Index of every page: https://www.mixroutes.com/llms.txt