is sapporo near niseko
Niseko Resort is about 100 km southwest of Sapporo city and Sapporo New-Chitose airport, about a 2.5 hour drive. Niseko is near Mount YÅtei, the Mt. Fuji of Hokkaido. Hirafu is the largest of the Niseko villages, located about 9km from the town of Kutchan.rom New Chitose airport a rapid train takes about 35 minutes to Sapporo. A train from Sapporo to Otaru takes from 32 to 50 minutes, and then a train to Kutchan takes between 1 hour and 1:20 hours. Niseko station is a further 15-20 minutes on from Kutchan.