New Chitose is Hokkaido’s gateway — and the rare airport kids ask to go back to, thanks to an entire entertainment floor with a Doraemon park inside the terminal.
Nursing rooms
Free nursing rooms are spread across nearly every floor: domestic terminal B1F–4F, international terminal 1F–4F, and the connecting corridor 1F–3F. Most are equipped with a baby bed, milk-preparation facilities, and hand-washing equipment (a few rooms are simpler).
Strollers
Free loaner strollers at the information desks of both the domestic and international terminals. Note: loaner strollers cannot go through security — hand them back before the checkpoint, and use the walk-to-gate time for carrying practice.
Play — the famous part
DORAEMON WAKU WAKU SKY PARK on the terminal’s entertainment floor has a play zone, shop and café. Combined with chocolate factory displays and observation decks nearby, a flight delay here is genuinely not a problem.
Into Sapporo
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JR Rapid Airport to Sapporo Station: fastest 37 minutes on the Rapid, 33 minutes on the Special Rapid. In the daytime the fastest runs are Special Rapid 36, Rapid 37, Section Rapid 43 minutes.
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Trains leave New Chitose Airport roughly every 10 minutes, and they all run first-come-first-served on the same track, so you can take whichever leaves next.
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★Car 4 is a reserved-seat car (u Seat) for the whole route — you never queue, you always get a seat, and there is room for large luggage. It costs ¥1,000 on top of the fare (¥800 if you buy the ticketless reserved seat).
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Buses serve ski resorts and city hotels directly in winter.
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Going on by Shinkansen? Where the stroller goes, which car has the multi-purpose room, and the family car’s one-month sale time.
Tips
- The airport is a destination: arrive 30–60 minutes earlier than you normally would, and let the kids spend it in the play zone rather than at the gate.
- Hokkaido winters mean bulky clothes — the nursing rooms’ baby beds are the easiest place to re-layer a baby before going outside.
