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Otaru (小樽) is a port city in Hokkaido, Japan.

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Otaru is a major station on the JR Hakodate Line from Sapporo, with very frequent train runs. At a cost of ¥620, there are at least five trains per hour; the fastest service, the Airport Rapid, reaches Otaru in 30 minutes. The complete journey on the Airport Rapid from New Chitose Airport to Otaru takes 70 minutes.

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Otaru is 25 minutes away from Sapporo by car.

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Otaru is one of Hokkaido's key ferry ports, and the closest to Sapporo. Shin-Nihonkai Ferry (06-6348-1120) operates a daily service between Sapporo and Niigata (18 hours, ¥6,200+) and between Sapporo and Maizuru near Kyoto (20 hours, ¥9,600+). Both services are overnight, and private cabins are available for a higher fare (the base fare buys sleeping space on the floor).

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The locally-brewed Otaru beer.

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• Otarunai Backpackers' Hostel MorinoKi, Aioi 4-15 (10 min on foot from JR Minami-Otaru station), ☎ +81-134232175, [1].  edit

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