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Seikan ferry
青函フェリー

Ferry Hayabusa 3 at the Port of Aomori.
Locale	Aomori Prefecture, Hokkaido
Waterway	Tsugaru Strait
Transit type	Passenger and automobile ferry
Route	Aomori–Hakodate
Operator	Kyoei Transportation Co. , Ltd. and Northern Japan Shipping Corporation
Began operation	1973
Travel time	3 - 4 hours (2018)
Connections at Aomori
	Shin-Aomori Station
	Aomori City Bus
	Port Road Route 1 Aomori Bay Bridge
Connections at Hakodate
	Goryōkaku Station
	Hakodate Bus Corporation
	National Route 227
Website	http://www.seikan-ferry.co.jp/

The Seikan Ferry (青函フェリー) is a privately owned ferry service crossing the Tsugaru Strait, which separates the Japanese islands of Hokkaido and Honshu. The company, Seikan Ferry Ltd. (有限会社青函フェリー), was founded in 1973 and runs between the cities of Aomori on the northern tip of Honshu and Hakodate in southern Hokkaido.

Route

This route links the Port of Hakodate in Hakodate with the Port of Aomori in Aomori. A trip takes three hours and twenty minutes one way, and is operated by four ships: the Hayabusa, Hayabusa 3, Asakaze 5, and Asakaze 21. Each ship makes two round trips a day, with a total of eight round trips per day between Aomori and Hakodate. With the conversion of the Seikan Tunnel from conventional trains to the Hokkaido Shinkansen, this route has seen a resurgence in ridership as a budget alternative between Aomori and Hakodate.

Fleet

See also

• Japan portal
• Transport portal

References

1. "航路・時刻表 函館〜青森航路". Tsugaru Kaikyō Ferry. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
2. "｢新幹線は高い｣青函間にフェリー復権の兆し" (in Japanese). Toyo Keizai. 12 March 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2019.

External links

• Media related to Category:Taiheiyo Ferry at Wikimedia Commons

v t e Transit in Aomori
Shinkansen	Tōhoku Hokkaido
JR East	Ōu Tsugaru Tsugaru-Kaikyō
JR Hokkaido	Tsugaru-Kaikyō (defunct)
Other railways	Aoimori Hachinohe Rinkai (freight) JR Freight
Terminals	Rail Aomori Asamushi-Onsen Shin-Aomori Airports Aomori Ports Aomori
Public Ferries	Mutsu-wan Seikan Sii Line Tsugaru Kaikyō
Bus	Aomori City Bus JR Bus Tōhoku Kōnan Bus Company Shimokita Kōtsu Willer Express
Aerial lifts	Hakkōda Ropeway
Miscellaneous	Cards Suica Rail transport in Japan
Japan transit: Tokyo Keihanshin Chūkyō Fukuoka–Kitakyushu Hakone–Fuji–Izu Hokkaido Aomori Sendai Akita Niigata Toyama Nagano Okayama Hiroshima Shikoku Metro systems Shinkansen trams (list) aerial lifts (list)

v t e Transit in Hokkaido
Shinkansen	Hokkaido
JR Hokkaido	Chitose Furano Hakodate Hidaka Kaikyō Muroran Nemuro Rumoi Sasshō Sekihoku Sekishō Senmō Sōya
Sapporo Municipal Subway	Namboku Tōzai Toho
Other railways	South Hokkaido Railway Company Hakodate Streetcar Sapporo Streetcar
Terminals	Rail Hakodate Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Sapporo Ōdōri Shin-Sapporo Asahikawa Airports Asahikawa New Chitose Hakodate Kushiro Memanbetsu Monbetsu Nakashibetsu Okadama Okushiri Rishiri Tokachi–Obihiro Wakkanai Ports Hakodate Otaru Tomakomai Kushiro
Public Ferries	Heart Land Ferry Silver Ferry Tsugaru Kaikyō Ferry Seikan Ferry Shin Nihonkai Ferry MOL Ferry Taiheiyō Ferry Haboro-Enkai Ferry
Miscellaneous	Seikan Tunnel Taiheiyō Coal (defunct) Cards Kitaca SAPICA Rail transport in Japan
Japan transit: Tokyo Keihanshin Chūkyō Fukuoka–Kitakyushu Hakone–Fuji–Izu Hokkaido Aomori Sendai Akita Niigata Toyama Nagano Okayama Hiroshima Shikoku Metro systems Shinkansen trams (list) aerial lifts (list)

• 1973 establishments in Japan
• Transport in Aomori (city)
• Transport in Hakodate
• Ferry transport in Japan
• Ferry companies of Japan