30 Minutes from New Chitose Airport | First or Last Night in Hokkaido

Near New Chitose Airport

Thirty minutes after you land

About 30 minutes by car from New Chitose Airport.
Close to the airport, and still a quiet house inside the forest.
Mori no Auberge Mitsu takes only three groups a night.
For the first day of a trip through Hokkaido, or for the last.
One night that trades the noise of an airport for the quiet of a forest.

So Close

Thirty minutes from the airport, fifteen from Atsuma IC

About 30 minutes by car from New Chitose Airport, and about 15 minutes from Atsuma IC on the Hidaka Expressway.
There are not many forest inns this close to the gateway of Hokkaido.
You do not have to drive far to find the kind of quiet the island is known for.
That is why Mitsu sits conveniently as a base for travelling around the region.
Pick up a hire car at the airport and there is no traffic to speak of; before long the view is fields and forest.
Being near the airport is also a way of not wasting the hours of a trip.

The forest just outside the guest room window — Forest at the window

The lounge in a 120-year-old farmhouse, moved here and restored — The lounge, in a 120-year-old farmhouse

First Night & Last Night

The first day of a trip through Hokkaido, or the last

A house near the airport widens what you can do with a trip.
Mitsu suits the night before as well as the night after.

The Night Before — First Night

Straight into the forest

About 30 minutes after the plane lands. You can be at a forest inn on the day you arrive in Hokkaido. Loosen the travelling out of your body in the goemon-style bath, and mark the start of the trip with a Japanese creative course built on Atsuma ingredients. The next morning you set off light, towards wherever you are going. It is a way of not losing the day you arrive.

The Night After — Last Night

A quiet last night before you go

On the last day of a trip through Hokkaido, one night in a forest near the airport. Away from the busier places, what is left of the journey settles into the quiet. In a room with no television, you talk over what the days have been. The airport is about 30 minutes away the next morning, so there is room around the flight. A fitting way to close a trip.

For more about Atsuma itself, see the staying in Atsuma page.

From Noise to Quiet

From the noise of the airport to the quiet of the forest

It is not simply a house that happens to be close.
Mitsu is a small auberge of three rooms, three groups a night.
There is no television in the rooms, and what you hear is the forest.
Every room has a goemon-style bath, and you can look out at the trees from the water — heated water, not a natural hot spring.
Dinner is a Japanese creative omakase course that follows the season in Atsuma.
From the crowds of an airport to the stillness of a forest. That distance is what a night here is worth.

Mi, with a wide king bed and a window onto the forest — Mi (Standard Room)

A goemon-style soaking tub, in every room — The goemon-style bath

A Japanese creative course following the season in Atsuma — The Japanese creative course

Before or after check-in, it is worth stopping somewhere around Atsuma.

Access

Coming by car

Address: 244-1 Toyosawa, Atsuma, Yufutsu District, Hokkaido 059-1624, Japan

From New Chitose Airport: approx. 30 min by car
From Atsuma IC, Hidaka Expressway: approx. 15 min by car
From Tomakomai Ferry Terminal (East Port): approx. 18 min by car
From JR Hayakita Station: approx. 16 min by car
From central Sapporo: approx. 75 min by car

Directions and parking are on the access page.

FAQ

Coming from New Chitose Airport

Q. Which inn is close to New Chitose Airport?

Mori no Auberge Mitsu is about 30 minutes by car from New Chitose Airport, and about 15 minutes from Atsuma IC on the Hidaka Expressway. Close to the airport, and still a quiet house inside the forest, it works for the first or the last night of a trip through Hokkaido. The address is 244-1 Toyosawa, Atsuma, Yufutsu District, Hokkaido.

Q. Can we use it for the night before or the night after a flight?

Yes. Because it is about 30 minutes by car from New Chitose Airport, it works for the first night of a trip through Hokkaido and equally for the last. You can go straight into the forest on arrival and settle quietly into the start of the journey, or spend the last night before flying home in a house that takes only three groups a night.

Q. Is there a shuttle from the airport?

We do not offer a pick-up service. New Chitose Airport is about 30 minutes away by car, so we recommend coming by hire car or your own car. Parking is free. Detailed directions are on the access page.

Thirty minutes by car from New Chitose Airport, into the forest