Seikan Ferry

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
Train	Shin-Aomori Station
Bus	Aomori City Bus
Road	Port Road Route 1 Aomori Bay Bridge
Connections at Hakodate
Train	Goryōkaku Station
Bus	Hakodate Bus Corporation
Road	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

Ship	Built	Gross tonnage	Length	Width	Passengers	Trucks	Speed	Former Owner
Hayabusa 3	2000	2,107	101.5 m	15.9 m	105	25	19	Kyoei Unyu
Hayabusa (4th Genaration)	2014	2,949	114.9 m	19.0 m	300	44	19	Kyoei Unyu
Asakaze 5	1998	1,958	144 m	15.8 m	103	24	19	Kitanihon Kaiun
Asakaze 21	2017	2,048	101.5 m	15.8 m	198	26	21	Kitanihon Kaiun

See also

• Japan portal
• Transport portal

External links

• Media related to Category:Taiheiyo Ferry at Wikimedia Commons