This 27-station section of the Hakodate Line runs from Otaru through Sapporo to Iwamizawa. It includes every passenger stop along that section, rather than only rapid-service stops. The vehicle illustration represents a silver-and-green JR Hokkaido 733 series train.

Coast, city and plain

The route starts in Otaru, passes the coastal stations toward Zenibako, and enters Sapporo through Teine and Kotoni. East of Sapporo it continues through Shiroishi, Nopporo and Ebetsu to Iwamizawa. This is the Sapporo-area section, not the entire Hakodate Main Line to Hakodate and Asahikawa.

Change at Soen for the Gakuen-Toshi Line and at Shiroishi for the Chitose Line. JR 札幌 connects with the subway's さっぽろ. The JR and subway stations named 琴似 and 白石 are separate locations. Station numbers keep the real S, unlettered 01, H and A sequence.

Short names can be deceptive

銭函 is ぜにばこ, 大麻 is おおあさ, and 幌向 is ほろむい. 小樽築港 includes the small っ in ちっこう, while 発寒 starts with はっ. Work through those consonant changes slowly before attempting the full 27-station endurance run in either direction.

Line data

Everything below is derived from the station data the game runs on, so it always matches what you actually type on the 函館本線(小樽〜岩見沢) — all 27 stops of it.

Operator
JR Hokkaido
Line symbol
S
Stations
27
Shape
Terminal to terminal
Termini
小樽 — 岩見沢

How much typing is this?

Typing every station name on this line takes 215 keystrokes, an average of 8 per station. The longest name is 稲積公園 (inazumi-koen) at 13 keystrokes; the shortest is 小樽 (otaru) at 5. Those counts come from running each name's kana through the game's own romaji engine, so they are what your fingers actually do — not the length of the printed spelling.

Along the way: 5 names contain a small っ, which doubles the next consonant; 1 contain a small ゃ, ゅ or ょ, where the engine accepts both the Hepburn and Kunrei spellings (sha or sya, shu or syu); and 3 end in ん, whose trailing n folds into whatever comes next rather than standing alone.

Where you can change trains

3 of the 27 stations on this line connect to another line in the game. Follow any symbol to that line's guide.

Every station on the line

All 27 stations in order, with the official station number, the name in kanji, the kana the typing is derived from, and its Hepburn romaji.

#No.StationKanaRomaji
1S15小樽おたるotaru
2S14南小樽みなみおたるminami-otaru
3S13小樽築港おたるちっこうotaru-chikko
4S12朝里あさりasari
5S11銭函ぜにばこzenibako
6S10ほしみほしみhoshimi
7S09星置ほしおきhoshioki
8S08稲穂いなほinaho
9S07手稲ていねteine
10S06稲積公園いなづみこうえんinazumi-koen
11S05発寒はっさむhassamu
12S04発寒中央はっさむちゅうおうhassamu-chuo
13S03琴似ことにkotoni
14S02桑園そうえんsoen
1501札幌さっぽろsapporo
16H02苗穂なえぼnaebo
17H03白石しろいしshiroishi
18A04厚別あつべつatsubetsu
19A05森林公園しんりんこうえんshinrin-koen
20A06大麻おおあさoasa
21A07野幌のっぽろnopporo
22A08高砂たかさごtakasago
23A09江別えべつebetsu
24A10豊幌とよほろtoyohoro
25A11幌向ほろむいhoromui
26A12上幌向かみほろむいkami-horomui
27A13岩見沢いわみざわiwamizawa