JR Hokkaido 北海道旅客鉄道
Kitaca area: Sapporo–Asahikawa Kitacaエリア（札幌・旭川エリア）
Kitaca, Suica and the other nationwide IC cards (PASMO, TOICA, manaca, ICOCA, PiTaPa, SUGOCA, nimoca, Hayakaken); not SAPICA · 69 stations on 10 lines
Checked a while agoWe last checked the official sources for this IC area on 2026-10-10. Prices and rules may have changed since: check the official page before you rely on it.
Crossing into another areaYou cannot ride on an IC card between the Sapporo–Asahikawa and Hakodate Kitaca areas, or from a Kitaca area to a station outside it (no fare adjustment for the part outside the area): buy a paper ticket for the whole trip.
Other JR Hokkaido areas (a journey cannot cross into them on an IC card): Kitaca area: Hakodate.
Good to know
- JR Hokkaido takes Suica and the other nationwide IC cards in its Kitaca areas, but not Sapporo's SAPICA card.
- An IC card trip is valid for one day from entry to exit, whatever the distance.
- Limited expresses and u-seat reserved seats inside the area are fine on the card if you buy the limited express or seat ticket separately first.
- At unstaffed stations served by one-man trains, show your card to the driver when you get off, then tap it on the station reader to exit.
- The IC card balance cannot pay for fare adjustment on board the train.
The map shows every line with at least one station in the area; the list says how much of each line is in it.
Lines P
- Nemuro Main Line 根室線 · 1 of 51 stations · estimated from the official map
- JR Sasshō Line 札沼線 · whole line · estimated from the official map
- Muroran Main Line 室蘭線 · 3 of 47 stations · estimated from the official map
- Sōya Main Line 宗谷線 · 1 of 38 stations · estimated from the official map
- Sekishō Line 石勝線 · 1 of 7 stations · estimated from the official map
- JR Chitose Line 千歳線 · whole line · estimated from the official map
- Hidaka Main Line 日高線 · 1 of 4 stations · estimated from the official map
- Hakodate Main Line 函館線 · 41 of 84 stations · estimated from the official map
- Furano Line 富良野線 · 1 of 17 stations · estimated from the official map
- Rumoi Line 留萌線 · 1 of 5 stations · estimated from the official map
Sections as the issuer names them
- 函館線 小樽～旭川 estimated from the official map
- 札沼線 桑園～北海道医療大学 estimated from the official map
- 千歳線 白石～沼ノ端 estimated from the official map
- 千歳線 南千歳～新千歳空港 estimated from the official map
- 室蘭線 沼ノ端～苫小牧 estimated from the official map
Parts marked “estimated from the official map” were read off the issuer's map image, not its text: check the official map.
Sources and quotes checked 2026-10-10
- area (read off the official map): JR Hokkaido "Kitacaエリア ご利用可能駅" map (2024-03 data; same map on the back cover of the April 2025 Kitaca guide PDF). 札幌・旭川エリア: Hakodate Line Otaru–Sapporo–Iwamizawa–Takikawa–Fukagawa–Asahikawa; Sassho Line Soen–Hokkaido-Iryodaigaku; Chitose Line Shiroishi–Minami-Chitose–Numanohata with the branch Minami-Chitose–New Chitose Airport; Muroran Line Numanohata–Tomakomai. 函館エリア drawn separately: Hakodate–Goryokaku–Kikyo–Onakayama–Nanae–Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto. — map
- cross:
※函館エリアと札幌・旭川エリアをまたがっての利用はできません。
— www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/kitaca/kitaca.pdf - cross:
エリア外への乗り越し、エリア内への乗り入れによるエリア外区間の精算およびエリアを跨ったご利用はできませんのでご注意ください。
— www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/kitaca/05guide.html - issuer_complete:
※函館エリアと札幌・旭川エリアをまたがっての利用はできません。
— www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/kitaca/kitaca.pdf - note:
※SAPICAはお使いいただけません。
— www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/kitaca/02area.html - note:
※入場から出場までの有効期間は、ご利用区間の距離にかかわらず1日間です。
— www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/kitaca/kitaca.pdf - note:
あらかじめ特急券・指定席券を別途ご購入いただくことにより、利用可能エリア内に限り在来線の特急列車やuシート指定席にご乗車いただくことができます。
— www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/kitaca/05guide.html - note:
ワンマン列車の場合は運転士にKitacaをお見せください。その後、駅の改札機にタッチして出場してください。
— www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/kitaca/05guide.html - note:
KitacaのSF（SF:StoredFareの略で事前に入金された額のこと）は車内精算のお支払いにはお使いいただけません。
— www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/kitaca/05guide.html
- www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/kitaca/02area.html · · checked 2026-10-10
- www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/kitaca/05guide.html · · checked 2026-10-10
- www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/kitaca/kitaca.pdf · · checked 2026-10-10
- www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/kitaca/img/p2_eria.png · · checked 2026-10-10
- www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/CM/Info/press/pdf/20260401_KO_2026BusinessPlan.pdf · · checked 2026-10-10
Review status: draft_unreviewed.
Lines and stations: 「国土数値情報（鉄道データ、駅別乗降客数データ）」（国土交通省）を加工して作成 (MLIT National Land Numerical Information, railway data N02-24 and station passengers S12-25, CC BY 4.0). English station names and readings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), where they match. Data & credits.