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.^[1] 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.^[2]

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