Good day! We are going to Sapporo during Golden Week (April 27-May 3). We already have our hotel booked. Our route is PH-HND-CTS, so we land at Haneda at 5AM, April 27 (Sat) and our flight to Chitose is at 9AM. It will already be our 5th time in Japan and our 1st Golden Week in Sapporo.
My questions are:
1. How is HND during early morning on the weekend at the start of Golden Week? Do locals usually travel early morning too or it peaks during noon time?
2. We are planning to take the Rapid Airport from CTS to Sapporo Station, do we need to book our tickets for the reserved seating in advance?
3. Lastly, how busy is Sapporo in Golden Week? We picked this because we often see and hear that people choose the Golden Route (Tokyo-Osaka-Kyoto)to travel whenever Golden Week comes. Is Sapporo GW relatively less crowded than those 3? Our plan is mainly to visit Mt. Moiwa and the parks around (Maruyama, Nakajima) for Cherry Blossoms.
Thanks everyone!
by IronMarkL