All 47 prefectures, by region
Wherever your hospital is on the map of Japan, we can get you there
Medical guests are often referred by a coordinator to one specific hospital, sometimes in a city they have never heard of. This page answers the first question: how to get there, where to stay and who comes along. There are no hospital names here; choosing the hospital is between you and a registered medical coordinator.
Hokkaido
Prefectures · 1
- Hokkaido
- Airports
- New Chitose (CTS) international; Hakodate and Asahikawa domestic.
- Cities with large hospital clusters
- Sapporo has the largest hospital cluster; Asahikawa and Hakodate are smaller centres.
- Drive time (estimate)
- CTS to central Sapporo is roughly 50 to 70 minutes by car.
- What OlaChill arranges here
- Airport and clinic cars in Sapporo, long-stay hotels in the city, companion staff. Winter cars run on snow tyres; onsen and summer golf for free days.
Tohoku
Prefectures · 6
- Aomori
- Iwate
- Miyagi
- Akita
- Yamagata
- Fukushima
- Airports
- Sendai (SDJ) has some Asian routes; Aomori, Akita and Hanamaki are domestic. Many guests fly to Tokyo and take the shinkansen.
- Cities with large hospital clusters
- Sendai is the medical centre of the whole region; the other prefectural capitals each have a university hospital.
- Drive time (estimate)
- SDJ to central Sendai is roughly 30 to 40 minutes; Tokyo to Sendai by shinkansen is about 90 minutes.
- What OlaChill arranges here
- Pickup at Sendai or the shinkansen station, clinic cars in the prefectural capitals, long-stay hotels in Sendai; elsewhere we book the nearest hotel. Mountain onsen for free days.
Kanto
Prefectures · 7
- Ibaraki
- Tochigi
- Gunma
- Saitama
- Chiba
- Tokyo
- Kanagawa
- Airports
- Narita (NRT) and Haneda (HND), both international. Haneda is closer to the centre.
- Cities with large hospital clusters
- Tokyo has Japan's densest concentration of large hospitals; Yokohama, Chiba, Saitama and Tsukuba are other major clusters.
- Drive time (estimate)
- HND to central Tokyo is roughly 30 to 45 minutes; NRT to the centre roughly 60 to 90 minutes depending on traffic.
- What OlaChill arranges here
- Everything: Alphard or minibus, hourly cars, long-stay hotels and serviced apartments in every district, companion staff in all our languages, Tokyo helicopter flights, golf within an hour, Hakone and Nikko for free days.
Chubu
Prefectures · 9
- Niigata
- Toyama
- Ishikawa
- Fukui
- Yamanashi
- Nagano
- Gifu
- Shizuoka
- Aichi
- Airports
- Chubu Centrair (NGO) international for Nagoya; Komatsu (for Kanazawa), Toyama, Niigata, Shizuoka and Matsumoto are mainly domestic.
- Cities with large hospital clusters
- Nagoya is the largest cluster; Kanazawa, Niigata, Shizuoka, Hamamatsu, Matsumoto and Nagano have university or prefectural hospitals.
- Drive time (estimate)
- NGO to central Nagoya is roughly 45 to 60 minutes by car.
- What OlaChill arranges here
- Cars and long-stay hotels in Nagoya, Kanazawa and Shizuoka; long-distance cars to the mountain prefectures. Free days: Takayama, Shirakawa-go, Mt Fuji from the Yamanashi side.
Kansai
Prefectures · 7
- Mie
- Shiga
- Kyoto
- Osaka
- Hyogo
- Nara
- Wakayama
- Airports
- Kansai (KIX) international; Itami (ITM) domestic close to Osaka; Kobe (UKB) domestic.
- Cities with large hospital clusters
- Osaka, Kyoto and Kobe each have large university hospital clusters; Nara and Wakayama are smaller.
- Drive time (estimate)
- KIX to central Osaka is roughly 50 to 70 minutes; to Kobe roughly 65 to 80; to Kyoto roughly 80 to 100.
- What OlaChill arranges here
- Cars and long-stay hotels in all three cities, companion staff in every language, direct KIX cars to Kyoto or Kobe with no train change. Free days: Kyoto, Nara, Arima onsen.
Chugoku
Prefectures · 5
- Tottori
- Shimane
- Okayama
- Hiroshima
- Yamaguchi
- Airports
- Hiroshima (HIJ) and Okayama (OKJ) have a few Asian routes; many guests take the shinkansen from Osaka.
- Cities with large hospital clusters
- Hiroshima and Okayama are the two main clusters; Matsue, Tottori and Yamaguchi have prefectural university hospitals.
- Drive time (estimate)
- HIJ to central Hiroshima is roughly 50 to 60 minutes; OKJ to central Okayama roughly 30 to 40.
- What OlaChill arranges here
- Pickup at the airport or shinkansen station, long-stay hotels in Hiroshima and Okayama, long-distance cars to the Sea of Japan coast. Free days: Miyajima, Kurashiki, Izumo.
Shikoku
Prefectures · 4
- Tokushima
- Kagawa
- Ehime
- Kochi
- Airports
- Takamatsu (TAK) has a few Asian routes; Matsuyama, Tokushima and Kochi are domestic. Cars from Okayama or Kobe across the bridges are also practical.
- Cities with large hospital clusters
- Matsuyama, Takamatsu, Tokushima and Kochi each have a university hospital; there is no single large metropolis.
- Drive time (estimate)
- TAK to central Takamatsu is roughly 30 to 40 minutes; Okayama to Takamatsu by car about 90 minutes.
- What OlaChill arranges here
- Pickup at every airport and across the bridges, hotels in the four capitals (fewer long-stay options), companion staff travelling in from Osaka if needed. Free days: Dogo onsen, Naoshima island.
Kyushu & Okinawa
Prefectures · 8
- Fukuoka
- Saga
- Nagasaki
- Kumamoto
- Oita
- Miyazaki
- Kagoshima
- Okinawa
- Airports
- Fukuoka (FUK) and Naha (OKA) international; Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Oita and Miyazaki have a few Asian or domestic routes.
- Cities with large hospital clusters
- Fukuoka is the largest cluster and the closest to its airport anywhere in Japan; Kumamoto, Kagoshima, Nagasaki and Naha have university hospitals.
- Drive time (estimate)
- FUK to central Fukuoka is roughly 15 to 25 minutes; OKA to central Naha roughly 20 to 30.
- What OlaChill arranges here
- Cars, long-stay hotels and companion staff in Fukuoka and Naha; long-distance cars to the other prefectures. Free days: Beppu and Yufuin onsen, Yakushima, Okinawa beaches, golf all year.
Transfers and companion staff cover all 47 prefectures. Long-stay hotels near a hospital depend on the city; where there is none, we book the nearest suitable one and add a car.