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JRPass - Tokyo to Kyoto and Day Trips from Kyoto

bavandh
bavandh
over 5 years ago
2 answers

Hello,
We're going to Japan for about 10 days.

1) Arrive in Tokyo on 9/21,
2) a one day trip to Kamakura on 23rd and back to Tokyo. (what type of tickets do you recommend for this trip, since it's outside of the 7 day pass?)
3) from Tokyo to Kyoto on the 25th.
4) from Kyoto to NARA and OSAKA and back to Kyoto on the 27th
5) from Kyoto to MIYAJIMA and back to Kyoto on the 28th
6) from Kyoto to HIROSHIMA and back to Kyoto on the 29th
7) from Kyoto to Tokyo on the Oct. 1st.

can we get the a 7 day JRPass (starting on Sep. 25th and ending on Oct. 1st) that can cover our trips from TOKYO to KYOTO and from KYOTO (daily round trips) to NARA, OSAKA, MIYAJIMA, HIROSHIMA and also from KYOTO to TOKYO?

Also I heard we only can use bullet trains that stop frequently if we get the 7 day JRPass, is that true? if yes, what's the time difference between the non-stop vs stopping trains?

Thank you!
BH

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Daniel-san
18919 posts
over 5 years ago
Expert

Hi there,

Yes, the 7-day JR Pass would work well for travel from 25/9 to 1/10. It covers travel to all these places, as well as local transport in many cases. With the trip to Hiroshima added it, you alone would be saving around 21.000yen!

The JR Pass covers the Hikari Shinkansen but not the Nozomi Shinkansen services, the main difference here is the amount of stops each train makes and is generally just a small difference. For instance, between Tokyo - Kyoto, the difference is about 19minutes.

Hope this answers your question :)
Daniel

bavandh
bavandh
2 posts
over 5 years ago

Thank you so much for your reply! We're so excited to visit the beautiful country!


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