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Hannah Ang
Hannah Ang
over 1 year ago
1 answer

We are a family of 3 with 2 adults and a 13year old children and travelling to Japan on 24 Nov 23 to 08 Dec 23.
ETA at KIX 0835h on 24 Nov 23.

Kindly check our itinerary and suggest which passes suit our trip. Can we buy the passes in advance to avoid the cost increase in Oct 23?

Our planned itinerary as below (24 Nov to 01 Dec):
Staying in Hotel Monterey Le Frere Osaka
Day 1: Nara n Osaka - Aquarium, teamLab, Dotonbori etc
Day 2: Kobe
Day 3 n 4: Osaka - Osaka castle, Tempozan Ferris wheel, Legoland Discovery Ctr, Expo city etc (buying 2 days Kansai thru pass?)
Day 5, 6 n 7: Kyoto - stay in Henn na Hotel Kyoto Hachijoguchi. Taking Aoniyoshi train, visiting places like Inari, Uji, Arashimaya, Gion, Kiyomizu-dera (清水寺) etc.

We will spend 3D2N (01 Dec to 03 Dec ) at Kumamoto/ Oita (Self drive).

Then, taking domestic flight to Tokyo from Oita and stay at The Knot Tokyo Shinjuku for 6 days:
Day 1 - Check in hotel on 03 Dec
Day 2- Yubatake onsen (Kusatsu)
Day 3- Kanazawa (Shirakawa-go)
Day 4 - Mount Fuji area, teamLab Planets
Day 5 n 6 - To visit Urayasu Oedo Onsen n free and easy travel around Shinjuku, Shibuya, Asakusa, Akihabara, Ikebukuro, Ginza etc

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Daniel-san
18919 posts
over 1 year ago
Expert

Hi there,

I checked your trip but could not find a pass that would match your travel and help you make savings. As such, my advice would be to just buy normal train tickets on the go.

Kind regards,
Daniel


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