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hoa
hoa
over 9 years ago
42 answers

Hi,

I try hardly to make up my itinerary!

Suggestions and feedback are very welcome.

Day 1- 7: Tokyo. Side trips to Nikko and Kamakura

Day 8-10: Tokyo- Odawara- Hakone and Fuji 5 Lake( buy Pass Hakone- Fuji 5 lake round trip from Tokyo or Stay in Odawara and buy a Pass from Odawara- Hakone- Fuji 5 Lake) Start JR Pass

Day 11-16 Tokyo or Odawara to Kyoto or Osaka( Base at Kyoto or Osaka depending on the price, which place is cheaper?) Side trips to Nara and Koya-san

Day 17-19: Kyoto or Osaka to Hakata. Visiting Fukuoka and Nagasaki

Day 20-21: Hakata- Kagoshima

Day 22-22: Kagoshima- Beppu

Day 24-25 : Beppu- Hiroshima. Visiting Hiroshima and Miyajima

Day 26 27: Hiroshima- Kanazawa . Visiting Kanazawa and Shirakawago

Day 28 Takayama

Day 29 hiking Magome - Tsumago???

Kiso valley, Kamikochi??? Matsumoto

I would like to stop at Togurakamiyamada, Staying 2 nights at Kamesei Ryokan before returning to Tokyo.

Stay Tokyo 1 nite before flight back to Canada.

21 JR Pass+ 7 JR Pass. Peace of mind worthy?

Please help . Thank you very much.

hoa

Toraneko
Toraneko
1303 posts
over 9 years ago

Hi,
The first thing that is apparent is that you don't need a second 7 day pass - you wouldn't save anything on it anyways. Just get the 21 day pass and use it for the last 21 days of your trip. For your Day 1, if entering through Narita, you can use the 1000 yen bus. For Tokyo, you might consider a 2 or 3 day subway pass.
To see Nikko, you can use a Tobu Nikko Free Pass, and for Kamakura/Enoshima, there is the Enoshima-Kamakura Freepass. For Koyasan, use the Koyasan World Heritage Ticket.

Hotels are generally cheaper in Osaka than Kyoto, but there are some good cheap places in the latter, and it would take you an extra hour round trip to go from Osaka to Kyoto every day.

Visiting both Fukuoka and Nagasaki are worth it; but if you choose to do the latter as a day trip, it'd take 2 hours one way.
For Kagoshima, don't miss seeing Sakurajima and the Senganen Garden.

Beppu is famous for its hot springs, but its Hells Tour, plus the Takasakiyama monkey park/aquarium are all terrific.

Your last days need to be firmed up a bit. Kamikochi and the Kiso Valley are both time consuming to get to.

Good luck.

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