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Poh Ai Min
Poh Ai Min
over 8 years ago
2 answers

Can I use JR Pass to travel from Tokyo to places like Nagano, Kurobe Alpine Route, Toyama, Hida Takayama, Shirakawago + Gokayama, Kamikochi, Karuizawa, Niko?

My itinerary as follows:

1 June : Tokyo (NRT)
2 June : Tokyo
3 June : Tokyo
4 June : Tokyo to Nagano to Kurobe Alpine Route
5 June : Kurobe Alpine Route to Toyama
6 June : Toyama to Shirakawago + Gokayama (back to Toyama)
7 June : Toyama to Hida Takayama
8 June : Hida Takayama to Kamikochi
9 June : Kamikochi
10 June : Kamikochi to Matsumoto (Transit) to Karuizawa
11 June : Karuizawa to Niko
12 June : Niko to Tokyo

I am open to suggestions to change my itinerary so as to travel more efficiently.

Thank you and await your kind advice.

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Daniel-san
19375 posts
over 8 years ago
Expert

Hi there,

Rail travel between the cities you plan to visit are covered please note that some parts which can only be reached by bus like Shirakawago and Kamikochi, these can not be reached using the JR Pass.

All the other cities can be reached and you can use the bullet trains where available.

Hope this helps,
Daniel

Poh Ai Min
Poh Ai Min
2 posts
over 8 years ago

Hi Daniel-san,
Thank you for your reply.
As we plan to spend a night in Hotel Tateyama (in Murodo), we intend to use Baggage Forwarding Service to forward our bigger luggage from Nagano side to Toyama side. We will only bring a small back-pack each, up the Kurobe Alpine Route for the overnight stay at Hotel Tateyama.
As such, can you advise us what is the best way to forward our luggage?
From Nagano Station or from Shinano Omachi Station?
Where is a good luggage receiving point?
At Toyama Station ? or at one of the appointed luggage receiving Hotels?
Can you tell us which HOTELS IN TOYAMA have this service of receiving the forwarded luggage? I can't find this information.
Thank you.


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