We are visiting Japan for the first time on May 1st for 16 days. We have booked our accommodation and have purchased our 7 day Rail JR Pass.
We will be spending 6 days in Tokyo in the Keisei Tateishi station area.
On May 7th we will depart Tokyo and go to Kanazawa. I plan to activate our rail pass at this time. Going from Keisei Tateishi station to Kanazawa appears involve a bit of walking between stations. Would it be better to get a train to Tokyo station and start our trip from there?
We will get the Hokuriku Shinkensen to Kanazawa where we will spend 3 days.
When we leave Kanazawa we will get the Hokuriku back to Nagarno and get the Shinano to Matsumoto.
After spending 3 days in Matsumoto we will go to Odawara area where we will stay for 3 days before flying back home to New Zealand.
It looks like there are 3 options of getting to Odawara. The one I am thinking of is getting the LTD. EXP (WIDE VIEW) SHINANO 8 to Nagoya and then the SHINKANSEN HIKARI 520 to Odawara.
Time taken does not matter as the experience of seeing the countryside is all part of our holidays.
If you any comments or advice on my plans would be most appreciated.
Regards,
Len P.