Hi =)
Hoping you can give us a little bit of help. We're arriving in Tokyo on Wednesday next week (9/4) from Australia and are just trying to work out whether we should consider JR Passes (either 7 day or 14 day) to cover the major travel section in the middle of our trip.
Our trip itinerary is as follows:
Day 1: Arrive Tokyo Haneda (16:00 9 April) so will catch train to city.
Day 2 to 6: General trips around Tokyo. Possibly 1 or 2 day trips. Considering an IC card.
Day 7: Early train to Takayama to arrive mid-day (for the festival).
Day 8: Takayama to Hida.
Day 9: Hida to Shirakawa-go to Matsumoto.
Day 10: Matsumoto to Kanazawa.
Day 11: Kanazawa.
Day 12: Kanazawa to Hiroshima, ideally departing around 2pm.
Day 13: Hiroshima.
Day 14: Hiroshima to Kyoto, stopping at Himeji.
Day 15 to 18: Kyoto. Possibly going to Takao on Day 17 then from Takao to Osaka (departing Japan) on Day 18.
We would likely need our passes to be sent to our Tokyo accommodation at this point, I'm guessing!
Thanks for any help =)
