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leewei
leewei
over 9 years ago
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Hi,
This is my 1st Japan trip and I will be flying to Osaka on December
There are total 3 of us travelling.

I had drafted my itinerary as below:

Day 1 - 3 (4-6 Dec)
Arrival at Kansai Airport (8am)
Proceed to Osaka for leisure trip.
Stay Osaka

Day 3 -5 ( 6-8 Dec)
Proceed to Kyoto
Stay: Kyoto

Day 5- 6 ( 8-9 Dec)
Proceed to Nagoya
Stay: Nagoya

Day 6-7 (9-10 Dec)
Shirakawa-go
Stay: Shirakawa-go

Day 7-8 (10-11 Dec)
Nagoya
Stay: Nagoya

Day 8-14 (11 -17 Dec)
Hokkaido
Stay: Sapporo

Day 14-17 ( 17-20 Dec)
Tokyo
Stay: Tokyo
Proceed to Haneda airport to checkout.

Please suggest:
1) What passes are recommended?
2) Should i use flight to Hokkaido?
3) May I know the JR Pass valid to use in metro at Osaka,Kyoto,Nagoya?

Thank you.
Lee Wei

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Daniel-san
18835 posts
over 9 years ago
Expert

Hi Lee Wei,

Thank you for writing down your itinerary so carefully, this makes it much more easy for me to look at possible options.

When a JR Pass is would be beneficial depends on if you fly to Hokkaido or take the train. Flying is a lot quicker but may cost more and you do have to go trough flying procedures a couple of times (Personally I find that rather frustrating). To give you an idea of rail travel. The full trip Tokyo - Sapporo takes 10 hours, you can however make a stop at any time and get to see more of Japan. Nice stops directly on the route include Sendai, Hachinohe, Hakonedate and Nobori-bestsu. Whether plane or train is better is up to you, the JR Pass does cover all train travel to and within Hokkaido.

The JR Pass does not cover the metro/subway, it does however cover the local train network in both Osaka and Tokyo, which is more than enough to see most of both cities.

Hope this helps,
Daniel


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