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Vacation August 1 to 15

Ineeda_beer
Ineeda_beer
over 8 years ago
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Hi...I will be traveling on the dates listed above with my mother. We plan to stay in Asakusa. My mother is from Japan but we both reside in Hawaii. I would like to buy a 14 day jr rail pass. Does my mother qualify for the jr rail pass? Is it worth buying a 14 day rail pass? Can you recommend places for us to visit using the rail pass so we can get our money's worth with the pass. Help!

Thank you in advance.

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Daniel-san
18835 posts
over 8 years ago
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Hi there,

Your mother does qualify for the JR Pass if she can proof that she lives permanently outside of Japan. You will need to bring something like a permanent visa and proof of adres, such as a utility bill, bank statement (showing the address) or tax slip.

For the full breakdown, please see:
http://www.jrpass.com/japan-rail-pass-eligibility

As for traveling, what are you interested in? It is hard to just pull an itinerary out of the blue without having something to work with.

As a base itinerary you could do something like Tokyo - Kyoto - Hiroshima and Miyajima - Naoshima island - Osaka - Tokyo and return home. It is also easy to add in a day trip in a day trip here and there. Such as Nikko, Kamakura and Nara. We also have a 14 day sample itinerary you can consider.

Hope this helps,
Daniel


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