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Juanzi
Juanzi
over 7 years ago
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Hi,

My family is about to go to Japan for the first time. Our brief itinerary is,

1) land in Narita airport, go to Tokyo, and stay for five days. We plan to take one day trip to visit Mount Fuji.

2) take train from Tokyo to Kyoto, and stay for four days. We plan to take one day trip to visit Nara.

3) take train from Kyoto to Narita airport for our flight back home.

Is this a good plan? If so, which pass do we need? the 7-day national pass?

Thank you so much for your help in making our Japan trip a success!

Best,
Juanzi

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Daniel-san
19375 posts
over 7 years ago
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Hi there,

Yes, this sounds like a good and fun plan for a first-time visit to Japan. A 7-day JR Pass would help you make savings when used to travel to Kyoto, Nara and back to Narita Airport. You can also use the Shinkansen bullet trains to/from Kyoto.

Hope this helps!
Daniel

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Juanzi
Juanzi
3 posts
over 7 years ago

Thank you so much for your kind reply! Beyond the 7-day passes, do we also need to buy the passes for local transportation in Tokyo and Kyoto? Which passes should we buy?

Thanks again!

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Daniel-san
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Juanzi
Juanzi
3 posts
over 7 years ago

Hi Daniel,

Thank you so much for your reply!

A related question, if we want to have a one-day tour from Tokyo to Mount Fuji, can we use the JR pass to take the trains? and how?

Thank you!

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