first time 13 day stay- which JR PASS?

Hi there,

I recommend a 7 day JR Pass for travel from day 11 to day 17. You will be covering a good distance here with frequent travel and the JR Pass will help you make savings compared to purchasing normal tickets.

It is possible to buy WiFi directly at Narita Airport but the online rate is about 30% lower. Please send us a mail at [email protected] and we can likely still set it up for August 10th.

Kind regards,
Daniel

hi Daniel,

Thank you,
i appreciate your valuable advice.

in your expertise, any additional recommendations to our itinerary? would you make any changes to our itinerary?
Do you think it is easily doable to do a one day trip from Kyoto to the art islands neshima/taoshima ? how would we get there; what would be the route and is this covered on the jr pass?

thank you again,
all the best,
rose

Hi Rose,

It would be hard to change much, as it would mean cutting down your time elsewhere. That said a trip to Naoshima if done right would be a rather nice addition. You could do it as day trip from Kyoto if you leave very early and return late, or better yet, spend the last night there before doing back to Tokyo.

The fastest route would be to use the Shinkansen from Kyoto to Okayama, from there a local train to Uno and the ferry from there to Naoshima. Same for the route back. If you want to stay the night there, then you could also consider staying in Takamatsu and use the ferry from there. The route is a bit longer but very scenic, traveling over the long Seto Ohashi bridge.

Hope this helps,
Daniel

yes, it helps
thank you
is the trip to Naoshima covered on the JR Pass?