Dear all,
I want to visit Japan for 7 days with my husband (3 days in Tokyo, 2days in Kyoto and 3 days in Hiroshima). Can I purchase the Japan Rail Pass to visit these 3 places? Or you advice something else??
Thank you in advance,
Arina
Dear all,
I want to visit Japan for 7 days with my husband (3 days in Tokyo, 2days in Kyoto and 3 days in Hiroshima). Can I purchase the Japan Rail Pass to visit these 3 places? Or you advice something else??
Thank you in advance,
Arina
Hi Arina,
Yes, the Japan Rail Pass covers all these travels and will help you make good savings at the same time.
In Hiroshima, you can also use the local sight seeing bus and ferry to "Miyajima":https://www.jrpass.com/blog/itinerary-tip-miyajima
Kind regards,
Daniel
Dear Daniel,
Thank you for the fast response. The last thing: I heard that high-speed trains are not included in these tickets. Is this true?
Best regards,
Arina
Hi Arina,
Where did you hear that? I'm interested as you can use high-speed trains, including the Shinkansen.
There is one thing to take note off and that is that train services named Nozomi and Mizuho are not included. You can, however, board the Hikari and Sakura Shinkansen on the same routes. The difference is that the latter make a couple more stops on the way. For instance, between Tokyo - Kyoto this adds 19 minutes of travel time, other than that there are no such restrictions. In fact, the fastest bullet train in Japan, the Hayabusa between Tokyo and Hokkaido is fully covered by the JR Pass.