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14day JR Rail Pass?
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2008/8/17 02:45
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Considering the following 2 week itinerary, would you recommend the 14 day JR Rail Pass.? Or, is it more economical to purchase each leg separately.
Day Flight US to NRT
1 Tokyo
2 Tokyo - day trip to Yokohama
3 Tokyo day trip to The Great Buddha of Kamakura
4 Tokyo
5 Hakone - stay at ICHINOYU Shinkan
6 Kanazawa Kenrokuen
7 Koyasan Temple Lodging
8 Kyoto
9 Kyoto
10 Kyoto
11 Kyoto
12 Miyajima
13 Osaka
14 Flight from KIX to US
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by Lani9394
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better itinerary
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2008/8/18 23:15
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Your 14 days JR Pass wont pay off under your itinerary. I advise the following itinerary using 7 day JR Pass.
Tokyo -(activate JR Pass)- Hakone - Kanazawa - Miyajima - Kyoto/Osaka(finish using JR pass and buy JR West Pass, Kansai Thru Pass or 1 day ticket in Kyoto/Osaka) - Kansai Airport
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by Ts
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Koyasan is not served by JR and thus JR pass is useless. You can get there by Kansai Thru Pass or some discount tickets on Nankai Railway
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by Ts
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7 day, it is...
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2008/8/19 10:48
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Thank you so much for your comments. Ifve decided to go with the 7 day JR Rail pass and possibly a Kansai thru pass. Ifve also adjusted my itinerary as follows. Day 0 Flight to NRT 1 Tokyo 2 Tokyo -Puroland (donft judge) 3 Tokyo -The Great Buddha of Kamakura 4 Tokyo 5 Hakone -ICHINOYU ShinKan http://english.ichinoyu.co.jp/index.html 6 Takayama 7 Hiroshima 8 Hiroshima -side trip to Miyajima 9 Koyasan 10 Kyoto 11 Kyoto 12 Kyoto 13 Kyoto 14 From KIX For me, this is an aggressive schedule. I normally stay in one location for at least a week. Just to put things in perspective, my last vacation was 5 days at the beach; touring consisted of walking across the street to the market place.
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by Lani9394
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comparison
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2008/8/20 00:02
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NRT to Tokyo : 1500yen (NEX & SUICA package)
Tokyo to Yokohama and back : 900yen
Tokyo to Kamakura and back : 1780yen
Total 4180yen
Tokyo to Odawara(Hakone) : 3840yen
Odawara(Hakone) to Takayama : 12710yen
Takayama to Hiroshima : 16710yen
Hiroshima to Miyajima and back : 1140yen
Hiroshima to Shin-Imamiya(transfer to Nankai Railway for Mt.Koya) : 10420yen
Shin-Imamiya to Kyoto : 890yen
Total 45,710
Kyoto to KIX : 3680yen or 1830yen
7 days JR Pass : 28300yen for 45710yen
14 days JR Pass : 45,100yen for 51720yen
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