We are travelling for 10 days - flying into Osaka - then Kyoto, Takayama, Kanazawa, Tokyo.
So not a quick trip around. I have looked at the JR and Regional passes but they don’t seem to go where we are going. Do you have any suggestions of a passes we could use?
The national JR pass covers all those places. But it may not be cost effective. Check using the calculator. You might be best with the Hokuriku Arch Pass, with a separate ticket to Takayama. But it depends on timing. and also if you can be flexible with the schedule. Hope that helps!
At this stage we are reasonably set with accommodation dates. We want to go to Takayama - otherwise I think the Hokuriki Arch Pass would have been great.
Hi Andrew, Am I correct in understanding that you must buy the JR Rail Pass before arriving in Japan, but you can buy the JR Regional passes within the country? We are planning to travel to Matsue and Amonashidate as well as Hiroshima, Kobe, Okayama, Kyoto and end up in Kanazawa before we head North to Yamadera Temple and Matsushima Bay. Why don’t more people talk about the Sanyo-San’In Northern Kyushu Pass as it is only about $275 AUD for a 7 day pass and covers nearly the entire part of Southern Kyushu right down to Fukuoka. If I am careful, I can buy two 7 day passes and use them consecutively to see nearly everything I want to see in Kyushu and then just buy the extra ticket for the Kanazawa -sendai and back to Tokyo. The 21 Day Country wide pass is still going to be restrictive for us time wise. Thanks for reading and once again, love your work.
If you buy from somewhere like Klook, they send you the voucher in the mail, which you obviously need to do before getting on the plane. (Some agencies can mail it to hotels in Japan I've heard.
If you buy from JR, it's all online, so you could do that while you were in Japan.
Regional passes, yes, you can buy them while in Japan, because again, all done online. For example, the Tokyo Wide Area Pass: I just bought it online, took my passport to one of the ticket machines with passport readers, and got the pass easily.
The Sanyo-San’In Northern Kyushu Pass does look good for the money, I agree. It's a slight shame it doesn't get you down to Kagoshima or Miyazaki, but still great. Why don't more people talk about it? Because it doesn't cover the Tokyo/Osaka Shinkansen route, that's why.
We are travelling for 10 days - flying into Osaka - then Kyoto, Takayama, Kanazawa, Tokyo.
So not a quick trip around. I have looked at the JR and Regional passes but they don’t seem to go where we are going. Do you have any suggestions of a passes we could use?
The national JR pass covers all those places. But it may not be cost effective. Check using the calculator. You might be best with the Hokuriku Arch Pass, with a separate ticket to Takayama. But it depends on timing. and also if you can be flexible with the schedule. Hope that helps!
At this stage we are reasonably set with accommodation dates. We want to go to Takayama - otherwise I think the Hokuriki Arch Pass would have been great.
Hi Andrew, Am I correct in understanding that you must buy the JR Rail Pass before arriving in Japan, but you can buy the JR Regional passes within the country? We are planning to travel to Matsue and Amonashidate as well as Hiroshima, Kobe, Okayama, Kyoto and end up in Kanazawa before we head North to Yamadera Temple and Matsushima Bay. Why don’t more people talk about the Sanyo-San’In Northern Kyushu Pass as it is only about $275 AUD for a 7 day pass and covers nearly the entire part of Southern Kyushu right down to Fukuoka. If I am careful, I can buy two 7 day passes and use them consecutively to see nearly everything I want to see in Kyushu and then just buy the extra ticket for the Kanazawa -sendai and back to Tokyo. The 21 Day Country wide pass is still going to be restrictive for us time wise. Thanks for reading and once again, love your work.
Well Danelle, it's yes and no.
If you buy from somewhere like Klook, they send you the voucher in the mail, which you obviously need to do before getting on the plane. (Some agencies can mail it to hotels in Japan I've heard.
If you buy from JR, it's all online, so you could do that while you were in Japan.
Regional passes, yes, you can buy them while in Japan, because again, all done online. For example, the Tokyo Wide Area Pass: I just bought it online, took my passport to one of the ticket machines with passport readers, and got the pass easily.
The Sanyo-San’In Northern Kyushu Pass does look good for the money, I agree. It's a slight shame it doesn't get you down to Kagoshima or Miyazaki, but still great. Why don't more people talk about it? Because it doesn't cover the Tokyo/Osaka Shinkansen route, that's why.