Will it work for me?

chippobrojo

Hi I would appreciate any assistance you can offer.
Day 1 - arrive Haneda - travel to Shinjuku Tokyo
Day 2-3 - Tokyo
Day 4 - travel to Kyoto
Day 5 - 8 - Kyoto
Day 9 - travel to Hakone
Day 10 Hakone
Day 11 - travel to Asakusa Tokyo
Day 12 - 15 Tokyo - inc day trip to Yokohama (art festival)
Day - 16 return to Haneda International airport.

Not sure whether the pass will work for me as the major travel of our trip doesn't fit neatly into 7 day blocks. From the limited amount I have read we will still need to purchase Tokyo subway tickets, the Hakone Free pass and whatever we need for Kyoto.
Thanks for any advice
Chippobrojo

Tenjin

You are correct - a 7 day pass would not pay off for you.
There are some combo tickets for getting from Haneda as well as the subway. See:
http://bit.ly/2roNsbT

You should spend half a day in Nara from Kyoto as well. It has some of Japan's best sights.

You can see previews of some of the best places to see in Japan on:
https://www.youtube.com/user/thejapanfaq/videos

chippobrojo

Thanks Tenjin for your confirmation.
The bitly link doesn't work for me

chippobrojo

Thanks Tenjin for your confirmation.
The bitly link doesn't work for me 404 error.
Do you have any suggestions for combo type tickets in Kyoto?
Thanks
Chippobrojo

Tenjin

Hi,
Not sure what went wrong with the link. Try this:
http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/arrange/transportation/discount/rail-
bus.html

There is a 500 yen bus day pass for Kyoto. But if it's rush hour I wouldn't recommend it getting from one part of the city to another.

gordonnicholas

Hi,

Wanting to travel from Fukuoka to Sapporo. Will the JR pass cover all this travel?

Tenjin

First, it's better to start a new thread and not piggyback your question on someone else's.

You could certainly take the bullet train almost all the way there on the JR Pass, but it would take you 1½ days of just sitting on trains and in stations making transfers - completely murdering the day and wasting time.

You could however fly there direct on ANA's Experience Japan Fare
http://www.ana.co.jp/wws/us/e/wws_common/promotion/experience_jp/
for just 10,800 yen one way, getting you there in just 2 hours 20 minutes and still having the day to see Sapporo.

You should not skip seeing Fukuoka also.
For Fukuoka, there are many open parks, shopping, seaside historical areas, and urban neon. See this site as a good guide:
http://www.thejapanfaq.com/fukpic.html

Don't miss the Nanzoin Temple which is one of Japan's finest yet almost totally unknown to the outside world and completely *FREE*!

You can see previews of some of the best places to see in Japan on:
https://www.youtube.com/user/thejapanfaq/videos