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(1) please help to check the plan for JapanI am planing to go to Japan this December. This is my rough plan :
Monday 17 DEC 2012
KANSAI AIRPORT TO TAMATSUKURI STATION BY BUS or should I Open JR Rail pass?
Tuesday 18 DEC 2012
HIROSHIMA First day of JP rail pass
08:02 FROM TAMATSUKURI STATION TO OSAKA BY ‘OSAKA LOOP LINE’
08:16 ARRIVAL TRACK NO. 1
08:21 DEPARTURE TRACK NO. 7 BY ‘JR KYOTO LINE LOCAL’
08:25 ARRIVAL TRACK NO. 13
08:35 DEPARTURE TRACK NO.22 ‘SHINKANSEN HIKARI 495’
10:18 ARRIVAL TRACK NO.12 HIROSHIMA
11:00 take the ferry to Miyajima (fare covered by JR Rail Pass) from Miyajima-guchi station. Will be there in 10 min. Wail around the torii and the main temple and its surroundings. Spend the time about 2 hours then catch the ferry back to Hiroshima (there's ferry every 15 min).
Go to see A-bomb dome and the Peace museum, Hiroshima castle or the Shukkeien.
NOTE : They are both small, Shukkeien was little bit difficult to find.
14:00 take the ferry from Miyajima back to Miyajima-guchi station and walk around the area till 15:00
15:10 FROM HIROSHIMA STATION TO SHIN-OSAKA BY ‘SHINKANSEN SAKURA 556’
DEPARTURE TRACK NO.14
16:44 ARRIVAL TRACK NO.20 AT SHIN-OSAKA
16:57 DEPARTURE TRACK NO.15 BY ‘JR KYOTO LINE LOCAL
17:01 ARRIVAL TRACK NO.6 AT OSAKA STATION
17:05 DEPARTURE TRACK NO.2 BY OSAKA LOOP LINE
17:19 ARRIVAL TAMATSUKURI STATION
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shelaugh19 wrote:
(1) please help to check the plan for Japan
I am planing to go to Japan this December. This is my rough plan :
(1) please help to check the plan for Japan
I am planing to go to Japan this December. This is my rough plan :
Why did you split this across two posts?
Monday 17 DEC 2012
KANSAI AIRPORT TO TAMATSUKURI STATION BY BUS or should I Open JR Rail pass?
KANSAI AIRPORT TO TAMATSUKURI STATION BY BUS or should I Open JR Rail pass?
Buy ICOCA + Haruka and take Haruka to Tennoji then transfer for Tamatsukuri. You can use your Haruka ticket for the whole trip.
http://www.jr-odekake.net/en/icoca-haruka/
Tuesday 18 DEC 2012
HIROSHIMA First day of JP rail pass
11:00 take the ferry to Miyajima (fare covered by JR Rail Pass) from Miyajima-guchi station. Will be there in 10 min. Wail around the torii and the main temple and its surroundings. Spend the time about 2 hours then catch the ferry back to Hiroshima (there's ferry every 15 min).
HIROSHIMA First day of JP rail pass
11:00 take the ferry to Miyajima (fare covered by JR Rail Pass) from Miyajima-guchi station. Will be there in 10 min. Wail around the torii and the main temple and its surroundings. Spend the time about 2 hours then catch the ferry back to Hiroshima (there's ferry every 15 min).
You will probably miss the 11:00am ferry but the next should be fine.
Go to see A-bomb dome and the Peace museum, Hiroshima castle or the Shukkeien.
NOTE : They are both small, Shukkeien was little bit difficult to find.
14:00 take the ferry from Miyajima back to Miyajima-guchi station and walk around the area till 15:00
NOTE : They are both small, Shukkeien was little bit difficult to find.
14:00 take the ferry from Miyajima back to Miyajima-guchi station and walk around the area till 15:00
I thought you were only spending two hours in Miyajima?
You do know the A-bomb and peace museum are not in Miyajima they are in Hiroshima?
15:10 FROM HIROSHIMA STATION TO SHIN-OSAKA BY ‘SHINKANSEN SAKURA 556’
This is not enough time to spend two hours in Miyajima and also see the A-dome and Peace Park and Castle etc. You need to spend the whole day in Hiroshima/Miyajima and re organise your ferry time, and take into account the time from Miyajima back to Hiroshima Station and then onto the tram to get to the Peace Park etc. and take a much later Shinkansen back to Osaka.
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For the way back from Miyajima to the Peace Park you could also take a direct tram from Miyajimaguchi instead of going via Hiroshima station: http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3454.html5
AT KYOTO (Shall we reach these places by JR train?)Nijo-jo Castle
Kinkaku-ji Temple
Yasaka-Jinja Shine
Shijokawara-machi Temple
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re #4: The JR pass would only cover the trip from Miyajimaguchi to Hiroshima station. You would still have to pay extra for the tram/streetcar to the peace park. Savings with the railpass would be minimal, perhaps 100 yen or so compared to the direct tram.re #5:
AT KYOTO (Shall we reach these places by JR train?)
It depends a bit where you are coming from, e.g. where your hotel is, but generally the JR pass is not very useful for sightseeing in Kyoto. The JR pass could be used and makes sense for instance for getting from Kyoto station to Arashiyama or to Fushimi Inari, but other than that no other major sight comes to mind which would be served by JR. To your particular questions...
Nijo-jo Castle: there is Nijo station which is served by JR, but it is rather far from the entrance. Better to take a bus.
Kinkakuji and Yasakajinja: Not near any JR station. Take buses.
Not sure what you mean by "Shijokawara-machi Temple". Shijo Kawaramachi is a modern part of Kyoto. Again no JR here, best accessed by subway or bus.
