Hiroshima is located quite far from Tokyo, making it challenging for a day trip due to the travel time involved. The journey from Tokyo to Hiroshima by shinkansen (bullet train) takes approximately 4 hours one way. This means that a round trip would entail about 8 hours of travel time alon...
Those who would like to travel to both locations should take a look atAmami Ōshima - A Paradise Only Two-And-A-Half Hours AwayandWays To Travel To Yakushima, Japan's First World Heritage Sitefor more information. There are also direct flights that depart from airports in bothTokyoand Osa...
Getting to Osaka From/To: Tokyo By shinkansen Direct 2.5 - 3 h ¥around 14,000 multiple trains per hour Covered by:Japan Rail Pass Tokyo(Tokyo and Shinagawa stations) andOsaka(Shin-Osaka Station) are connected with each other by theJR Tokaido Shinkansen. Nozomi trains require about 155 min...
(For some background info: I will be in Japan for two weeks, spending some days in tokyo, then flying to Okinawa. From Okinawa I fly back to Fukuoka, then plan to take the Shinkanses to Hiroshima, followed by Kyoto, then to then to an area near Mt. Fuji before retur...
Getting to Hakodate From/To: Tokyo By air 4 h ¥13,000 - 44,000 JAL, ANA and Air Do operate multipleflightsbetweenTokyo'sHaneda AirportandHakodate. The flight duration is about 80 minutes. The regular one way fare by JAL and ANA is about 43,000 yen, withdiscount ticketsusually availab...
Tokyo-Nagoya: 4,500 JPY – 6 hours Nagoya-Kyoto: 2,000 JPY – 2.5 hours Kyoto-Hiroshima: 6,400 JPY – 8 hours As you can see, it’s a lot cheaper to go by bus — but it takes a lot longer! Bottom line: If you have the time, take the bus (at least for some trips). The...
using the Shinkansen network, Shin-Osaka Station is serviced by the Sany’yo Shinkansen running west to destinations including Okayama, Hiroshima and Hakata (and then connecting to lines running to Kyushu) and the Tokaido Shinkansen running east into Central Japan including Kyoto, Nagoya and Tokyo....
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As well as the subway, Japan has an extensive monorail system, and one Japanese line is the second longest monorail in the world. Big cities like Tokyo, Osaka, and Hiroshima all operate monorails. Monorails are easy to ride. You can use your JR Pass on some of them. In case you cannot...
If you purchase a Japan Rail Pass online from JR, you can use the JR online booking system to make seat reservations. If you just want to use the Tokaido, Sanyo and Kyushu shinkansen lines (ie, the direct line that runs from Tokyo through Nagoya, Kyoto, Osaka, Hiroshima and down into ...