Our 4 recommended train itineraries with the JR Pass 14 days

Take advantage of the JR Pass (or Japan Rail Pass) to travel comfortably on JR trains and buses in every corner of Japan!

Day 1: Tokyo ↔ Nikko = ¥10,000 (2 h)

Day 2: Tokyo → Odawara(Hakone) = ¥3,200 (30 min)

Day 3: Odawara (Hakone) → Kyoto = ¥12,000 (2 h)

Day 4: Kyoto ↔ Nara = ¥1,500 (30 min)

Day 5: Kyoto ↔ Kinosaki Onsen = ¥11,400 (2 h 20)

Day 6: Kyoto → Hiroshima = ¥12,000 (2 h)

Day 7: Hiroshima ↔ Miyajima = ¥1,500 (1 h)

Day 8: Hiroshima → Okayama = ¥6,000 (40 min)

Day 9: Okayama ↔ Uno (Naoshima) = ¥3,000 (1 h)

Day 10: Okayama → Himeji = ¥4,000 (30 min)

Day 11: Himeji → Osaka = ¥4,000 (1 h)

Day 12: Osaka

Day 13: Osaka → Kanazawa = ¥9,000 (2 h 30)

Day 14: Kanazawa → Tokyo = ¥15,000 (2 h 30)

= ¥91,000 (JR Pass = ¥80,000) 14% savings 💴

Honshu must-see itinerary

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Day 1: Tokyo → Sendai = ¥11,000 (1 h 30)

Day 2: Sendai → Aomori = ¥11,800 (2 h 10)

Day 3: Aomori ↔ Hirosaki = ¥1,300 (51 min)

Day 4: Aomori → Noboribetsu = ¥14,480 (3 h 50)

Day 5: Noboribetsu → Sapporo = ¥4,780 (1 h 15 min)

Day 6: Sapporo

Day 7: Sapporo

Day 8: Sapporo → Asahikawa = ¥5,000 (1 h 30)

Day 9: Asahikawa ↔ Sounkyo = ¥4,500 (2 h 10)

Day 10: Asahikawa ↔ Furano/Biei = ¥2,500 (1 h 10)

Day 11: Asahikawa → Sapporo = ¥4,690 (1 h 30)

Day 12: Sapporo → Hakodate = ¥9,440 (3 h 45)

Day 13: Hakodate

Day 14: Hakodate → Tokyo = ¥24,160 (4 h 45)

= ¥94,970 (JR Pass = ¥80,000) 19% savings 💴

Northern Japan itinerary.

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Day 1: Tokyo → Kyoto = ¥13,000 (2 h)

Day 2: Kyoto

Day 3: Kyoto → Fukuoka = ¥14,000 (3 h)

Day 4: Fukuoka

Day 5: Fukuoka → Kumamoto = ¥4,700 (40 min)

Day 6: Kumamoto → Kagoshima = ¥6,500 (1 h)

Day 7: Kagoshima

Day 8: Kagoshima → Fukuoka = ¥10,610 (1 h 50)

Day 9: Fukuoka → Hiroshima = ¥8,500 (1 h)

Day 10: Hiroshima → Osaka = ¥10,000 (1 h 40)

Day 11: Osaka → Kanazawa = ¥9,800 (2 h 30)

Day 12: Kanazawa

Day 13: Kanazawa → Tokyo = ¥15,000 (2 h 30)

Day 14: Tokyo ↔ Nikko = ¥10,000 (2 h)

= ¥111,910 (JR Pass = ¥80,000) 40% savings 💴

*Day-trip to Nara possible.

Golden Route to Fukuoka.

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Day 1: Tokyo ↔ Nikko = ¥10,000

Day 2: Tokyo → Nagano = ¥8,700 (1 h 20 min)

Day 3: Nagano → Toyama = ¥7,600 (45 min)

Day 4: Toyama ↔ Kurobe Gorge

Day 5: Toyama → Kanazawa = ¥3,700 (45 min)

Day 6: Kanazawa → Kyoto = ¥8,200 (1 h 50)

Day 7: Kyoto ↔ Omi Maiko = ¥2,000 (1 h)

Day 8: Kyoto ↔ Nara = ¥1,500 (40 min)

Day 9: Kyoto → Tottori = ¥11,000 (4 h)

Day 10: Tottori → Matsue = ¥3,500 (2 h)

Day 11: Matsue → Okayama = ¥6,500 (2 h 30)

Day 12: Okayama → Hiroshima = ¥5,600 (40 min)

Day 13: Hiroshima → Shimonoseki = ¥7,500 (1 h 15)

Day 14: Shimonoseki → Osaka = ¥13,800 (3 h)

= ¥89,600 (JR Pass = ¥80,000) 12% savings 💴

Itinerary Tokyo in western Japan.

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