Since I am spending half dozen days inwards Tokyo, some other five inwards Kyoto together with three days inwards Osaka (using an Osaka Amazing Pass), it doesn’t brand sense for me to activate my Nippon Rail Pass whatever earlier. Hence, I only activated my Nippon Rail Pass 2 weeks into my circular Nippon Trip together with it worked just similar this:
91-minute journeying (one-way) from Shin-Osaka station to Hiroshima station via the Shinkansen
Hiroshima is somewhere I’d honey to footstep pes on. Reasons? Other than it beingness the site of the WW2 atomic bombing, I’ve lived inwards “ Hiroshima” (a Russian hostel for the yesteryear four years).
The practiced affair nigh Hiroshima is that they receive got a lot of volunteer guides waiting at the Shinkansen gate to give everyone a big welcome. Just await for someone inwards a cherry vest that says “Hiroshima”. We hopped on to a JR sight-seeing loop omnibus (free amongst a JR Pass) to tour the city. It’s a hop-on-hop off omnibus that access to all the principal attractions hence I’d tell that visiting sights is never to a greater extent than convenient .
The see to the lone-standing A-bomb-dome was a emotionally hard experience. There are all the same elderly survivors (some inwards their 80s) walking roughly the premise, getting every bit much people every bit possible to sign a petition to halt nuclear weapon in ane lawsuit together with for all! There were also elderly sharing their personal gruesome sense inwards the Peace Memorial Park, I but can’t imagine how painful it is for them to hold telling stories nigh the past, hold remembering the terrible scenes. But it is all for a practiced course, for that, I genuinely abide by them. Before yous go, halt yesteryear the Hiroshima Castle if you’ve never been to a Nippon Castle. Entrance is free!
Last but non least, fill upwards your tum amongst delicious Okonomiya cooked correct inwards front end of you!
Getting to Miyajima:
21-minute journeying via the Cityliner develop to Miyajimaguchi, together with and hence a 10 infinitesimal JR Ferry to the island.
Spent the nighttime in: Sakura Ryokan
A side trip to Miyajima Island is a must piece traveling inwards Hiroshima. Not only that the ferry to Miyajima is fully covered yesteryear your JR Pass, it is abode to ane of the iconic landmark of Japan: the floating torii gate. The gate tin live on seen higher upwards the H2O during sunset together with visitors tin walk to it at sunrise during depression tide. And oh don’t larn me started on that herd of wild deer! If you’ve missed Nara on your way down, don’t sweat it, you’ve had a similar sense here. The only divergence is that the deer hither are wilder together with they tin pocket nutrient out of your backpack.
Those who are obsessed amongst fresh oyster volition definitely LOVE this place. In Miyajima, yous tin savor both its vibrant yet traditional isle life together with lush greenery at the other side of the island.
Getting to Okunoshima:
130-minute journeying to Tadounomi port via the Sanyo together with Kure work together with and hence nosotros used a individual ferry across the sea. Kure work is ane of those hidden gems on Nippon railway tracks. You tin savor mesmerizing take in of the coast piece on it!
We were a piffling bumped due to the rainy weather. Most rabbits were hiding inwards the shades but fortunately, some of them rush upwards to us when they heard food! There were but a mitt total of tourists on the isle that they together with nosotros were on our ain most of the time… that also agency undivided attending from the bunnies!
I know it sounds kinda rush, but if yous are non planing to pass a lot of coin on the isle itself, at that topographic point were no scream for staying every bit good long. We hopped on a develop to Kumamoto, a long way south. The practiced affair is, Shinkansen exists.
Getting to Kumamoto:
164- infinitesimal journeying to Kumamoto on Shinkansen via Mihara together with Hiroshima.
Spend the nighttime in: NEST Kumamoto
I had this piffling blissful minute when I saw that the H2O from the tap genuinely comes from Mount. Aso!
Getting to Takachiho:
Hop on a local omnibus to Takachiho. The provide omnibus fare is slightly cheaper.
In Takachiho Gorge, nosotros rented a boat to grab a closer await at the famous horse-tail waterfall. It was chilly yesteryear the water, hence live on careful non to larn every bit good unopen to the waterfall! Also, nosotros got an chance to travail the Flowing noodles — Nagashi Soumen!
Do yous know the noodle dish made famous yesteryear a Kibune Restaurant inwards Kyoto is genuinely created inwards Takachiho? Thin noodles were plunged into H2O ice mutual depression temperature running H2O along the bamboo track, every bit nosotros chased together with caught them amongst our chopstick. Also travail the raw-horse sashimi if yous are adventurous enough!
If yous would honey to lookout adult man a Kagura demo inwards Takachiho shrine, you’ll receive got to pass the nighttime at Takachiho. The final omnibus volition depart to Kumamoto at five piece the demo starts at 8.
For anyone non interested inwards Takachiho, Mount Aso tin live on an fantabulous alternative. Aso is an active volcano, hence acquit inwards take away heed that yous should never ice-cold off the trail. It is possible to see the crater together with lookout adult man it boiling upwards some disasters (I produce non know a nicer way to topographic point it, learn me!).
Spend the nighttime in: NEST Kumamoto
191-minute journeying on the Shinkansen together with Limited Express develop to Beppu. The seats on the limited limited develop is rotatable!
Beppu is an interesting house that deserves to a greater extent than attention. There were ix natural hot-springs colloquially known every bit the “Hells" together with everyone of them are ane of a kind. My favorite was Chinoike-Jigoku hot bound which resembles a lake of blood. Eerie, I know!
While yous are there, definitely travail the eggs boiled inwards those hot spring. They e'er receive got this handbasket total of eggs immersed inwards the Sea-Hell hence it eventually became an iconic sight inwards Beppu. Free pes bathroom are everywhere hence definitely travail those. If yous forgot to convey a towel amongst you, purchase one! It tin live on a cool souvenir every bit good since at that topographic point are cool wordings printed on the towels!
Getting to Hakata:
132 infinitesimal journeying on the Yufuin no Mori
Although at that topographic point is also other listed limited trains, riding inwards Yufuin no Mori is an ane of a form experience. The cite of this develop reflects relaxation, every bit Yufuin is ane of the most reputable onsen inwards the whole country. The develop is construct to resemble a "path inwards the forrest" together with it tally the subject yesteryear having diverse shades of light-green together with forest color inwards the interior. It fifty-fifty has a ceiling-to-floor window for yous to marvel at the scenery, that is why Yufuin no Mori is categorized every bit a sightseeing train!
Spent The Night In: Airbnb (Here is a $35 USD Free Credit )
When nosotros were there, Hakata was buzzing amongst Christmas marketplace everywhere! So nosotros took our fourth dimension browsing from ane stall to another, enjoying their lite illumination together with gauge what, receive got to a greater extent than ramen!
Getting on the Sunrise Seto:
To board the sunrise set, ane must get-go accept a Shinkansen to Himeji.
Spent the Night in: The Train
Getting to Kawagoe:
Kawagoe is easily reached on the Saikyo line. For those who are going from Tokyo, it is wiser to invest on a Day Pass that gives yous access to the sightseeing loop omnibus inwards Kawagoe!
Spent the Night In: Fine Garden Kuwana
Hokuriku bullet develop from Tokyo Station (Tokyo) takes 1 hr xx minutes. However, since I am going from Kawagoe, I took some other route:
Surrounded yesteryear soaring high mountains together with highlands, Nagano is non brusque of beautiful sceneries. Reasons to see Nagano tin live on summarized into five words: Skies, Forest, Times, Hot Spring together with Food. In 2 days time, I am going to sense all 5. Challenging, but possible.
In Nagano, nosotros stayed inwards Shibu Onsen which rumors had it, inspired the setting of "Spirited Away", the blockbuster Anime movie. We were lucky plenty to witness snowfall monkeys bathing inwards Onsen every bit good every bit ascend to the Sora Terrace at Ryuoo Ski Park. Zenkoji Temple is an unmissable sight if yous are visiting Nagano City every bit well.
Spent the Night In: Nozaru Onsen Hostel
If it is your get-go fourth dimension to the country, this Basic best-of-highlights itinerary volition serve yous better…. but whatever yous ended upwards doing amongst your 7-day pass, I am certain that it volition live on a memorable journey.
DAY 1 OF JR PASS: OSAKA – HIROSHIMA – MIYAJIMA
Getting to Hiroshima:91-minute journeying (one-way) from Shin-Osaka station to Hiroshima station via the Shinkansen
Hiroshima is somewhere I’d honey to footstep pes on. Reasons? Other than it beingness the site of the WW2 atomic bombing, I’ve lived inwards “ Hiroshima” (a Russian hostel for the yesteryear four years).
The practiced affair nigh Hiroshima is that they receive got a lot of volunteer guides waiting at the Shinkansen gate to give everyone a big welcome. Just await for someone inwards a cherry vest that says “Hiroshima”. We hopped on to a JR sight-seeing loop omnibus (free amongst a JR Pass) to tour the city. It’s a hop-on-hop off omnibus that access to all the principal attractions hence I’d tell that visiting sights is never to a greater extent than convenient .
The see to the lone-standing A-bomb-dome was a emotionally hard experience. There are all the same elderly survivors (some inwards their 80s) walking roughly the premise, getting every bit much people every bit possible to sign a petition to halt nuclear weapon in ane lawsuit together with for all! There were also elderly sharing their personal gruesome sense inwards the Peace Memorial Park, I but can’t imagine how painful it is for them to hold telling stories nigh the past, hold remembering the terrible scenes. But it is all for a practiced course, for that, I genuinely abide by them. Before yous go, halt yesteryear the Hiroshima Castle if you’ve never been to a Nippon Castle. Entrance is free!
Last but non least, fill upwards your tum amongst delicious Okonomiya cooked correct inwards front end of you!
Getting to Miyajima:
21-minute journeying via the Cityliner develop to Miyajimaguchi, together with and hence a 10 infinitesimal JR Ferry to the island.
Spent the nighttime in: Sakura Ryokan
A side trip to Miyajima Island is a must piece traveling inwards Hiroshima. Not only that the ferry to Miyajima is fully covered yesteryear your JR Pass, it is abode to ane of the iconic landmark of Japan: the floating torii gate. The gate tin live on seen higher upwards the H2O during sunset together with visitors tin walk to it at sunrise during depression tide. And oh don’t larn me started on that herd of wild deer! If you’ve missed Nara on your way down, don’t sweat it, you’ve had a similar sense here. The only divergence is that the deer hither are wilder together with they tin pocket nutrient out of your backpack.
Those who are obsessed amongst fresh oyster volition definitely LOVE this place. In Miyajima, yous tin savor both its vibrant yet traditional isle life together with lush greenery at the other side of the island.
DAY 2 OF JR PASS: MIYAJIMA – OKUNOSHIMA – KUMAMOTO
We continued exploring the Island of Miyajima inwards the morn together with afterwards checking out, nosotros ready out for ane of the cutest ground on earth, the Rabbit Island, Okunoshima.
Getting to Okunoshima:
130-minute journeying to Tadounomi port via the Sanyo together with Kure work together with and hence nosotros used a individual ferry across the sea. Kure work is ane of those hidden gems on Nippon railway tracks. You tin savor mesmerizing take in of the coast piece on it!
We were a piffling bumped due to the rainy weather. Most rabbits were hiding inwards the shades but fortunately, some of them rush upwards to us when they heard food! There were but a mitt total of tourists on the isle that they together with nosotros were on our ain most of the time… that also agency undivided attending from the bunnies!
I know it sounds kinda rush, but if yous are non planing to pass a lot of coin on the isle itself, at that topographic point were no scream for staying every bit good long. We hopped on a develop to Kumamoto, a long way south. The practiced affair is, Shinkansen exists.
Getting to Kumamoto:
164- infinitesimal journeying to Kumamoto on Shinkansen via Mihara together with Hiroshima.
Spend the nighttime in: NEST Kumamoto
I had this piffling blissful minute when I saw that the H2O from the tap genuinely comes from Mount. Aso!
DAY three OF JR PASS: TAKACHIHO
We stopped using the go yesteryear for a 24-hour interval because nosotros would honey to come across the legendary Takachiho Gorge.Getting to Takachiho:
Hop on a local omnibus to Takachiho. The provide omnibus fare is slightly cheaper.
In Takachiho Gorge, nosotros rented a boat to grab a closer await at the famous horse-tail waterfall. It was chilly yesteryear the water, hence live on careful non to larn every bit good unopen to the waterfall! Also, nosotros got an chance to travail the Flowing noodles — Nagashi Soumen!
Do yous know the noodle dish made famous yesteryear a Kibune Restaurant inwards Kyoto is genuinely created inwards Takachiho? Thin noodles were plunged into H2O ice mutual depression temperature running H2O along the bamboo track, every bit nosotros chased together with caught them amongst our chopstick. Also travail the raw-horse sashimi if yous are adventurous enough!
If yous would honey to lookout adult man a Kagura demo inwards Takachiho shrine, you’ll receive got to pass the nighttime at Takachiho. The final omnibus volition depart to Kumamoto at five piece the demo starts at 8.
For anyone non interested inwards Takachiho, Mount Aso tin live on an fantabulous alternative. Aso is an active volcano, hence acquit inwards take away heed that yous should never ice-cold off the trail. It is possible to see the crater together with lookout adult man it boiling upwards some disasters (I produce non know a nicer way to topographic point it, learn me!).
Spend the nighttime in: NEST Kumamoto
DAY four OF JR PASS: KUMAMOTO – BEPPU – HAKATA
Getting to Beppu:191-minute journeying on the Shinkansen together with Limited Express develop to Beppu. The seats on the limited limited develop is rotatable!
Beppu is an interesting house that deserves to a greater extent than attention. There were ix natural hot-springs colloquially known every bit the “Hells" together with everyone of them are ane of a kind. My favorite was Chinoike-Jigoku hot bound which resembles a lake of blood. Eerie, I know!
While yous are there, definitely travail the eggs boiled inwards those hot spring. They e'er receive got this handbasket total of eggs immersed inwards the Sea-Hell hence it eventually became an iconic sight inwards Beppu. Free pes bathroom are everywhere hence definitely travail those. If yous forgot to convey a towel amongst you, purchase one! It tin live on a cool souvenir every bit good since at that topographic point are cool wordings printed on the towels!
Getting to Hakata:
132 infinitesimal journeying on the Yufuin no Mori
Although at that topographic point is also other listed limited trains, riding inwards Yufuin no Mori is an ane of a form experience. The cite of this develop reflects relaxation, every bit Yufuin is ane of the most reputable onsen inwards the whole country. The develop is construct to resemble a "path inwards the forrest" together with it tally the subject yesteryear having diverse shades of light-green together with forest color inwards the interior. It fifty-fifty has a ceiling-to-floor window for yous to marvel at the scenery, that is why Yufuin no Mori is categorized every bit a sightseeing train!
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DAY 5: HAKATA – SUNRISE SETO
We spent most of the fourth dimension exploring Canal City together with Hakata City shopping mall. For dinner, it is practiced to caput out to the River together with Nakasu Island where yous tin observe many yatai (The famous nighttime street stalls). Those stalls are opened upwards until belatedly nighttime hence come upwards savor a bowl of Hakata specialty Ramen every bit good every bit some yakitori (chicken skewers).When nosotros were there, Hakata was buzzing amongst Christmas marketplace everywhere! So nosotros took our fourth dimension browsing from ane stall to another, enjoying their lite illumination together with gauge what, receive got to a greater extent than ramen!
Getting on the Sunrise Seto:
To board the sunrise set, ane must get-go accept a Shinkansen to Himeji.
Spent the Night in: The Train
DAY 6: SUNRISE SETO – KAWAGOE
One of the many reasons nosotros are on a Sunrise Seto is to salvage on accommodation. The Sunrise Seto develop is ane of the only overnight trains left inwards the whole of Japan, amongst Tokyo every bit its final stop. H5N1 lot of similar trains unfortunately stopped their services inwards 2015... As presently every bit nosotros got off the train, nosotros headed direct to the platform to Kawagoe, a metropolis famous for eel, majestic sweetness potato, together with a honey shrine.
Getting to Kawagoe:
Kawagoe is easily reached on the Saikyo line. For those who are going from Tokyo, it is wiser to invest on a Day Pass that gives yous access to the sightseeing loop omnibus inwards Kawagoe!
Spent the Night In: Fine Garden Kuwana
DAY 7: KAWAGOE – NAGANO
Getting to Nagano:Hokuriku bullet develop from Tokyo Station (Tokyo) takes 1 hr xx minutes. However, since I am going from Kawagoe, I took some other route:
Surrounded yesteryear soaring high mountains together with highlands, Nagano is non brusque of beautiful sceneries. Reasons to see Nagano tin live on summarized into five words: Skies, Forest, Times, Hot Spring together with Food. In 2 days time, I am going to sense all 5. Challenging, but possible.
In Nagano, nosotros stayed inwards Shibu Onsen which rumors had it, inspired the setting of "Spirited Away", the blockbuster Anime movie. We were lucky plenty to witness snowfall monkeys bathing inwards Onsen every bit good every bit ascend to the Sora Terrace at Ryuoo Ski Park. Zenkoji Temple is an unmissable sight if yous are visiting Nagano City every bit well.
Spent the Night In: Nozaru Onsen Hostel
Read more: 2 days inwards Nagano
Some words for the readers
Kyushu doesn’t ordinarily brand the cutting for travelers traveling amongst a JR Pass but this fourth dimension I would similar to leave of absence of my way to explore some novel sights of Japan.If it is your get-go fourth dimension to the country, this Basic best-of-highlights itinerary volition serve yous better…. but whatever yous ended upwards doing amongst your 7-day pass, I am certain that it volition live on a memorable journey.
All the best!
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