Hi Today will be the last 2 days of our trip. We took bus to Kawaguchi-ko station, took a Fujikyu train to JR Otsuki station, then a Ltd Express train to Tokyo and finally Shinkansen to Kyoto. Sounds complicated, well it's not, not really, it just took a long time. So as soon as we … Continue reading Japan Winter train tour with JR Rail Pass – Part 7
Japan Winter train tour with JR Rail Pass – Part 6
Hello. Today, sadly, is our last day at this beautiful place, so we certainly would've go visiting the attractions in town. We were greeted with this view as we step out of our hotel. It's about 9.30am by the time we're out, so the sun is already up for some time. But the harsh sunlight … Continue reading Japan Winter train tour with JR Rail Pass – Part 6
Japan Winter train tour with JR Rail Pass – Part 5
Hello again, this post is really long by the way. The following day after our last night in snowy Takayama, it was a full 8-hour train journey to Kawaguchi-ko in Yamanashi Prefecture. 8 hours sounds really intimidating, but in order to utilize the JR Rail pass we invested in, it was an easy choice to … Continue reading Japan Winter train tour with JR Rail Pass – Part 5
Japan Winter train tour with JR Rail Pass – Part 4
Good day We spent our day 4 waking up late. The sun was already up when we open our eyes and we took our time preparing for a new day with new sights waiting to be seen. The plan today was initially to visit the morning market near the Takayama old town, then the old … Continue reading Japan Winter train tour with JR Rail Pass – Part 4
Japan Winter train tour with JR Rail Pass – Part 3
Today is our day trip to Shirakawa-go. We bought a bus tour from Nohi Bus at Takayama bus terminal. You can click here to see the package we bought. The tour is quite basic, the tour bus will just take us to view Ainokura (pictured above), then Shirakawa-go and lastly to a viewing deck to … Continue reading Japan Winter train tour with JR Rail Pass – Part 3