2 routes Updated 16 September 2026

Routes through Japan

Each route prices every move on it. No round numbers, no estimates, and a JR Pass verdict computed from the fares rather than repeated from elsewhere.

An N700 shinkansen crossing the Fujikawa bridge with Mount Fuji behind

Japan in 10 days

The standard first-trip line from Tokyo to Osaka, with the price of every move on it and the JR Pass arithmetic done rather than assumed.

10 days Tokyo to Osaka 6 paid moves

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An N700 shinkansen at a platform in Kyoto Station

Japan in 2 weeks

Two weeks buys you the Alps as well as the Golden Route. It also changes the JR Pass answer, because the backtracking finally adds up.

14 days Tokyo, Alps, Kyoto, Osaka 8 paid moves

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Everything else on the site, with what is in it.

Autumn colour 3 Logistics 3 Worth it? 123 Kyoto 37 Tokyo 37 Osaka 37