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Old 13 Feb 19, 02:31 PM  
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19 hours flight seems odd with a 2 hour layover. We fly from Edinburgh in July. Just looking at the tickets now and they say 1:35hr to Schiphol, 3 hour layover, 11 hours to Narita. Coming back is 12 hours from Haneda to CDG, 1:45 layover then 1:45 to Edinburgh.

Either way, what are you looking for? This is our plan so far: https://www.thedibb.co.uk/forums/sho...1&postcount=14

We locked down 3x locations over 15 days as we didnt want to burn out. There is so much to do so we didnt want to waste time travelling too much: We are doing disney (action)->kyoto (culture)->USJ (action, from Kyoto)->Tokyo (last bit of madness).

We intend to use a 7day JR pass starting on the Kyoto and ending when we get back to Tokyo. We will use Pasmo IC cards for subway and load them as necessary. Our Kids can use "children" Pasmo which we will get from the office in Narita (whilst booking the Shinkansen at the same time). First hotel is Okura Bay then a pair of AirBnBs: a house in Kyoto next to train station and AEON mall then an apartment a few mins from Ueno station - we have used extensive use of google maps to start mapping out roads and landmarks.

Most of the travelling in Kyoto is not JR for us but we will have a JR pass active. Same again for Tokyo, whilst we CAN get away with JR and walking it wont be the ideal route - this means we dont need a JR pass active for our entire trip - just the bullet trains will make it cost effective alone, any other trips are a bonus.

Wifi will be picked up at the airport and we are all learning Japanese via 2 apps - lingodeer and duolingo. I prefer lingodeer.

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Old 13 Feb 19, 06:35 PM  
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Hi KK20

Thanks for your info ..
The flight from Glasgow to Dubai 7hr 30 min ..
1hr 35 layover the Dubai to Narita 9hrs 45 mins ..

Return is from Haneda Airport..

Does this sound ok?
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Old 13 Feb 19, 07:14 PM  
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Thanks for that info, I didn’t realise that .. we are very flexible with dates so have decided to go late August/early September ..
That’s really kind of you, thank you!
Not a problem!

Be lovely to natter with a fellow Dibber, my partner is not much of a Disney fan and the visit to TDR is quite quick - we have a full day for TDS and a "after 6pm to 10pm" visit to TDL. Then we move into Tokyo - perhaps a sneaky day back later in holiday, but not holding out much hope lol.

Would love to hear your plans, what we both are looking forward to / are nervous about etc etc. Might be better after I get back in May then I can at least talk about my actual experience, but does not mean we could meet sooner - have a Japan / Disney centric natter
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Not a problem!

Be lovely to natter with a fellow Dibber, my partner is not much of a Disney fan and the visit to TDR is quite quick - we have a full day for TDS and a "after 6pm to 10pm" visit to TDL. Then we move into Tokyo - perhaps a sneaky day back later in holiday, but not holding out much hope lol.

Would love to hear your plans, what we both are looking forward to / are nervous about etc etc. Might be better after I get back in May then I can at least talk about my actual experience, but does not mean we could meet sooner - have a Japan / Disney centric natter
Sounds great!

Everyone has been very helpful with information but I think I feel more confused than before 😊
I’m not sure wether to fly into Tokyo and out of Osaka or into Osaka and out of Tokyo ..
Or just fly in and out of Tokyo
Ha ha! You can see I’m very confused!
I’m also unsure how long to stay in each place and what areas are best for hotels .. we’re thinking if Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto and have the options of day trips inbetween ..
As i said I’m really confused!
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Old 13 Feb 19, 09:09 PM  
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Sounds great!

Everyone has been very helpful with information but I think I feel more confused than before 😊
I’m not sure wether to fly into Tokyo and out of Osaka or into Osaka and out of Tokyo ..
Or just fly in and out of Tokyo
Ha ha! You can see I’m very confused!
I’m also unsure how long to stay in each place and what areas are best for hotels .. we’re thinking if Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto and have the options of day trips inbetween ..
As i said I’m really confused!
From what I have read it’s better to base yourself in either Kyoto or Osaka. There is no need to move hotels as it’s only around 1/2 hour between the two cities.
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From what I have read it’s better to base yourself in either Kyoto or Osaka. There is no need to move hotels as it’s only around 1/2 hour between the two cities.
Thank you, so we could split our stay and book hotels for Tokyo and Kyoto and do day trips from both?
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Old 13 Feb 19, 11:20 PM  
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Thank you, so we could split our stay and book hotels for Tokyo and Kyoto and do day trips from both?
That’s what we are doing but as we have never been before we are not experts!
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Thank you, so we could split our stay and book hotels for Tokyo and Kyoto and do day trips from both?
This is what I did and it worked perfectly. 4 nights in Kyoto and then 5 nights in Tokyo.
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This is what I did and it worked perfectly. 4 nights in Kyoto and then 5 nights in Tokyo.
Thank you, that’s a great help!

We are going for 14 nights, so if we flew into Tokyo and stayed for 7 nights then a further 7 nights at Kyoto and flew back from Osaka with day trips from both .. does that sound ok?
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Originally Posted by honeybun1989 View Post
Thank you, that’s a great help!

We are going for 14 nights, so if we flew into Tokyo and stayed for 7 nights then a further 7 nights at Kyoto and flew back from Osaka with day trips from both .. does that sound ok?
That sounds good to me! I know I recommended the JR Pass for trains in my first post but if you're flying into Tokyo and out of Osaka then you'll only be taking the shinkansen one way and therefore the JR Pass might not be the best deal. I'd suggest planning what day trips you want to take and then working out if you'll actually save money or whether you're better off paying out of pocket for trains. I didn't get the JR Pass as I was also only taking the shinkansen one way, and I ended up saving money this way.

Be aware that often there are several train options for the same journey and these can vary hugely in both journey time and price. There are loads of resources online to help you plan ahead though!
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