Suggestions for Spring 2018 trip to Japan for Repeat Visitors?
Aug 9, 2018, 10:28 pm
#61
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I misunderstood. Sorry.
I thought you wanted to visit Tokyo but then posted many day trips.
I do stand by 3.45 minutes back and forth to Aizu is insanity for a day trip but I see so many stupid day trips from so many places in Japan I bite my tongue. There is some fantastic onsen hotels there. The issue as many know in Tohoku is you can't just sit on the shinkansen line. That's the issue with Aizu.
Personally, an open one way redemption of avios will get your far and 7 day rail pass back can make the flight into tokyo moot.
But perhaps my post count makes me unknowledgable.
Let all the kind pleasant experienced posters come to your rescue and support an almost 8 hour round trip day trip.
I thought you wanted to visit Tokyo but then posted many day trips.
I do stand by 3.45 minutes back and forth to Aizu is insanity for a day trip but I see so many stupid day trips from so many places in Japan I bite my tongue. There is some fantastic onsen hotels there. The issue as many know in Tohoku is you can't just sit on the shinkansen line. That's the issue with Aizu.
Personally, an open one way redemption of avios will get your far and 7 day rail pass back can make the flight into tokyo moot.
But perhaps my post count makes me unknowledgable.
Let all the kind pleasant experienced posters come to your rescue and support an almost 8 hour round trip day trip.
Aug 10, 2018, 1:17 am
#62
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Vancouver, BC
Posts: 1,552
I misunderstood. Sorry.
I thought you wanted to visit Tokyo but then posted many day trips.
I do stand by 3.45 minutes back and forth to Aizu is insanity for a day trip but I see so many stupid day trips from so many places in Japan I bite my tongue. There is some fantastic onsen hotels there. The issue as many know in Tohoku is you can't just sit on the shinkansen line. That's the issue with Aizu.
Personally, an open one way redemption of avios will get your far and 7 day rail pass back can make the flight into tokyo moot.
But perhaps my post count makes me unknowledgable.
Let all the kind pleasant experienced posters come to your rescue and support an almost 8 hour round trip day trip.
I thought you wanted to visit Tokyo but then posted many day trips.
I do stand by 3.45 minutes back and forth to Aizu is insanity for a day trip but I see so many stupid day trips from so many places in Japan I bite my tongue. There is some fantastic onsen hotels there. The issue as many know in Tohoku is you can't just sit on the shinkansen line. That's the issue with Aizu.
Personally, an open one way redemption of avios will get your far and 7 day rail pass back can make the flight into tokyo moot.
But perhaps my post count makes me unknowledgable.
Let all the kind pleasant experienced posters come to your rescue and support an almost 8 hour round trip day trip.
Aug 10, 2018, 7:20 am
#63
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and given you live in Canada, there are very easy ways to get lots of BA avios well before your trip that you can redeem for domestic flights in Japan on JAL at basically no cost. example, HND to Hakodate for three, 13500 avios and 8.02 in taxes. some think the BA sign ups suck at 30000 or even at 50000, but that goes a very long way in Japan.
Aug 10, 2018, 8:33 am
#64
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It's always great to learn about new things to do in Tokyo.
Aug 10, 2018, 10:32 am
#65
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in all fairness before some self appointed japan expert knowit alls flex their Internets flex their keyboard skills, one could get there in about 3 hours from Tokyo station and about the same 3 hours back making sure to get the right connections or spend time in koriyama, which don't get me wrong is not horrible, but might be scoffed at by the UNESCO punch list groups as would many places I might visit in Japan.