Advice on a 2014 trip to Japan
Dec 19, 2013 | 5:55 pm
#31
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: TYO
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Dec 20, 2013 | 1:24 am
#33
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: YVR, HNL
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Yikes! Very good catch. I wasn't thinkng in terms of the first day as being one of the 7. Glad you caught this as I would have been a bit embarrassed causing a scene when they wouldn't let me on the Narita Express 
I'll just wait until the 21st to activate and use a local Kansai Area pass on Monday instead.
I'll just wait until the 21st to activate and use a local Kansai Area pass on Monday instead.
Dec 20, 2013 | 3:21 am
#34
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Central California
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Well, you could get the 2-day Area Pass instead of the 1-day but really, if you are going to stay "local" that first full day in Kyoto, you won't need it. I'd just save the money and use it to get a prepaid bus/subway pass instead. The Area Pass only helps you if you will be using JR trains to go outside the city.
Jan 5, 2014 | 8:54 am
#36
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: GRR
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Ryokan
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http://www.japaneseguesthouses.com/
Free to you, great customer service, English-speaking.
They can even help book a night in a monastery!