Japan Rail Pass · ¥50,000 / 7 days
NationwideAll JR trains nationwide incl. Shinkansen (Hikari, Sakura, Kodama). Nozomi/Mizuho need a supplement.
Tokyo → Kyoto → Hiroshima Golden Route
Open in trip planner ↗7 slow-travel routes
Every itinerary is fully covered by the pass — open one for the station-by-station guide.
The Golden Route: Tokyo to Hiroshima
Neon capital, imperial Kyoto and the peace city — the whole spine of Honshu on the bullet train.
Kansai Temple Loop
Bowing deer, the world’s biggest bronze Buddha and a white heron castle — the old heart of Japan.
San’yō Coast & Miyajima
Garden cities, a canal-lined merchant quarter and a torii that floats at high tide.
Hokuriku Arc: Nagano to Toyama
A pilgrim temple, a samurai garden and the snow-country coast under the Northern Alps.
Kyushu: Nagasaki to Kagoshima
A harbour of foreign traders, the biggest castle in Japan and a smoking volcano bay.
Tohoku: Sendai & the Pine Islands
A castle town, a bay of pine-crowned islets and a golden hall lost in the northern forest.
Nikkō & North Kantō
Gyoza in a railway town, then a mountain shrine of gilded carving deep in the cedars.
Cities & attractions on these routes
Open a destination for what to see and how to reach each sight by rail.