I’m finally back from my hiatus after an almost 2-month break. In that time, I was back in Japan for 5 days and visited Korea for about 6 days and Indonesia (Bali) for about a week. So yup, it was a productive hiatus with more pretty pictures from my travel to come, I’m sure.

Tokyo Tower seen from Roppongi, Tokyo, Japan

Meanwhile, here’s a continuation of my blog posts on the Japan trip back in December. We finished Tokyo and surrounding. Here’s a recap:

From here on, we went to Yokohama, Kamakura, Nagoya, Takayama, Shirakawa-go, Kyoto, Kobe, Nara, and Osaka.

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We used the 7-Day JR Pass for our trip from Yokohama to Nagoya to Takayama to Kyoto to Osaka to Kobe to Osaka to Nara to Osaka. Yep. That was the route, in case you guys are wondering.

It was worth it. As in, price-wise, because we didn’t go as far down as Hiroshima neither did we do a return trip to Tokyo, we only saved probably less than $20 each for the whole trip. But having a JR Pass means ease of travelling for tourists. We didn’t have to purchase our tickets separately, which saved us some time.

So I will definitely recommend this option to all my fellow travellers who are going one way down. Just make sure that the 7-Day is used wisely so that you do all your faraway travelling during that time.

Shinkansen: Tokyo, Hakone, Kyoto

Plus, you get to experience the shinkansen!