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Originally Posted by JohnBraden
1) Friendly Airport Limousine (orange and cream colored)buses run to most hotels in Tokyo. It will cost you ¥3000 per person (no discount for round trips). It should take about 75-90 minutes....
3) There is no Shinkansen link from Hakone to Kyoto. You will have to return to Tokyo or go to Shin-Yokohama or elsewhere for the bullet train. Type in the stations on this website and it will give you itineraries: Hyperdia | 乗換案内 路線検索 時刻表 ゴルフ場 旅費精算 通勤費なら
3) Kyoto to NRT may be about 4 hrs depending if you catch a good connection at Tokyo station.... |
Point 2 is only semi correct. From Hakone Yumoto, the easiest access to the Shinkansen is through Odawara. The best option is to go from Yumoto > Odawara > Kyoto. And yes, Shinkansen is the best way, but not the only way. There are bus services as well, and my uncle always recommend me to try just one tirp using Bus, but its way too long
Narita express is the best way to get from Narita to Tokyo.
As suggested by JohnBraden, Hyperdia will give you the cost breakdown.
Base on your itinerary, you won't hit Kyoto till day 7 night. So that really just leave you day 8 and 9 for Kyoto, and day 10 is your return flight (What time is your flight? ) That may be a bit short for Kyoto depending on what you want to see: Most attraction 2 days. Nara half day, another half day for Fushimi Inari if you are up for it.
If its up to me, this is how i would plan it.
Since day 1 is a waste already, seeing that you arrive at at 2PM, you won't get to tokyo till around like 4 ish 5, that said, you will also be tired from the flight, so you might as well travel west to Kyoto first and rest on your way there:
Day 1 travel to Kyoto
Day 2 Kyoto - Major Attractions
Day 3 Kyoto - Side trips, travel to Hakone at night
Day 4 Hakone
Day 5 Hakone, Travel to Yokohama at night
Day 6 Yokohama (Highly recommended)
Day 7 Travel to Tokyo in the morning, sightseeing around Tokyo
Day 8-10 Tokyo
Of course, if you are not interested in Yokohama, you can just travel to Tokyo on Day 5 night.......
Just a suggestion...