We take a short break at Nagano station when transit from Niigata to Matsumoto with JR east pass It is a few hours stay here. We take a walk to the famous shrine Zenkoji. It is really great weather and we truly enjoy here! Continue reading Nagano | JR EAST NAGANO NIIGATA AREA PASS
We decided to purchase JR Tokyo Wide 3 Days pass to explore Mt.Fuji. To go to Mt.Fuji from Tokyo, first we need to depart from Shinjuku station and arrive at Otsuki station. At Otsuki station, take Fujikyuko Line to Kawaguchiko station. It take about 2-3 hours time in total. Our hotel provide the open space … Continue reading Mt Fuji | JR Tokyo Wide 3 Days Pass
Matsumoto (松本) is the second largest city in Nagano Prefecture. It is famous by the amazing castles. Besides that, it also a good base point to various famous Japanese Alps such as Kamikochi, Norikura and others. We pick Matsumoto as one of our transport interchange to explore the Kamikochi, Shirakawago, Takayama and shinhotaka ropeway with … Continue reading Matsumoto | JR EAST NAGANO NIIGATA AREA PASS
Shirakawa-go is declared as UNESCO world heritage site in year 1995. We travel to here from Takayama with alps wide free passport’s bus. We like how the architectural style developed over many generations and is designed to withstand the snow fall during winter. Their roofs, made without nails, is so amazing and durable. We climbed up a … Continue reading Shirakawa-go | JR EAST Nagano Niigata Area Pass
Takayama is a city in Japan’s mountainous Gifu Prefecture. A beautiful city that have a lot of wooden houses. It was well planned for traveller to shop, to dine and enjoy the mountain scenery at surrounding. We arrived Takayama by travel with the alps wide bus from Matsumoto Station. Famous food option has Hida beef … Continue reading Takayama|JR EAST NAGANO NIIGATA AREA PASS
We are so glad that to visit the Shin-Hotaka Ropeway during May, year 2018! As we manage to oversee the magic of our mother nature. The Shin-Hotaka Ropeway is actually made up of two ropeways. The first is a short 200 meter climb on a single-story ropeway from the bus stop to Nabedaira Kogen. Here you will find … Continue reading Shinhotaka Ropeway|JR EAST NAGANO NIIGATA AREA PASS
Travel to Kamikochi, one of the beautiful places with mountains, rivers, lakeside in Japan. We arrived Matsumoto in one of the evening with JR east pass, this area is much more traffic and people compared to our stay at Niigata. We quickly find our way to the office to purchase our bus ticket for the … Continue reading Kamikochi |JR EAST NAGANO NIIGATA AREA PASS
We get to know this amazing station thru the staff at Niigata station. At the first day when we reached Niigata, we are kind of lost and want to checkout the train schedule. And the staff are so friendly to tell us where we can visit in Niigata area by train services. So this trip … Continue reading Murakami | JR East Pass Nagano Niigata at Japan travel
Exploring Japan during early May 2018. This trip happen as we realised that we still have some plenty of time to kill. We want to utilise our JR east pass day (the 5 days out of 12days). Is a random trip and we are so lucky to board the Genbi Shinkasen! We use hyperdia to … Continue reading Echigo Yuzawa |JR East Nagano Niigata Area Pass
We touched down Narita Airport in early morning. After quick wash in the washroom, we find our way to JR East office. Is quite a long queue in the morning, but still bearable. We manage to redeem our JR east pass and book our tickets to Niigata. After a few hour rides in the train, … Continue reading Niigata city |JR East Nagano Niigata Area Pass
