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Japan'S Golden Rail Route
🚄Multi-modal: 2 rail + 5 drive days

Route: Narita Airport → Tokyo → Kyoto → Osaka → Nara → Kansai Airport
Sakura late Mar-early Apr (Kyoto/Tokyo). Koyo (autumn leaves) mid-Nov to early Dec. Jun-Jul tsuyu (rainy season).
7days
26stops
122 drive km
2rail
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🛫 Route includes 0 flight + 2 rail segments. Map shows them as dashed lines (connection only, not real road).

1
Tokyo Arrival & Shinjuku Neon
4 stops · 1h 20m · 77km
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2
Pop Culture & Shibuya Scramble
4 stops · 30m · 8km
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3
Old Tokyo & Akihabara
4 stops · 54m · 24km
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4
Train to Kyoto
4 stops · 32m · 7km
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5
The Bamboo Grove & Golden Pavilion
4 stops · 1h 29m · 29km
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6
Fushimi Inari & Osaka Street Food
3 stops · 1h 26m · 61km
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7
Nara Day Trip & Departure
3 stops · 1h 26m · 82km
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