The first, obviously, is to find a plane ticket, and do so as soon as possible. The earlier you buy, the cheaper it’ll be the trip.
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One return trip from Madrid (MAD – Barajas) to Tokyo (NRT – Narita) usually go for about 800 €, although it may be cheaper or more expensive depending on the date you buy it, etc.
The second thing is to get a pencil and paper and start writing what you do each day. Japan is full of places to visit, so many that would take several months to see everything. Since usually backpacking trips here last between two and four weeks, you have to do is decide which sites deserve more punishment. Point the route on the notebook.
Although for the likes are the colors, a typical trip, arrival and departure from Tokyo, is to Narita, usually early in the morning, spend a day at Tokyo, Kansai and go a week and half, back to Tokyo and visit places Nearby bonito (Kamakura Hakone, etc) making final purchases many of you ask, especially gadgets in Akihabara, and return to Spain.But let’s go by parts; Before leaving for Japan, and once you have the tickets (electronic, usually) of aircraft purchased, it is important to purchase a ticket that can only be purchased in Spain and that will allow you to get on all JR trains (Japan Railways, the railway station in Japan) including the Shinkansen (bullet train) except the Nozomi (the fastest).
This is the Japan Railpass. Do not worry. Hikari that if it is accessible with this note, too, is that they be stripped;) This banknote is worth a travel pass for ships, buses and trains of the JR – and used in plan “flat rate”, ie travels up and all that you time during the duration. They sell one week, two, or three. And it saves you an enormous amount of money because pasta transport in Japan are expensive. Only foreigners with tourist visas three months (which give you if you have just to get out of jail) can use it.
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