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Rules of thumb when building a France route
- Every hotel change costs half a day: use bases like Paris (for Kamakura, Yokohama, Nikko, Kawaguchiko) and Nice & the French Riviera or Lyon (for Nara, Himeji, Kobe, Uji) rather than switching hotels every night.
- Fly open-jaw if you can: landing in Paris (HND/NRT) and flying home from Lyon Kansai (KIX) saves ~€14,720 and 2.5 hours of backtracking on the Tokaido SNCF TGV INOUI, Ouigo & TER.
- Ship big suitcases past 1-night stops: if you stop in Hakone, Takayama, or Miyajima for one night, forward your main suitcase from Paris straight to Nice & the French Riviera via Takkyubin and carry a small overnight backpack.