we are group of three people , traveling to japan for first time and have questions regarding use of JRRailPass.
we will be traveling from 24 Oct 2014 to 1st Nov 2014 , since it is greater than 7 days hence no category of JRRailPass correctly fits in.
our itinerary is like this ,
24 th --- narita to Shinjuku
25th --- shinjuku to Nikko , day trip and come back
26th -- full day in tokyo
27th --- trip to hakone ,
28th --- full day in hakone only
29th --- odaware to kyoto
30th -- full day in kyoto
31st--- kyoto to narita , planning to reach in night and sleep over at airport to catch 1st Nov morning flight.
questions:
1) will buying a JRRailPass will make sense for this itnerary ? can we save a lot of money ?.
2) Is JRRailPass is good enough to cover Tokyo or we have to buy some other pass to cover Tokyo.
3) JRRail pass does not cover full trip to hakone ,you can use only upto Odawara so should we take hakone 2 day pass or take adhoc tickets only.
4) which category should i choose normal or green car and can i make online reservations for all routes ?. if yes
please let me know the link. i will like to choose green car but want to understand advantage over normal category.
5) how can i track time tables for trains etc?.
thanks in advance for kind help.
mayank