JRPass

Hi there,

Whether you purchase a 7 or 14 day rail pass very much depends on the amount of JR travel you intend to do. To make a 7 day rail pass worthwhile you need to spend over ¥28,300 on JR tickets. For a 14 day rail pass, you need to spend over ¥45,100.

Looking at your itinerary you're going to be in Japan for 12-13 days, which will need careful planning. Structuring the trip for this amount of time I would try and base the travel around a 7 day rail pass. You'll have lots to do! For example:

1. Tokyo (Using NEX+Suica deal, or Tokyo Metro day passes + Skyliner deal)
2. Tokyo
3. Tokyo
4. Tokyo > Hakone (using Hakone Free Pass)
5. Hakone > Tokyo (using Hakone Free Pass)
6. Tokyo > Takayama (First day of 7 day JR Pass)
7. Takayama
8. Takayama > Kyoto (early train)
9. Kyoto
10. Kyoto (possible day trip to Nara?)
11. Kyoto > Miyajima (island off Hiroshima, leaving big luggage in a coin locker in Hiroshima station)
12. HIroshima > Tokyo for flight out.

If you have other plans, for example, to visit Nikko, or if you really aren't that interested on staying in and around Tokyo, then a 14 day pass would be a good option, but the above itinerary is well spaced and will be a nicely rounded trip.

Hope that helps!

Great! I think that is the best option for your trip.