Hi,
I am in doubt if it makes sense to buy a JP railway pass for my trip to japan.
I am unsure if I will actually save money by this. From the prices I found on Hyperdia, it seems that it will actually be cheaper to just buy the tickets separately without seat reservation. However, I dont know if seat reservation is mandatory on most trains?
Also is it difficult to buy tickets at the train stations - and can you buy a ticket for a whole trip at a time or do you need to buy all tickets separately at each station when you switch trains?
Finally, why are the prices the same for a direct train and if you change train multiple times on the same trip?
My trip is as follows:
16. Oct - Narita to Hakuba
18. Oct - Hakuba to Matsumoto
20. Oct - Matsumoto to Kyoto
22. Oct - Kyoto to Uno
24. Oct - Uno to Hiroshima
25. Oct - Hiroshima to Tokyo
29. Oct - Tokyo to Narita
I hope you will be able to help!