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Is JR pass is more economical?

panie
panie
about 8 years ago
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I just want to ask if using a jr pass is more economical in our itinerary rather than traveling tokyo to osaka buy overnightbus roudtrip and just buy normal train tickets?

Feb 13 haneda airport - tokyo
Imperial Palace East Garden Intermidiatheque at Kitte Marunouchi side if Tokyo Station Imperial Palace Niju-Bashi Bridge of Imperial Palace * Thinking if we could ride a bullet train or overnight bus going to osaka

Feb 14 Universal Studio

Feb 15 osaka - kyoto
Arashiyama Bamboo Grove Fushimi Inari-Taisha Kinakaku-ji Ginkaku-ji Gion Shijo-Dori

Feb 16 osaka
Dotonbori Ascend the Umeda bldg Osaka Castle Sumiyoshi Shrine Suntory Distillery *Returning back to Tokyo

Feb 17 Tokyo
Asakusa Sensoji Temple Sumida River Boat Ride Diver City Oedo Onsen

Feb 18 Disney Sea Resort

Feb 19 Tsukiji Market
Meiji Shrine Takeshita Dori Omotesando Shibuya

Feb 20 Free Day
Tokyo to Haneda

Where can we include in our itinerary Gotemba Premium Outlets?

Where can we best see Mt. Fuji... So that we could just sneek an ample of time... Is it possible to see it during our trip?

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Daniel-san
18835 posts
about 8 years ago
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Hello there,

Using a 7 day JR Pass here is definitely more economic here than buying normal train tickets.

Comparing the JR Pass to night buses is not so easy. First of all because travel by bullet train is a completely different experience than by bus. I would avoid using night buses for short term trips to Japan at any cost, losing a day due to fatigue because you may have a hard time sleeping on the bus is not worth the yens saved on travel/accommodation.

With the JR Pass you can simply take any train you like whenever you want and travel to places such as Gotemba is also included. Gotemba is near Fuji and you can have a beautiful view of Fuji from Gotemba already, no need to go anywhere else. We do have a detailed post about Fuji and Gotemba here.

Hope this helps,
Daniel


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