I will be traveling from NYC to Japan for just about 2 weeks (16 days) in June and can use some recommendations regarding getting a JP Rail Pass. Bellow I've outlined our current itinerary for you to review.
Based on the bellow itinerary, what kind of JP Pass should we get? Also, have we left anything out or do you have any recommendations?
Thanks in advance!
ITINERARY:
DAY 1 | (Saturday): Arrive Tokyo (Arrive 4pm)
- Explore Tokyo at Night Roppongi Crossing (Evening) or Tokyo Skytree after Dark for view
- Stay night in Tokyo
DAY 2 | (Sunday): Explore Tokyo
- Free day to explore Tokyo
- Stay night in Tokyo
DAY 3 | (Monday): Ginza
- Visit the Edo-Tokyo Museum
- Stay night in Tokyo
DAY 4 | (Tuesday): Leave Tokyo to Mt Koya
- Stop at Mt Fuji Five Lakes, spend ½ day in Mt Fuji then onward to Mt Koya
- Stay night in Mt Koya at a Temple
DAY 5 | (Wednesday): Leave Mt Koya, go to Nara, then onward to Kyoto
spend ½ day in Nara and then onward to Kyoto
- Stay night in Kyoto
DAY 6 | (Thursday): Kyoto explore the following:
- Kiyomizu-dera Temple
- Fushimi Inari
- Sanjusangendo temple or Shugaku-in Villa
- Stay night in Kyoto
DAY 7 | (Friday): Kyoto day trip to Arashiyama and monkey park
- Tenryu-ji Temple
- Bamboo Forest
- Okochi-Sanso Villa
- Kinkaku-ji Temple
- Daitoku-ji Temple
- Stay night in Kyoto
DAY 8 | (Saturday): Free Day in Kyoto
- koke-dera
- koto-in temple
- gio-ji moss garden
- Stay night in Kyoto
DAY 9 | (Sunday): Free Day in Kyoto
- Otagi-Ninbutsu ji
- Stay night in Kyoto
DAY 10 | (Monday): Leave Kyoto to Himeji Castle then onward to Osaka
½ day at Himeji Castle and then onward to Osaka. Stay night in Osaka.
- Stay night in Osaka, leave in morning to Yakushima
DAY 11 | (Tuesday): Osaka Itami (Dpt 10:20am) to Yakushima (Arv 11:50am)
- Spend day in Yakushima
- Stay night in Yakushima
DAY 12 | (Wednesday): Yakushima
- Hike to Jomon Sugi
- Stay night in Yahkushima
DAY 13 | (Thursday): Yakushima
- Hike to Shiratani Unsuikyo
- Stay night in Yahkushima
DAY 14 | (Friday): Yakushima (Depart 1:00pm) to Tokyo Haneda (Arrive 4:15pm)
- Explore Tokyo east districts or Explore Tokyo at Night Roppongi Crossing (Evening)
or Shinjuku for neon lights
-Stay night in Tokyo
DAY 15 | (Saturday): Explore Asukusa Area of Tokyo
- Stay night in Tokyo
DAY 16 | (Sunday): Last Day in Tokyo - Leave Tokyo (Depart 5pm)
- Ceramics shops
- Takumi Craft Shop