Hi there,
We're a family of 3 travelling to Japan in March 2016, flying in to Tokyo Haneda and flying out from Hiroshima. This is the planned itinerary:
- 7 nights in Tokyo (including day trips to Kamakura and Nikko)
- 2 nights in Hakone
- 5 nights in Kyoto (including day trips to Nara and Osaka)
- 3 nights in Hiroshima
I still don't know if it pays off to use JR pass days to the Tokyo portion of our trip... Is it cheaper to buy an alternative local pass - PASMO or Suica - just for the 7 nights in Tokyo and the use a JR pass for the rest of the trip, or is it cheaper to buy a longer JR pass to cover the whole trip? That would decide whether we buy 7, 14 or 21 day long JR passes.
Please comment.