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Hollywood1818
Hollywood1818
over 6 years ago
3 responses

Hello,

We are trying to figure out if doing the JR Pass is worth it compared to getting passes for our trip. We are looking at going 10-14 days.

We will base ourselves for the first 5-7 days in Kyoto doing day trips to Osaka, Nara, Himeji, and Hiroshima (other than Hiroshima these trips are covered by the Kansai pass though they only sell up to 3 day passes).

We would then travel to Hakone stay a night in Hakone then travel to Tokyo and around Tokyo for the rest of our visit.

1)Do we get the Kansai pass, Hakone day pass, Tokyo pass and just pay for the extra travel around
2) Do we get a 7 day JR Pass and use the Kansai pass first then the JR for the rest?
3) Do we get a 14 day JR pass and just use that
4) Can you manage to get around Kyoto, Osaka, and Tokyo on the JR pass.

We are very overwhelmed by the amount of options there are for travel and any advice would be appreciated.

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Daniel-san
18835 posts
over 6 years ago
Expert

Hello there,

Could you list the route that you plan to travel day by day? This would me to match a Pass to your itinerary.

Depending on your travel either a 7 day or 14 day JR Pass would be a good option. You can use the JR Pass for travel on local JR lines as well, in addition to intercity travel.

Kind regards,
Daniel

Hollywood1818
Hollywood1818
3 posts
over 6 years ago

Hi Daniel,

Sorry I got busy the last two weeks.

We plan to stay in Kyoto and do day trips:
1. Nara and back to Kyoto
2. Osaka and back to Kyoto
3. Himeji and back to Kyoto
4. Hiroshima and back to Kyoto

We plan to tour Kyoto over about 2-3 days we would then make our way to Tokyo in Tokyo we would do a day trip to Mt Fuji/Hakone and tour around Tokyo for 2 days.


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