Hi, I am spending a month travelling Japan on my own in August/September and I'd like to purchase a JR pass but only for when I can get good enough value from it. Please see my schedule below and could you suggest when is the best for me to purchase JR Passes for please?
Aug
6 Tokyo
7 Tokyo
8 Tokyo
9 Tokyo - Nagoya
10 Nagoya (Kyoto day trip)
11 Nagoya - Takayama
12 Takayama - Shirakawago - Kanazawa
13 Kanazawa - Osaka
14 Osaka (Nara)
15 Osaka (Himeji/Kobe)
16 Osaka
17 Osaka
18 Koya - Overnight
19 Osaka
20 Osaka flying to Miyako
21 -26th Miyako Island
27 Miyako Island - Osaka
28 Osaka - Hiroshima
29 Hiroshima (Miyajima)
30 Hiroshima - Kumamoto
31st Kumamoto - Shimabara
1st Sept Shimabara - Nagasaki
2nd Nagasaki
3rd Nagasaki - Tokyo
4th Tokyo
5th Tokyo - UK