Hi. I am just learning to use the JR Pass. I am travelling with my father to Japan on December.
We are arriving at Haneda airport on sunday 13th and we are going directly to Kyoto. My first question is, can we buy the JR Pass at the airport and activate it then?
As i saw, with the JR Pass we can take the Monorail up to Hamamatsucho and then the Yamanote line up to Tokyo. Then take the Shinkansen (Hikari trains) to Kyoto. My first question, is how often do these trains go to Kyoto??
Once in Kyoto, we will go one day to Osaka, coming back on the same day at night. If i understood right, we can take with the JR Pass the Shinkansen (Kodama trains) for both ways, right??
We will go back to Tokyo on Thursday using the Shinkansen again. And then we will use the Yamanote line to go up to Shinjuku, where is our hotel in Tokyo.
Our last visit will be Yokohama. Is there a train covered by the JR Pass to go to Yokohama?? Or shall we take the metro lines?
Aaah, and another question: can we use the JR Pass for local buses or metro lines at Kyoto or Tokyo. I guess we can't, but i want to be sure!
Thank you very much!
Andrés