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Regular rail ticket or 7-day pass for Tokyo-Hakone-Kyoto-Osaka trip

japan138
japan138
almost 8 years ago
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Hi

I will be traveling to Japan with my family (6 adults total) arriving in Tokyo Narita on mid-October. We plan to stay in the Shinjuku area and stay 3 nights in Tokyo and explore Tokyo and surrounding areas and then we leave Tokyo for Hakone where we will stay 1 night. Then we leave Hakone for Kyoto where we will stay in a hotel and spend 2 nights and explore Kyoto and nearby Kobe, Nara, and Osaka while we are there

We plan to leave Kyoto and spend 1 night at a hotel near Osaka Kansai airport and leave Japan the next morning

Question: Should we get a 7 day JR pass or is there a more economical way for us to use the rail system? We will mainly want to take the rail everywhere we go since my mother-in-law cannot walk very far due to issues with her legs.

Also, does all the JR trains have first class and if I get the first class tickets are the seats reserved?

Thanks for your help

Peter

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Daniel-san
18835 posts
almost 8 years ago
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Hi Peter,

I checked your itinerary for the best option and recommend buying normal tickets for this trip. A JR Pass would have been great if you made a return to Tokyo after Osaka but normal tickets are more economic right now.

Seats can be reserved for Green (1st Class) and Ordinary (2nd Class) seats.

Hope this helps,
Daniel

japan138
japan138
2 posts
almost 8 years ago

Hi Daniel-san, thank you for your advise

Peter


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