Help!

Hi there,

I see you have a lot of questions, let's dig right in.

The value of the JR Pass is best measured when traveling longer distances. These cost by far the most. For instance, a return trip Tokyo - Osaka is nearly the cost of a 7 day JR Pass. That said, the JR Pass can be used on local JR lines too. Which is very convenient, such as the local JR network in Tokyo and Osaka, which includes the Airport express mentioned by your host.

The Umeda Sky building is within walk able distance from Osaka station. Most of both cities can be reached using the JR. Google maps can be really helpful with this. Just search the place you want to go to and see if there is any station closeby.

Hope this helps,
Daniel

Hello Daniel!
Thank you so much for your reply. Sorry about the questions. I just want to make sure we make the best decision in choosing which ticket/pass to use. I do have some clarifications and I hope it's okay.

So we'll be staying in Osaka for 4 days and go to Tokyo. We won't be going back to Osaka so I thought it would be better to just buy the one-way ticket. But since we can use this pass with ordinary trains within Osaka/Tokyo and if I understood correctly, we also get to use this pass for the airport express, then would you recommend we buy the 7-day pass instead? Airport express is included right?
Thanks so much!

Looking forward to your reply,
Katie

Oh! By the way, how do we go to Mt. Fuji? Can we use this pass too? I also heard we can use the pass for riding the bus. Thank you so much! :)

Hi Katie,

1.) I think it would be better to buy normal tickets if you travel just one way between Tokyo - Osaka. Local travel is is not that expensive and you've have to do a lot of local travel for the JR Pass to be worth it.

For Fuji see:
https://www.jrpass.com/blogs/itinerary-tip-mt-fuji

Ohh ok. Thank you very much, Daniel! :)