should buy JR nationwide pass or JR local pass?

Hi there,

The JR Pass is the only pass that covers your itinerary and you cover so many miles that you'd be making very good use of a Japan Rail Pass.

So in short, get the 14 day JR Pass :)

Kind regards,
Daniel

Hi,

Renting a car in Hokkaido often makes sense - Hokkaido is very big, and trains/buses often don't go to many good places (at least conveniently).

It all depends on where you will go sightseeing of course. But it's better to just rent a car on various day trips - in Japan, drop off charges can be very high, and fuel is expensive too. So you could go to Obihiro for example, and rent a car for the day, go to Asahikawa, rent a car for a day....

In short, you should consider both.