Below are my rough itinerary, this is my first time in Japan and I would like to cover the usual Must-See places of Osaka, Kyoto and Tokyo and their surroundings :
13 Nov 2014 - reached Osaka (KIX), staying either at Kyoto,near JR Rokujizo) or Osaka, Shijonawate (I am still undecided on which is the better area to stay, would be good if you could impart some local opinion?).
13 Nov 2014 - 17 Nov 2014 (5 days): will be exploring Osaka & Kyoto and surrounding areas such as Nara etc, I hope to be able to cover Takayama as well but it seems to be quite a long journey.
18 Nov 2014 : check out & travel to Tokyo
18 Nov 2014 - 22 Nov 2014 (5 days): staying in Tokyo and plan to visit Tokyo and surrounding areas such as Hakone.
22 Nov 2014 - going home from Narita airport.
Kindly advise if based on the above, would a 7 days JR pass be advisable?
I have read through some other questions posed and noted that for most of the time JR pass would only be advisable if the route from Osaka - Tokyo are return ie 2-way.
Thanks in advance!