Would JRPass be worth it for Tokyo/Hakone/Kyoto/Tokyo

Hi there,

Apologies for the late reply. Thank you for your kind words !

For your itinerary, it makes the most sense to purchase your tickets individually. You are correct that travel to Hakone isn't fully covered by the JR Pass, but even looking past this, your itinerary is relatively short and so it wouldn't be a cost-effective option for you.

Kind regards,

Alexis

Thank you so much for your reply & advice.

Our plan now would be to do the Hakone Free Pass to get to Hakone since that includes a tickets from Shinjuku Station.

Wondering if I can get your expertise on a couple other questions:
1. We are staying near the Gora station in Hakone - from what I can tell, if I upgrade our tickets to use the Limited Express Romance car, we wouldn't have to make any transfers and that train would take us directly to the Gora station - is that correct?

1. And then to get from Hakone to Kyoto, what would you suggest? When I use Google Maps it's estimating roughly a 3.5-4hr trip by public transit... is that accurate? Does it make more sense to go back to Tokyo and take the bullet train to Kyoto from there?

Appreciate your insight - thanks!
Jess

Thanks so much!