Tokyo to Narita

Hi there!

You are correct about the usage dates. What you could do is upon arrival buy a 1,500yen Narita Express ticket and start using your JR Pass the next day. This way you cover all of your travel train from Tokyo - Kyoto - Osaka and back to Narita Airport. The JR Pass covers the Shinkansen between Tokyo - Kyoto and Shin-Osaka.

I would recommend making seat reservations in advance when you travel together with 8, this way you are sure of seating together.

I hope this helps!
Daniel

Thank you for the information.

My further question is when and where to make reservation in such rush timeframe. We won't be able to make reservation before arriving Narita. airport. If we make seat reservation at the terminal for Hikari Tokyo to Osaka, but missed the train, how we are going to end up with?

The JR Staff will reserve the complete route for you once you make the reservations at Narita Airport. Generally there's about 20min of transfer time at Tokyo station from the Narita Express to the Shinkansen and it is something that can be done in less than 5min.

I've missed a couple of trains myself but it never is a problem. The JR Staff will just reserve seats for you on the next train, or you can take a non-reserved seat. Trains always have reserved and non reserved seats, if you want to use a non reserved seat just line up on the platform before departure.