Itinerary in japan

Hello.

My husband and I will be travelling to Japan next month and we've pretty much got our itinerary figured out but there are some small details we are not sure about.

1) On our 2nd day we will travel from Tokyo station to Shin-Osaka to Osaka station using our Jr passes. We will be staying at Mitsui Garden Hotel Osaka Premier. Our question is how and what is the easiest way to get to JR Namba station from our hotel using our Jr pass? Do we have to go back to Osaka Station first?

2) On our 4th day we plan to go to Kyoto for a day and i guess from Kyoto Station we will be going to Kinkakuji (Golden Pavilion) and the Arashiyama Bamboo Grove and back to kyoto station to head back to osaka. Please advise on how to get to those places the most easiest and how to make the use of our jr passes.

3) We also plan to travel from Osaka to Hakone. I think we have to make our way to Shin Osaka station then take the Shinkansen to Odawara and from there we have to use the Hakone free pass, am i correct? We plan to stay a night in Hakone (Ichinoyu Shinkan ryokan) and then go to Gotemba Premium Outlet the next day. From the Outlets, how do we get to Gotemba station to ikebukuro station? We can use our Jr pass from the outlet back to our hotel which is located in Ikebukuro?

Please advise. Thanks.