26 days in Japan - which rail pass?

hachikuro

há quase 13 years

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Hi there,

I was wondering if someone could please advise which JR Pass would most suitable for the following itinerary. We'll be spending a total of 26 days if I counted correctly, so a 21 days pass would not cover the whole trip (or at the very least it seems like we would need to purchase an Osaka → Tokyo ticket separately.

I'm just wondering which would be a better option between:
1. Purchasing 2 x 14 days pass
2. Purchasing 7 days + 21 days pass
3. Stick with 21 days pass and just the Osaka → Tokyo tickets on top

Here's how the itinerary is looking like for your reference:

December １７（火）Tokyo (late arrival) １８（水）Sapporo　＊Start using JR Pass＊１９（木）Sapporo　２０（金）Hakodate ２１（土）Aomori ２２（日）Aomori → Hachinohe → Kuji ２３（月）Sendai　２４（火）Nagano (Yudanaka → Shiga Kogen)　２５（水）Nagano (Yudanaka → Shiga Kogen)　２６（木）Nagano (Shibu Onsen)　　２７（金）Nagano (Shibu Onsen) ２８（土）Tokyo ２９（日）Tokyo ３０（月）Tokyo ３１（火）Nagoya　

January １（水）Nagoya → Mie　２（木）Shirakawago ３（金）Shirakawago → Kanazawa ４（土）Osaka　５（日）Osaka ６（月）Osaka → Kyoto (Uji) → Fushimi　７（火）Osaka → Kurume (day trip) ＊21 days pass expiry＊８（水）Osaka → Kobe　９（木）Tokyo １０（金）Tokyo １１（土）Tokyo　１２（日）Tokyo

Any advice would be much appreciated!

Daniel-san

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há quase 13 years

Hi there!

You have a very nice you are planning!

Looking at options I do think that a 21 day JR Pass + a ticket from Osaka - Tokyo is the best option. When looking at prices getting an additional JR Pass is actually pretty expansive compared to the price of an upgrade. For instance a 21 day JR Pass + one way ticket Osaka - Kyoto would be ¥ 57,700 + ¥ 13,950 = ¥ 71,650 but 2x a 14 day JR Pass comes down to 2x ¥ 45,100 = ¥ 90,200.

You could also use a night bus for your last part Osaka - Tokyo, this way you can save some extra money.
Night busses start around 3,500 yen one way and you can also save money on accommodation costs, usually I would not recommend using Night Busses as it can be hard to sleep on them and you may lose the next day to fatigue, however you have a long time in Japan, so I think that it would be alright.

On a side note, why do you plan to visit Kurume? I've been there but I can't recall anything of special interest and I do know its a well knows spot for Yakuza.

I hope this helps!
Daniel

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hachikuro

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há quase 13 years

Thanks for your help Daniel!

To be honest this is the reason why Kurume made it to the list:
http://www.rameniac.com/reviews/comments/kurumetaiho_honten/

It's kinda like a ramen pilgrimage :)

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Daniel-san

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