7 Day JR Pass

Hello John,

The 7 day JR Pass will work well here and cover travel between all of the mentioned places.

In some area's you will still need local travel though. Especially within Hakone. The best way to travel there is to use the JR Pass and Shinkansen to Odawara station. This is the gateway station for Hakone and local travel runs from there into the area. You can also buy a discounted version for the Hakone Free Pass from there (compared to a ticket from Tokyo).

The JR Pass covers the entire JR Network in Tokyo. This is enough to see most of the city, some areas do require metro or other transport to access. Here other tickets may be required. Local travel however does not cost much.

Hope this helps,
Daniel

Daniel,

Thank you so much for your quick response. For the other area metro or transport, would it be good to get the PASMO prepaid card? If so, what is a good amount to pre-load for 2 people traveling in and around Kyoto and Tokyo?

Hi there,

A suica or Pasmo card generally comes pre charged with 1,500yen. This should cover most of your travel (given that you both buy one). After it can be charged with increments of 1,000yen and most ticket machines. It is a handy system.

Awesome! Thank you!