NRT - Tokyo - Hakone - Kyoto - Osaka - Kobe - Kix

Hi Elaine,

Welcome to the Forum.

1&2.) I think going for normal tickets/the packages you found, would be the best option for this itinerary. The JR Pass would have been good if you - for instance - made a return Tokyo - Kyoto.

3.) You can use Odawara station to travel from Hakone --> Kyoto. This is the Shinkansen station at the base of Hakone and on the route between Tokyo - Kyoto.

4.) Yes, the JR Pass allows for unlimited travel. You can get on the train whenever you feel like it.

5.) You've done your research well and there's not really an other pass.You could however consider the 1,500yen Narita Express ticket for your arrival.

Hope this helps!
Daniel

Thanks Daniel!

If I was to buy a one way bullet train ticket from tokyo to Kyoto, can I make stops in between without having to pay additional fees? If this is possible, I was thinking of stopping in Odawara/hakone for one night and than hop back on the train to kyoto.

Sorry...one more thing.

I would like to buy 2 passes, the puratto kodama pass and hakone pass. I would buy the passes before departing tokyo. I use hakone pass to get to hakone and instead of going back to tokyo, can i get on the train around kakone using the puratto kodama pass and head for kyoto?

Thanks.
Elaine