Kansai Wide Area Pass

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A1 Lake Biwa
A2a Nara Deer Park (4 hours)
A2b Fushimi Inari Shrine (4 hours)
A3 Kyoto City
A4 Sagano Kameoka and Arashiyama (12 hours)
A5 Kinosaki Onsen
A6 Amanohashidate
A7a Wakayama Kishi Cat Station Leader (2 hours)
A7b Wakayama Kuroshio Fish Market (6 hours)
A8a Himeji Castle (5 hours)
A8b Kobe Harbourland (3 hours)
A8c Nozomi Shinkansen Joyride from Okayama to Shin-Osaka
A9 Universal Studios (12 hours)
A10 Osaka City (must put this in last)

Hi Jet,

Sorry for the late reply - I saw 1 answer on your post and thought we had replied already. I've updated your original list with your 2nd post, so it's easier to follow. Now without further waiting, let's have a look at your post in detail.

I looked at the value of a Kansai Area Pass or Wide Pass for the first couple of days, ultimately this depends on where you will stay and what station you will get on and off. Additionally, there is the question what station(s) you'll use for Lake Biwa. The lake is very large, though there is good JR access throughout. I'd explore Hikone myself as a stop :)

Brining it down to a simplified version, we'd look at the following travel:
Osaka - Hikone (Biwa) 3.960 yen
Osaka - Fushimi Inari Taisha (Kyoto) 1.720 yen
Osaka - Kyoto 1.140 yen
Osaka - Arashiyama - (Kyoto) 1.980 yen

For a total of 8800, a 4-day Kansai Area pass is 6,800 yen, so there are savings to be made here using that pass. Especially if you plan to do multiple stops around lake Biwa, and maybe some local travel in Osaka and Kyoto city as well. Since you'll be based in 1 place, it should be easy to even swap items on day of travel.

Note that the above prices are return ticket prices, using local trains in the Kansai Area.

I hope you find this useful,
Daniel