Making several day trips

Hello there,

Using a 7 day JR Pass for a return Tokyo - Osaka already pays for the pass and you can make great savings if you travel each day.

There's of course a lot to see in do in Tokyo already. If you want to make other day trips, then Nikko, Kamakura and Yokohama make for perfect trips, without adding too much travel time.

I've visited Disneyland and Universal Studios without finding any queues, however it does depend on the day of travel. Weekends and National Holidays are much busier, same for school holiday periods.

Hope this helps,
Daniel

Going to Osaka as a day trip would be terribly inefficient with over 6 hours of a day sitting on a train - you should spend the night there (preferably several). There are numerous day trip near Tokyo that are worth visiting though. Nikko, Kamakura/Enoshima, Hakone, Kawagoe are all good possibilities. And while staying a night there is better, going to see Kanazawa is also within reach. Sendai is only 90 minutes or so one way as well.