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Is JR pass worth it for my IT (Osaka-Tokyo-Kyoto-Okayama-Hokkaido)

daraminerva27
daraminerva27
over 1 year ago
2 answers

Greetings.
My parents and I'll be travelling to Japan for 15 days in April 26-May 10. Our plan is the following:

April 26: Land in Osaka Kansai
April 27: Osaka-Kobe-Himeji Castle-Okayama-Kurashiki Bikan
April 28: Osaka-Wakayama
April 29: Heading to Sapporo via airplane
April 30: Sapporo
May 01: Sightseeing Sapporo-moving to Hakodate Hokuto
May 02: Sightseeing Hakodate
May 03: Hakodate (shin-hakodate-hokuto st.) to Kyoto with Shinkansen, transit via Tokyo?
May 04: Kyoto-Nara
May 05: Kyoto-Arashiyama
May 06: Moving to Tokyo with Shinkansen
May 07: Sightseeing Tokyo
May 08: Hitachi Seaside Park
May 09: Moving to Airport Hotel Haneda
May 10: Flight back home

I heard that there are some shinkansen for the route Tokyo-Kyoto, also Nozomi which is not covered by JR pass. I have searched with navitime and google, but couldnt find if the Hikari shinkansen that is covered by JR Pass still available.
Should I purchase a 14-day pass with this IT?
Thank you very much for your help!

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Daniel-san
18919 posts
over 1 year ago
Expert

Hi there,

You can use the JR Pass for intercity travel to all these places. I'm not sure why you can't find Hikari routes but make sure you have the Japan Rail pass search function on. Do not use Google Maps, it is not very useful for the JR Pass.

A 14-day JR Pass is 100% worth it on this route!

Kind regards,
Daniel

PS: Yes: Hokkaido - Osaka has a transfer at Tokyo station.

daraminerva27
daraminerva27
2 posts
over 1 year ago

Thank you so much for your help!


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