Itinerary doubts

Hi there,

Its a bit of a hard one, economically speaking, a 7-day Japan Rail Pass would be the best option if you can use it to travel from Hakone to Kyoto, Hiroshima [...] and then back to Tokyo. That said, you do travel more than enough to a point where a 14-day JR Pass will be cost effective too.

For seat reservations, we explain it here:
https://www.jrpass.com/blog/reserving-seats-boarding-the-bullet-train

For local sightseeing, it really depends on where you want to go within each city. The best advice here is to map out your plan for the day in advance, then figure out the transport (Google Maps work well here) and finally see if you can match a discounted ticket to it. You may even want to consider a taxi from time to time to speed up things.

Kind regards,
Daniel

Hello Daniel,

Thank you so much for your answer, we will probably take the 7-day pass as we too think that we can probably save more than the 14 day pass.

Can we try to reserve some trips as soon as we get to tokyo (not having the pass activated and reserving with more than 7 days in advance?)

Other thing I was watching now I wanted to know which service is better from your offers (pocket wifi rent or a SIM CARD) for what we checked the pocket wi-fi was unlimited and we having 2 phones and maybe some more devices we though that maybe it was worth it despite being more expensive than the 2 sim cards however it's battery life is of only 9-10H or something and we don't know when can we charge it, since we will be using already whatever time we have to charge our phones and powerbanks. The 2 sim cards for what I read in your website will drop it's speed if I spend more than 10 GB in 2 days or something like that (I don't know how much internet will I be using). What are the reviews you are having about both of them?

Hi again :)

You can reserve seats the moment that you are in Japan and have activated the JR Pass.

Regarding WiFi, we actually only sell Pocket WiFi on JR Pass.com, this is mainly due to the convenience level and reliability. It will work with any device that connects over WiFi, that's it. The device will go in stand-by if you don't use it for 10min, and this extends the battery life massively. Personally I love the Pocket WiFi but if you are looking for the most economic option for internet in Japan, then a SIM may be the way to go.

Nearly all Shinkansen and many other trains have in-seat power outlets, so charging on the go is no problem. It will also save your phone battery, as you can use it on Flightmode with just WiFi enabled.

Hope this helps,
Daniel

Hello Daniel,

Confirmed now that in fact I was watching two different sites about the same thing japan-rail-pass and not jrpass.com.
That's some good information in my country we can't count on anything like that on our trains.

Thanks for all, any further doubt I will keep you busy through here :D

Kind regards,