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14 day pass or individual tickets

represento
represento
over 11 years ago
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Hello there,

I will be travelling to Japan in early April for 18 days during which we are planning to make the following trains:

Day 1: Haneda airport - Tokyo centre
Days 2 to 5: Tokyo sightseeing in centre and metropolitan area
Day 6: Tokyo - Nara (via Kyoto)
Days 7 to 12: WIth friends in Nara & Osaka (by car and local trains)
Day 13: Nara - Kyoto
Day 14: Kyoto centre sightseeing
Day 15: Kyoto - Tokyo
Day 16: Tokyo - Mount Takao - Tokyo (day trip)
Day 17: Tokyo - Yokohama - Tokyo (day trip)
Day 18: Tokyo centre - Haneda airport

Could you advise whether it would be worth getting a 14 day rail pass for the above?

We would like to be able to use the Shinkansen but not necessarily the super fast Nozomi or Mizuno trains.

Thanks for your help.

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Daniel-san
18919 posts
over 11 years ago
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Hi there,

You can use the Shinkansen with the JR-Pass, no problemo! As you mentioned though you can't ride the Nozomi or Mizuho but the Hikari train will get you everywhere in good time too!

Here is a little list of ticket prices without the JR-Pass:
Tokyo --> Nara ¥ 14,050 (via Kyoto)
Nara --> Kyoto ¥ 690
Kyoto --> Tokyo ¥ 13,220
Tokyo Mount Takao (return) ¥ 1,780
Tokyo Yokohama ¥ 900

For a total of 30,640, although it does not include local travel in Osaka you are still well short of the price of the 14-day pass. You would be able to save some money if you could plan your long distance travel (Tokyo - Nara and Kyoto - Tokyo it its period of use. Otherwise you would be best of by just buying the tickets when you travel.

Hope this helps,
-Daniel

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