Daniel-san,
I'm a little disappointed now that I've purchased our 7 Day Rail Pass. Only because I now see that Nozomi Shikansen is by far the most available and quickest way for us to get to and from Tokyo, Osaka, Hiroshima, Kyoto and back to Tokyo. You had previously told me that the cost for individual Shinkansen tickets from all of the mentioned locations would have saved us about 28,300 yen but when I went into the Hyperdia Website and calculated the cost to catch a Nozomi Shinkansen the total difference was less than 1,000 yen. Tell me something that will make me feel better now that I have spent $576 to purchase our two JR 7 Day Rail Pass.
One person told me that we can use the JR Rail Pass to catch a Ferry that will take us to Miyajima Island since we already have the pass and will be spending a couple of days in Hiroshima. If that is correct that is a good thing.
The only other way that I can see us benefiting is using the JR Rail Pass to catch Subways and Buses while in Osaka, Hiroshima, Kyoto and even Tokyo. What do you think? Can we use the JR Rail Pass to accomplish this without having to spend more yen to buy additional tickets. In Tokyo, on our last trip we got around by purchasing the SUICA Card and loading it with Yen at the different Stations if needed. Can the JR Pass be used to catch the various subways in Tokyo and the other locations mentioned above.
Mahalo!
Mike
