Hi there, I'll be travelling to Tokyo & Hokkaido in July & the following is my itinerary. I'll be taking a flight between Tokyo & Hokkaido so I'm not sure if buying the JR Pass is the right way to go. Would appreciate your advice on what types of rail passes to buy to make it worthwhile since there's so many available, e.g JR Pass, Hakodate 1-day pass, Sapporo-Otaru welcome pass, Hokkaido Rail Pass, Hakone Round-course, SUICA+NEX etc....(help!)
Thanks!
Itinerary (more or less fixed since I've started making some hotel bookings):
Day 0: Late arrival at Tokyo Haneda airport. Stay overnight at capsule hotel in airport
Day 1: Check-in at hotel in Shinagawa & visit the Harujuku or Shinjuku area
Day 2: Fly off from Narita airport to Hokkaido's New Chitose airport. Rent a car & drive to Furano.
Day 3: At Furano/Biei with rental car
Day 4: Continue visiting Furano with rental car. In late afternoon, drive from Furano to Sapporo city (Return car in evening) - staying near Sapporo JR station
Day 5: At Sapporo. Plan to visit Clock Tower, TV Tower, Odori Park, underground mall (Pole/Aurora town)
Day 6: Day trip to Otaru (back to Sapporo at night)
Day 7: At Sapporo. Plan to visit Hokkaido Shrine, Maruyama Park, Ishiya Shiroi Koibito Park, Tanukikoji
Day 8: Leave Sapporo for Hakodate. At Hakodate, plan to visit Red Bricks Warehouse, Kitaichi Glass Sangokan, Fort Goryokaku, go up Mt Hakodate via ropeway
Day 9: Leave Hakodate for Lake Toya
Day 10: Leave Lake Toya for Noboribetsu Onsen
Day 11: Take Donan bus from Noboribetsu to New Chitose airport. Fly back to Tokyo. Staying at Shinagawa for rest of trip.
Day 12: Disneyland Tokyo
Day 13: At Tokyo. Plan to visit Tsukiji Market, Sensoji, Tokyo Tower, Odaiba
Day 14: Day trip to Hakone (back to Tokyo at night)
Day 15: At Tokyo (Shinjuku/Ginza area) before night flight home from Haneda airport.
