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Is it worth purchasing JR pass to my itinerary?

Hi there. Good to have found this informative forum.
I with my husband and 2 children (7 and 16y/o) will be arriving NRT airport on the 30th of nov.2017, 1.40pm till dec 8. Go straight away to osaka.My itinerary would be:
nov.30-dec 2- Osaka/kyoto
Dec. 3 - back in Tokyo to explore the city
Dec. 4 - Disneyland
Dec. 5- experience snow(most likely in Gala Yuzawa)
Dec. 6 -7 would be tokyo city, chiba, ibaraki,etc.(actually free relaxing days)
Dec 8 departure from NRT at 2.30pm
Please help if buying a jr pass would be all worth my itinerary.
Thank you in advance. :)




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  • Yes, a 7 day pass would pay off, but you need to restructure your plans to do all the long distance travel within 7 days.
    Since you are already seeing Tokyo, you can largely skip Osaka during the day. After the temples of Kyoto close down around 5PM, you can zip over to Osaka for the evening. At night the city comes alive and has some great places to see, such as Dotonbori, plus the night views from the Umeda Sky Bldg and Abeno Harukas Bldg are wonderful.
    On another evening, you could also go and see Kobe.

    You should also give at least half a day for Nara, which has some of Japan's best sights.

    For your return to Narita, the cheapest way is the 1000 yen bus.
    http://accessnarita.jp/en/home/

    You can see previews of some of the best places to see in Japan on:
    https://www.youtube.com/user/thejapanfaq/videos
  • edited April 2017
    Sorry.. put to wrong place
  • Hello..i, my husband and my daughter (6 years)
    will be arrived at Japan on June for 14 days, my question:
    1. is it worth it if i buy the pass with the route as below:
    a. 4-5 June Tokyo-Ueno-Tsukiji
    b. 6-7 Disneyland and Disneysea
    c. 7-9 Toyama-Tateyama
    d.11-13 Osaka-Kyoto
    e. 13-19 back to Tokyo

    2. is the pass cover the route from Toyama-Tateyama?

    3. which pass should i buy?

    thank you in advance.
  • First, it's better to start a new thread and not piggyback your question on someone else's.
    You can make a 7 day pass pay off, used for Days 6-13.
    For Tateyama, that is not a JR line so it is not covered.

    You can see previews of some of the best places to see in Japan on:
    https://www.youtube.com/user/thejapanfaq/videos
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