Hello, everyone. Hope you are doing great.
We are going to be in Japan for about a month.
Our itinerary will be.
day 1-6 Tokyo with a day trip to Kamakura
Day 7 Nikko (overnight there)
Day 8 at the afternoon from Nikko to Hakone
Day 9 From Hakone to Kawaguchiko
Day 10 Kawaguchiko
Day 11 From lake Kawaguchiko we want to travel to Matsumoto and late in the afternoon to Nagano (sleep there)
Day 12 From Nagano to Yamanouchi (monkey park) and later to Kanazawa
Day 13 Kanazawa
Day 14 Kanazawa - Shirakawago - Takayama
Day 15 Takayama
Day 16 Takayama to Magome
Day 17 From Magome to Nagoya and from there to Himeji (sleep there)
Day 18 From Himeji to Hiroshima (sleep there)
Day 19 Hiroshima to Miyajima (sleep there)
Day 20 Hiroshima to Fukuoka
Day 21 Day trip to Nagasaki
Day 22 Fukuoka to Kurokawa onsen and overnight there
Day 23 From Fukuoka to Osaka and (sleep there)
Day 24-30 Kyoto with a daytrip to Nara and an overnight to Mount Koya
Day 31 Maybe Kumano and overnight there
Day 32 Ise
Day 33 Back to Tokyo
Day 34 Departure.
I am pretty sure that from day 17 (Nagoya to Himeji) to day 23 (from Fukuoka to Osaka) it is definitely worth to get a 7 days Japan rail pass.
But I wonder if it is worth it to get a 14 days pass considering that the Nagano - kanazawa trip costs around 9000 yen (I don't consider taking the slow train that takes 6 hours).
But other than this I am a little lost with the transportation from Day 11 to Day 17.
From Kawaguchiko to Matsumoto does the Japan rail covers me? ->
http://www.hyperdia.com/cgi/en/search.html?dep_node=KAWAGUCHIKO&arv_node=MATSUMOTO&via_node01=&via_node02=&via_node03=&year=2017&month=11&day=03&hour=06&minute=00&search_type=0&search_way=&transtime=undefined&sort=0&max_route=5&faretype=0&ship=off&lmlimit=null&search_target=route&facility=reserved&sum_target=7In General considering our Itinerary which Japan rail you believe is better to get?
Thank you very very much.
Comments
But to add, you can't use a JR Pass at Kawaguchiko - you need to pay for the Fujikyu train up to Otsuki.
For Yamanouchi, you need to pay again from Nagano and back.