14 day trip - what pass to use

prat_j

We will be in Japan for 14 days, divided as follows:
Arrive at Haneda
5 nights in Tokyo
2 nights in Nara
4 nights in Kyoto
2 nights in Kanazawa
Depart from Narita

The itinerary sequence is basically set. Should we go ahead with the 14 day JR pass, or would something else be significantly cheaper/better. Any help would be appreciated.

Tenjin

You basically have 2 choices - cut your travel time out of Tokyo down to 7 days and make a 7 day pass pay off well, or get a 14 day pass and add a day trip or 2 outside of Tokyo - there is no shortage of good places, and about 3-4 days in Tokyo is quite enough anyways.
You could try Nikko, Izu, Kusatsu, Sendai, etc.

prat_j

Thank you! We will go for the 14 day pass then. We will probably do some day-trips, and that's the next step of our planning. We have flights, lodging, now transportation, ...