Hi,
Could you please help me out with the following itinerary? Our flight into Japan arrives at Haneda Airport and we leave Japan through Kansai Airport. Our itinerary is as follows:
DATE DEPT ARR
22-Mar HANEDA AIRPORT > SHINJUKU
24-Mar SHINJUKU > NIKKO
NIKKO > SHINJUKU
26 Mar SHINJUKU > FUJIKYU
FUJIKYU > SHINJUKU
28-Mar SHINJUKU > TAKAYAMA via Matsumoto
30-Mar TAKAYAMA > KYOTO
31-Mar KYOTO > NARA
NARA > KYOTO
2-Apr KYOTO > OSAKA
3-Apr OSAKA > MIYAJIMAGUCHI
MIYAJIMAGUCHI > OSAKA
5-Apr OSAKA > KANSAI AIRPORT
Instead of a 14 day JR Pass, I was wondering if we would save money by getting a JR East Pass up to 28 March? And then a 7 day JR Pass for the remainder of the trip?
With a JR East Pass, we could get the direct train from Shinjuku to Nikko (instead of changing trains at Utsonomiya if we had a JR Pass). We would also be able to purchase the discounted bus ticket from Matsumoto to Takayama. Even though we are doing a one way trip, it seems the discounted JR East return bus fare is even cheaper than a full priced one way ticket?
From 30th of March to the end of the trip I'm thinking of buying the 7 day JR Pass as this is when we do the most train travel.
So could you confirm which is the better plan? Buying a JR East Pass and a 7 Day JR Pass or just buy a 14 day JR Pass for the entire trip?
Thank you so much.
