Planned 16 days trip - what would be our best option?

Hi John,

I checked fares on the route you travel, but these are lower than the cost of a 14-day JR Pass, as such it makes more sense to buy tickets out of pockets, rather than use a JR Pass. This may be different if you added some day trips (like Hiroshima, Nikko or similar) but as it strands, normal tickets would cost less.

Also see:
https://www.jrpass.com/farecalculator/

Hope this helps,
Daniel

Hi, Daniel! Thank you so much for the reply! Could you possibly give me a break down of how that will look like with the info I provided? I would like to get a better understanding on how that's so. Thanks again in advance!

Hi John,

An estimate would look like:
Tokyo - Kyoto ¥ 14,400
Kyoto - Nara ¥ 570
Nara - Osaka ¥ 810
Osaka - Minobu ¥ 13,050
Minobu - Tokyo ¥ 8,760

For a total of ¥ 37,590

Hope this helps :)

Hi, Daniel-san!

Thanks again for the reply! This is where I get lost. Based on the JR Rail Fare Calculator - It tells me that I should go for the 7 Day Pass, but that covers only ¥29650.0. Yet, our Itinerary demands for ¥37,270. Would we end up short? Would the 14 Day Pass be best?