JR Pass coverage

Hi Daniel!

My family and I will be traveling to Japan for my brother and mom’s bday this October for 10 days. We are 4 adults and planning on going to Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka and Nara maybe. I have been to Japan last 2015 and I used JR pass but haven’t been to Nara and only stayed in Kyoto for half a day. This time we’ll be staying in Kyoto for 4 days and will travel directly there from Narita airport on the 20th. My concern is, can u use the
JR pass if you go sight seeing in Kyoto? Like going to Fushimi Inari, Arashiyama, Golden Pavilion and such? I know in Arashiyama you can. Does JR pass covers going to Nara too? I was thinking renting a car might be a good idea cause my mom doesn’t like to walk a lot. But with cars, you’ll have to pay for Parking, tolls and is a right hand drive which we have no experience at all. I don’t know if we can save more renting a car vs buying a JR pass cause there’s 4 of us. I hope you give me some insights on these. Thank you so much!