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JR Pass — buy or not?

Enter your legs. On a Tokyo–Kyoto–Osaka trip the nationwide 7-day pass usually loses to point-to-point tickets.

Not field-verifiedfares: secondary

Run your legs

Tokyo → Kyoto (Hikari, reserved) — Nozomi is not fully covered by the pass without a supplement.¥14,000
Kyoto → Tokyo (Hikari, reserved)¥14,000
KIX → Kyoto (HARUKA, reserved)¥3,640
Kyoto → KIX (HARUKA, reserved)¥3,640
Kyoto → Nara return (JR)¥1,440
Kyoto → Osaka (JR special rapid)¥580
Kyoto → Hiroshima (Hikari/Sakura, reserved)¥11,000
Hiroshima → Kyoto (Hikari/Sakura, reserved)¥11,000

Fares are desk estimates rounded to the nearest ¥10–¥100; verify before buying. Price after the Oct 2023 revision; confirm on the official site.