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May we use the JR Pass to travel from Tokyo-Osaka-Kinosaki-Kyoto-Osaka-Tokyo instead of buying a separate Kanto Pass? Thank you
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by Y M Lee
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Re: JR Pass
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2014/9/24 01:16
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A 7-day Ordinary-Class Japan Rail Pass is suitable for your itinerary if you start from Tokyo and return within 7 calendar days. If you hope to be in western Japan longer, JR regular tickets can be more cost-saving than a 14-day Japan Rail Pass.
Please note that Shinkansen trains run not via Osaka Station but via Shin-Osaka Station. In Tokyo Metropolis, you can choose a Tokaido Shinkansen station from Tokyo and Shinagawa. The name of the JR station in Kinosaki became Kinosaki Onsen in 2005. It is also spelled Kinosakionsen.
By the way, "Kinosaki-Kyoto-Osaka-Tokyo" sounds a little roundabout. Kyoto Station is closer than Osaka and Shin-Osaka Stations to Kinosaki Onsen and Tokyo Stations. Unless you have a reason to be in a specific place on a specific day, you can make all your Osaka trips before your Kinosaki trip, and you do not need to make a detour to Osaka City on your way from Kyoto City to Tokyo Metropolis.
A JR Kanto Area Pass, which is offered by JR-East, cannot be valid on any section of another JR passenger railway company. Tokaido Shinkansen (Tokyo -- Shinagawa -- Nagoya -- Kyoto -- Shin-Osaka) is operated by JR-Central. JR non-Shinkansen sections among Kyoto, Shin-Osaka, Osaka and Kinosaki Onsen are operated by JR-West. You cannot use a JR Kanto Area Pass on these JR but non-JR-East sections.
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