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Help from rail pass experts 2015/4/1 06:57
Hi. Even though we have been multiple times I haven't bothered with rail passes after the first time because we tend to treat ourselves to the Nozomi (yes, I know the carriages are the same, just humour me) etc.

So for our next trip (details below) I wasn't going to bother with passes but if there are area passes that might be useful, let me know. Work on the basis that once we are in a place we don't tend to move about much, usually taxis or walking :
17/4 NEX to Tokyo station;
18/4 Tokyo station to Bessho Onsen (Asama then the local train);
20/4 local train to Nagano, Asama to Karuizawa;
22/4 Karuizawa to Kyoto. I was going to take the Asama to Tokyo then Nozomi or Hikari to Kyoto;
25/4 Kyoto to Kinosaki Onsen (there is a JR train direct);
27/4 Back to Kyoto;
28/4 Kyoto to Enoshima. I think I have that one as shinkansen to Shinagawa then local trains;
30/4 Enoshima to Narita by NEX.

Any suggestions for passes? Thanks...
by Lazy Pious (guest)  

Re: Help from rail pass experts 2015/4/1 18:26
I am not a train pass expert since I am a Japanese so that I cannot use the train passes for foreigner, but I will try.

Normal tickets + JR-East Pass

Tokyo Kyoto Kinosakionsen

16650 yen

http://goo.gl/WnlZRx

Kinosakionsen Kyoto Fujisawa

16320 yen

http://goo.gl/7NpYU6

JR-East Pass

http://www.jreast.co.jp/e/eastpass/

Narita AP to Tokyo 17th
Tokyo to Ueda (Bessho) 18th
Ueda to Nagano to Karuizawa 20th
Karuizawa to Tokyo 21st
Fujisawa (Enoshima) to Narita AP 30th

22000 yen

Total 54970 yen

Normal tickets + Nex round trip ticket

NEX Tokyo round trip ticket

4000 yen
http://www.jreast.co.jp/e/pass/nex_round.html

Tokyo to Ueda to Nagano

http://goo.gl/XrYufp
http://goo.gl/b4cuxu
http://goo.gl/haUklr

4000 (Fare) + 3320 (Shinkansen Tokyo/Ueda) +860 (shinkansen Ueda/Nagano)=8180

Nagano to Karuizawa to Tokyo to Kyoto to Kinosakionsen

http://goo.gl/V2C4F4
http://goo.gl/nxMY5H
http://goo.gl/Lwv5WY

11660 (Fare) + 2360 (Shinkansen Nagano/Karuizawa) + 10140 (Shinkansen Karuizawa/Tokyo/Kyoto Limited Express Kyoto/Kinosakionsen)=24160

Kinosakionsen to Kyoto to Fujisawa

http://goo.gl/aZgX6q
16320

Total=4000+8180+24160+16320=52660 yen

Japan Rail Pass 14 days
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2361.html
46390 yen
by frog1954 rate this post as useful

Re: Help from rail pass experts 2015/4/1 18:33
Strewth, thanks for your hard work. I'll check out the options.
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