Hi jennifer,Thanks for letting me know. I have decided to buy the JR East Pass and take the shinkansen route to JR Nikko instead.
This is hassle free and I can perhaps take the opportunity to ride the shinkansen to yamagata after nikko. Its a Flexi 4 day Pass Y20,000 allowing any 4 days within a month. I can use the Pass for my 10 day visit in Japan.
We are coming from Ito so I dont want to worry and rush or miss the trains at Asakusa esp when I cant read Japanese nor speak the language.
The Tobu option is fine provided one has time to search out the Asakusa station in time.
Thanks once again. Do enjoy your trip.
Hope you