14 day intinenary

Hi, i will be travelling to Japan end Aug for 2 weeks. I was wondering when i should activate the pass or i should do Tokyo first.

Here is my intinenary
Day 1-6 Osaka/Kyoto/Nara
Day 7-8 Nagoya
Day 9-11 Hakone
Day 12-14 Tokyo

Thanks in advance (:

Assume u are flying in to Kansai airport and out from Tokyo. Then yr long journey is only Nagoya to Tokyo (one way). Looks like JR Rail pass may not pay off.

U need to work out a more detail travel plan. Then check the transport charges to make a comparison between individual tickets and rail pass.

I agree, not much use for a JR pass here if you are just doing that one leg.

Also, if I may, why in the world go to Nagoya? And Hakone can be shortened to 1 day, leaving you much more time in Tokyo or Kyoto. Saving you on transportation and accommodation as well.

Josh

I'm flying in from Narita and leaving from there actually.I've come up with a revised intinenary. I hope its a better one than the previous one!

day 1 - arrive narita, stay tokyo
day 2 - tokyo
day 3 - tokyo
day 4 - tokyo to kyoto (activate jr pass)
day 5 - kyoto
day 6-9 osaka (with day trips to Nara, Himeji)
day 10 - travel to hakone
day 11 - hakone
day 12 - hakone
day 13 - back to tokyo
day 14 - tokyo and flight at night

Also, i am abit confused about the transport even though i have read up on it.
For transportation within the cities Osaka/Kyoto/Nara/Himeji themselves, do i have to get their respective passes or can i just use the JR pass which i will be getting?
Thanks in advance! (:

you won't be needing individual city rail passes.

Himeji + Nara - Major attractions are accessible by foot. fyi himeji is under renovation works now if i'm not wrong.

kyoto - a 500Y 1-day bus pass will be good for kyoto. most sights are nearer to bus-stops than rail stations.

osaka - JR pass works on the JR loop line (in osaka) and the special rapid services from kyoto to osaka..
otherwise, get a Surutto Kansai Card (1000, 2000, 3000 and 5000 yen) prepaid card which i did on my last trip. The card is good for subway travel on all other lines except JR.
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e4006.html