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Figuring Out Which Passes to Get 2023/7/5 04:00
Hi all,

I am planning a trip end of the month and I am very confused about which passes I should be getting that would be value for money. I am posting my itinerary here (hotels have already been booked) as well as the passes I am potentially looking at. If any of you could help me figure this out it would be very much appreciated. Thank you.


Day 1: Arrive in KIX Airport + Travel to Osaka + Osaka sightseeing (return to hotel in Osaka near Umeda station)

Day 2: Osaka sightseeing (return to hotel in Osaka near Umeda station)

Day 3: Day trip to Hiroshima (return to hotel in Osaka near Umeda station)

Day 4: Day trip to Kobe (return to hotel in Osaka near Umeda station)

Day 5: Travel to Kyoto + East Kyoto sightseeing (return to hotel in Kyoto near Kyoto JR station)

Day 6: West Kyoto sightseeing (return to hotel in Kyoto near Kyoto JR station)

Day 7: Day trip to Nara (return to hotel in Kyoto near Kyoto JR station)

Day 8: Day trip to Himeji (return to hotel in Kyoto near Kyoto JR station)

Day 9: Travel to Osaka + Depart from KIX Airport


I am looking at the following:

JR Pass (14-day)

JR Kansai Area Pass (which includes Kyoto Subway One Day Card, Keihan 1-Day Kyoto Sightseeing Pass, Hankyu 1-Day Kyoto Line Free Pass)

JR Kansai Thru Pass

JR Kansai Hiroshima Area Pass

Osaka Amazing Pass

Rokkosan Pass

Hanshin Pass
by Wolverine12  

Re: Figuring Out Which Passes to Get 2023/7/5 22:20
You can buy JR kansai area pass
OR
Kansai thru pass
But it does not cover hiroshima
by Mon (guest) rate this post as useful

Re: Figuring Out Which Passes to Get 2023/7/8 14:52
Japan Rail Pass (before the price rise, 14-day)
is too expensive for your itinerary.

JR-West Kansai-Hiroshima Area Pass (5-day),
on the condition
that you visit Hiroshima and Himeji within 5 calendar days,
sounds good for you to go outside Kyoto City | Osaka City and back.
https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2361_kansai_hiroshima.html

Even when you, for a special reason,
cannot visit Himeji on one of the 5 days,
Japan Rail Pass (7-day) does not sound best.

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JR Kansai Area Pass (which includes Kyoto Subway One Day Card, Keihan 1-Day Kyoto Sightseeing Pass, Hankyu 1-Day Kyoto Line Free Pass)

These are separate passes; no one includes any other.

JR Kansai Thru Pass

Kansai Thru Pass is a non-JR pass.

(Your source may be unreliable.)

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When you travel
with JR-West Kansai-Hiroshima Area Pass,
for the section Hiroshima -- Okayama -- Himeji -- Shin-Ōsaka,
you can take faster Nozomi and Mizuho trains,
which JRP travelers cannot take.

On the other hand,
between Shin-Ōsaka and Kyōto,
you go by the conventional [non-Shinkansen] line.
It's because the Tōkaidō Shinkansen
(Shin-Ōsaka -- Kyōto -- Nagoya -- Tōkyō)
is operated by JR-Central.

Special Rapid trains are available frequently
for the section
Himeji -- Sannomiya (in Kobe) -- Ōsaka -- Shin-Ōsaka -- Kyōto.

You stay in the Umeda area, i.e. near Ōsaka Station,
so you need to take a non-Shinkansen train,
regardless of which tickets you travel with.

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Day 3: Day trip to Hiroshima

Will you visit Miyajima Island?

What date is your Day 1?
by omotenashi rate this post as useful

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