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Originally Posted by samurai007
As long as you stay in the Kansai area, you don't need the JR Rail pass. A more limited Kansai region version that is significantly cheaper may be helpful, but I don't know enough about it to say.
Osaka is a better hub for Himeji, Nara, and Koyasan.
Honestly, the cost involved in getting all the way to Tokyo probably just isn't worth it. Why not spend the time and money in the Kansai area (and maybe a little beyond, such as Kanazawa, Takayama, and Kamikochi) rather than Tokyo, and then visit the Tokyo/Kanto area next time you visit?
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The trip from Osaka to and Himeji is going to cost you around USD$40 (Round trip).
Start you planning base on what you want to see. Then we can work our way back. RIght now you just have too many open options. The reason I said that is that we need ot understand what is a must see, then decide if getting a JR pass and going to tokyo is worthwhile Definitely if you are going to be traveling between Tokyo and Kyoto, the pass it the way to go, but if there is no need to travel to Tokyo then thats a different story
Between Osaka and Kyoto, your best bet is to pay for local transportation, and purchase the Raku pass when you are in Kyoto