Originally Posted by
RTW1
A 7 day pass is currently $240, so that is half your budget.....doesn't leave much.... And summer can be a bit hot, so a decent hotel might be nice. That's your biggest expenses, for the rest Japan can be rather cheap.
For some reason I was looking at JR East pass, which is $187, not at JR West which is more expensive.
If Osaka/Kyoto is in plans, does it make sense to have the pass with the condition that we need to come back to Tokyo?