Originally Posted by
OsakaWino
As long as you're okay with the time spent on the shuttle and the extra time for the shinkansen (I seem to remember that a few hikari trains stop at Odawara, but that was years ago, maybe now it is only the kodama).
Looks like there's a Hikari every other hour that stops at Odawara (arr. 10.26, 12.36, 14.36, etc; 140 minutes from Shin-Osaka). The 12.36 arrival works very well with the 1.15 shuttle, allowing some time for lunch at the bakery.
Thanks for the encouragement!