Originally Posted by
angra
For a 14 day trip, it might be the case that a 7 day pass could cover all of your longer distance travel. If you plan to spend a chunk of time in Tokyo or another city, you can bunch the longer travel in the middle.
The initial Tokyo to Kyoto transport is after 4 days of landing in Japan so it would need to be a 10 day pass really but that's not offered. The 7 day pass would probably include most everything else except for that initial Tokyo to Kyoto train.