Originally Posted by
booogle
Re the JLR pass, their calculator shows the pass costing 50,000 and tokyo - kyoto, kyoto - hirsohima, hiroshima - kyoto, kyoto - Tokyo trips as 52,380, so it seems it's a bit cheaper even without any Osaka or Nara trips unless I'm missing something.
I can't speak for your financial situations, but personally I found it's more of a hassle to get the pass to save <5000jpy.
The line is a good 1-2 hour wait at Haneda Airport when I was there to pick it up. They give alternate locations, but you do have to pay and travel possibly out of your way to get there as well.
Previously it used to be a paper pass you showed to a station agent, but now it's a magnetic one you have to put through a turnstile so you have to look for a non IC-card only turnstile.
Prior to the increase, it was 30,000jpy for a 7 day and I've rode about 60,000jpy in Shinkansen a visit which made it very worth the effort to get it, now, not so much.
Just my 2 cents tho.