Hello, me and my two other friends, (all 18M) Will be planning on taking a trip to Japan in June 2025, from the 5th to the 15th, We have around 2,00 USD per person (not including hotel and airfare) So I would like to know if it would be more affordable to buy the JR Pass to use the Shinkansen from Tokyo to Kyoto, then to Osaka then back to Tokyo, but I have heard that the JR Pass has gone up in price recently, so I wonder if it would be more affordable to just buy the train tickets separately
Tokyo: 5th-9th (4 Nights)
Kyoto: 9th-12th (3 nights)
Osaka 12th-15th (3 nights)
Tokyo
* Day 1
* Shibuya Scramble
* Find Godzilla statue
* Finish the day with Senso-Ji temple
* Day 2
* Mori Art Museum
* TeamLab Planets
* Day 3
* Disneyland Tokyo
* Day 4
* Shopping day
* Akihabara
* Don Quijote
* Harajuku
Kyoto
* Day 1
* Yasaka Shrine
* Nanzen-hi Temple
* Tenryuji Temple
* Send the day with Kurama Hot Springs
* Day 2
* Go to Fushimii Inari Shrine early
* Go to a cat cafe
* Take a bus to uji
* Day 3
* Wake up early and go to Arashiyama
* Bamboo grove
* Sagono railway train (25 minutes)
* Take the Hozugawa river cruise back
* Go to the iwateyama monkey park
Osaka
* Day 1
* Wake up, pack from hotel and take Kyo-train Garaku to Osaka
* Universal Studios Japan
* Day 2
* Bus to Nara
* Isui-en Garden
* Todai-Ji Temple
* Nakatanidou (mochi)
* Bus back to Osaka
* Osaka Aquarium
* Tempozan Ferris Wheel
* Day 3
* Wake up early, go to a temple, eat happy pancakes
* Hike Mt. Koya