Then you want to go to Tokyo for a few days, when you wouldn’t use your JR Pass, followed by another week of long-distance travel. You could buy two 7-day passes and just not activate your 2 nd ...

Six JR companies jointly sell the JR Pass, which can be used on all JR train services except for the Nozomi and Mizuho Shinkansen trains. It comes in two types: one for use of the regular cars on ...