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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lothor" data-source="post: 790005" data-attributes="member: 66745">I don't think it's going to make much difference to the cost of your holiday provided you make sure the 7 days covers the long-distance journeys.  If you get the ticket to cover the earlier dates, then it doesn't cover some of your travel in Kanto, if you get it to cover later dates, then it doesn't cover some of your travel in Kansai.  A 50km journey in Kansai is not going to cost much different from one in Kanto.  Since you've found hyperdia, you should be able to work out if there's much difference in cost.Do get yourself a Suica/Pasmo card - even when you have your JR pass, it's likely that you will use some buses and trains run by other companies, and it will save you time and effort at busy stations.  By the way, you can't get to Hakone on JR, though it's not that expensive from Tokyo (about 1000 yen one way from Shinjuku on the Odakyu line), and there are also discount tickets that you can buy at Shinjuku station that combine the return journey to Hakone and many of the cable cars, boats etc. and save you a lot of money.Unfortunately you won't be able to use a Seishun 18 ticket, they can only be used at the end of the year and in summer, as you can see from this site.  Shame really, they are a great ticket and I've used them many times.<a href="https://www.jreast.co.jp/e/pass/seishun18.html">Seishun 18 | Fares & Passes | JR-EAST</a></blockquote>