I'm bringing a 5 year old and I know any perfect plan will get shot to hell. So I was hoping buying this pass would eliminate most of the hassle of going to a subway machine and calculating paying for rides.rvs007 wrote: ↑ That's correct. JR lines are operated by JR-East and they have their own 1-day pass:
https://www.jreast.co.jp/e/pass/tokyo_free.html
Or if you are visiting Japan with a JR Pass, then you can use the same pass on local & regional subway & train routes within the validation period of your JR pass.
Whether it is worth it or not will depend on your itinerary. How many places do you plan to visit each day? You can determine how much it costs for each leg of your trip using Hyperdia.com. Add it all up per day and see if you exceed the daily cost of the pass. The issue is within Tokyo, being able to take both subway/train systems might save you a lot of time depending on where you're going/visiting that day. Many of the lines cross each other and some might be more congested than others. It really depends on what time of the day it is. That's why unless you are visiting many places within the day, and the places are all accessible by one subway/train system, I prefer getting a Suica card instead and just take whatever line will get you to your next destination the quickest according to Google Maps.
And puroland is not covered in this pass too?!?!
Thanks for the info though!