Questions on travelling in japan?

Question:

Hey guys,
ask a couple of questions about what to use in japan - car or train? so after your answers.. chose train.. getting 3 JR passes. now i got a couple of questions which you guys can help me answer ! :P

1) how do hakone to hiroshima? according to my knowledge, there's no shinkansen station in hakone and a shinkansen has to be taken from odawara to hiroshima. with a JR pass, i cant take the nozomi so how do i get to hiroshima? direct? some details?

2) how do you get from hiroshima to nara? i know nara is close to kyoto. should i go to kyoto from hiroshimia and go to nara from kyoto?

3) going to hakone for a day from around 12 noon till 11 am the next day. what do i see? heard of the cruise on the lake.. so how do i plan it?

comments would be appreciated..
thx!

Answer:

Well, that is a good question.
1) First, if you want to go to Hakone, you have to transfer at Odawara.
Do you already know how to get to Hakone?
http://www.hakonenavi.jp/english/traffic…

When you go to Hiroshima, you can use Hikari or Kodama, other kinds of Shinkansen.
You have to get to Nagoya or Osaka to transfer.

Ex.
Odawara (12:09) -- Hikari 511 --> Nagoya(13:25) -- Nozomi 167 --> Hiroshima (15:42)
Odawara (12:09) -- Hikari 511 --> Osaka (14:59) -- Sakura 565 --> Hiroshima (16:28)

2) Why don't you transfer at Osaka?
Hiroshima --> Shin-Osaka --> Osaka --> Nara
or
Hiroshima --> Shin-Osaka --> Tenoji --> Nara

3) Did you check this site?
http://www.hakonenavi.jp/english/introdu…

Hakone has good hot springs(Onsen) and some places to go.
But why do you want to go there?