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Budget ¥12,320 (about $78) per person and
about 3 h 10. It is both the cheapest option and the fastest.
The Japan Rail Pass covers this whole trip.
The two stations are 469 km (291 miles) apart by rail.
The only priced option
JR train
Tokaido Shinkansen Hikari or Kodama
Odawara → Shin-Osaka, unreserved seat
¥12,320
about $78 · per person
about 3 h 10on the Hikari, longer on the Kodama
Japan Rail Pass: yesCovered by the Japan Rail Pass.
Who runs it
JR
The public rail network, six regional companies. The Japan Rail Pass is valid on their lines and on nothing else.
Source
Which train
Hikari or KodamaHikari and Sakura: Same rails as the Nozomi, a few more stops. Covered by the Japan Rail Pass, with no supplement.
SourceKodama: The service that stops at every station on the line. The slowest of the three, and covered by the Japan Rail Pass.
Source
Covered by the Japan Rail Pass on the Hikari and the Kodama, all the way to Shin-Osaka. The faster Nozomi costs the same unreserved fare but is not covered.
Fare source
Last checked August 11, 2026. The dollar figure is worked out at the exchange rate of the site's last update and
is never stored beside the yen.
This trip inside your whole itinerary
One trip on its own never tells you whether the Japan Rail Pass is worth it. That depends on every
other leg of the journey, and on the regional passes, which are far cheaper and cover only their
own area.