Hakone to Osaka: price, time and JR Pass

The short answer

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 10 on the Hikari, longer on the Kodama
Japan Rail Pass: yes Covered 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 Kodama Hikari and Sakura: Same rails as the Nozomi, a few more stops. Covered by the Japan Rail Pass, with no supplement. Source Kodama: 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.

See what the passes cost

Where to sleep at either end: Hakone, Osaka.