As for now, Hyperdia does not reflect 17 March 2012 revisions of JR diagrams.
ebaychucky311:
there is a bullet that leaves at 6:50 AM and will arrive at 7:54 AM at Hiroshima station. This train is a Kodama train.
Also a Hikari train will be available: Okayama 07:16 -- 07:57 Hiroshima.
(Time might be changed a bit by the revision).
ebaychucky311:
Tokyo 7:33 PM Shinkansen Hikari 527 to Kyoto This train will become Hikari 529, which is to arrive to Kyoto a bit earlier.
ebaychucky311:
Hiroshima 10:01 PM Shinkasen Hikari 490 to Kyoto Arrive at 11:29 PM It must be a typo. Hikari 490: Hiroshima 20:01 -- 21:48 Kyoto.
As to a ride on a sleeping berth, a Japan Rail Pass covers the base fare only and does not cover express or berth charges.
A Sunrise Seto / Izumo also has seats, but the number is only 60 or so in total and they may have been already sold out when you arrive to Japan.
If you use overnight highway buses for Tokyo -- Hiroshima and Hiroshima -- Kyoto legs,
it may save costs for transportation and accommodation, but the gap may not sound dramatically large to you.
Anyway, you will have to pay separately for transportation in a round-trip between Odawara and Hakone.
(I wonder whether a local pass will result in cost-saving in your Hakone trip.)
Here I show you a rough comparison.
[When you utilize a 7-day Japan Rail Pass]
: (28,300 yen + accommodation fees for the 2 nights) per person.
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http://www.japanrailpass.net/eng/en002.html[When you utilize a flexible 3-day Japan Bus Pass and a flexible 3-day JR East Pass Special]
: (37,900 yen = 10,000 yen + 17,900 yen as regular fees (#) + 10,000 yen) per person.
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http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2369.html-
http://www.jreast.co.jp/e/eastpass_sp/index.htmlNote that a JR East Pass Special is a seasonal rail pass which cannot be used in March 2012.
(#) 17,900 yen
= 1,100 yen as fares in a round-trip between Hiroshima City and Miyajima Island
+ 780 yen as a base fare for Kyoto -- USJ
+ 8,510 yen as a base fare for USJ -- Osaka -- Shin-Osaka -- Odawara -- Tokyo
+ 7,510 yen as charges for two Shinkansen trains to and from Odawara
You can save 3,550 yen person if you use this rail pass from Odawara.
but in that case you cannot take a Tokaido Shinkansen train from Odawara to Tokyo.
An overnight highway bus which will run via Hiroshima Station to Kamiyacho can be a good choice.
(I recommend reaching Shinjuku Station at least 30 minutes before the time of departure of your bus from Shinjuku West Bus Terminal.)
The bus will arrive to Shinkansen Entrance of Hiroshima Station,
but Hiroden streetcar terminal and Peace Memorial Park are located in other directions of the station.
Kamiyacho stop is nearer to the park. There are two Hiroden streetcar stops nearby.
Please judge which track is for streetcars running for the park.
To visit A-bomb Dome first, please take a streetcar on Line No. 2 or No. 6 and get off at A-bomb Dome [Genbaku dome-mae] stop.
To visit Peace Memorial museum first, please take a streetcar on Line No. 1 or No. 3 and get off at Fukuro-machi stop.
Note that Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park is vast and the two facilities are located around its different ends.
(In asking local people about the streetcars, I recommend using "Hiroden" or "Shinai-densha," not "tram."
"Tram" may refer to another transportaion service operated by another company.)
It's a pity that you will have very short time for Miyajima Island.
When you come back to Hiroshima Station, you will go upstairs to the passenger bridge, walk a little and get out to Shinkansen Entrance in order to board your bus.
Please be careful not to pass through a Shinkansen Transfer Gate, making sure that a sign above the gate is saying "Exit."
Apr 1 - Hakone and back to Tokyo Apr 2 - Ski and back to Tokyo I suppose you can move from Hakone to Echigo-Yuzawa in the night
using Tokaido and Jo'etsu Shinkansen trains with a transfer in Tokyo,
which will take about 3 hours.
In that case, you will utilize your JR East Pass Special from Tokyo.
Good luck!