may I use it to travel around Japan for 7 days?? I really don't understand.... where may I go with this Ticket..?? Thank you for your help.
2007-05-11 23:21:03 · 8 answers · asked by jonathan j 2 in Travel ➔ Asia Pacific ➔ Japan
There's a rail pass for nearly all JR trains in Japan, but there are also cheaper passes that allow travel within a more limited area. The one I bought on my last trip (JR East Pass) was good for about half of Honshu, mostly only north of Tokyo -- I couldn't go to Kyoto on that pass, for example. This link:
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2357.html
... describes the various passes and coverage areas. With the pass, you can basically ride most of the covered routes as much as you want, for free. (There are added fees for a higher class of service, and for a few routes.)
How you use the pass is:
If you're riding a train without reserved seating, you show the pass at the fare adjustment window, bypass the automatic ticket gates, and just go and get on the train. (It took us a while to figure out to use the fare adjustment window -- usually it is to one side of all the automatic gates.) Sometimes there is a bit of a line, but it's much more convenient than using the machines to buy a ticket for every use of the trains.
If you're riding a train that has reserved seating, you have to go into the reservations office outside the ticket gates and obtain the tickets for your reserved seating. Showing your pass, you'll get the tickets for free (or at reduced charge, depending what you pass covers and where you are going). When we did this for a bullet-train ride from Tokyo to Nikko, we were given reserved seat tickets. but still could not use the automatic ticket gates -- we were still expected to use the pass to get through to the platform, and the ticket was only for showing to the conductor on the train.
Note that the rail pass is for Japan Rail (JR) trains only. It won't get you on the subways in Tokyo, and it won't get you on the few trains that are operated by other companies. As I recall, only a few places we wanted to go (Kamakura and Mt. Fuji) involved riding trains operated by other companies. JR trains are good to get just about anywhere.
The rail pass is really convenient, and it is a great deal if you want to take some fairly long trips -- just one bullet-train trip to Kyoto will cost more than the rail pass itself, if you buy the tickets on your own in Japan. If you're just going to go from the airport to Tokyo, and mostly sightsee in the Tokyo area, it might not be cost-effective, though it is still very convenient.
2007-05-12 02:06:03 · answer #1 · answered by McFate 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Jr Rail Pass
2016-10-01 23:17:33 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jrail Pass
2016-12-28 20:43:59 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As the namesake says...the Japan Rail Pass lets you travel to ANYWHERE in japan by JR Rail lines...lol
The only stipulations are that you cannot use Nozomi shinkansen, and in the event that your train has to use tracks not owned by JR...you have to pay a fee for that.
2007-05-12 04:47:07 · answer #4 · answered by WingsOTWorld 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
go any where the train goes for 7 days
2007-05-12 22:06:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Once you buy it, you can ride any local JR train anywhere they go for 7 days. To ride the express trains, you would still have to pay the additional express price.
2007-05-13 16:24:04 · answer #6 · answered by Looking for the truth... 4 · 0⤊ 4⤋
it checks this web
http://www.japanrailpass.net/ja/ja001.html
2007-05-13 19:55:25 · answer #7 · answered by スミレ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.japanrailpass.net/eng/en001.html
http://www.jtbusa.com/jphome/jrpass.asp
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2361.html
2007-05-11 23:42:37 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋