Okay, here we get to a more loaded topic.
The questions you want to ask yourself are: How quickly do you want to get from place to place, and how many places that are far apart do you want to visit?
JR Pass
If the answer is: Fast, and to places that are far apart, the ultimate solution for you will be to buy a JR Pass.
The train ticket that I’ll elaborate on more in future (there’s a lot to say about it) buys you free transport on most of the JR company’s modes of transportation. This includes JR’s bullet train (the Shinkansen), ferries, buses, metros and inter-city trains.
You can purchase a JR Pass for a period of one, two or three weeks and use it to travel throughout Japan. The period of validity will only start when you get to a JR station with your passport and booking and receive the physical card from the station staff. This means that, if you’ve planned to spend a few days in Tokyo or Osaka and only then to start traveling, you can activate the ticket only when you want to start traveling long distance. It currently costs $287 for a one-week ticket, $456 for two weeks and $583 for three weeks.
2 Comments
HaNa
July 24, 2021 at 11:13 pmThis indeed is a useful post! I hope this stays here forever. Glad to follow your blog and pinterest ^^
bluevagabond
July 25, 2021 at 12:20 amThank you so much 🙂