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As a non-Japanese educated foreigner it is very daunting being confronted by the complexity of the Rail system around Tokyo area. You have enough trouble finding which line takes to there, but at least you dont have to worry about how much to pay with this tip. Buy a ticket at the machine just paying the minimum fare. When you arrive at destination (or when you have to change lines such as between JR line and local subway), before going though the turn-styles, there is a fare-adjustment machine to one side - look for it. Insert your ticket and it will tell you the extra you have to pay to exit the line at this point.
Also - most JR line ticket machines can accept many coins at once, so instead of slowly fumbling though unfamiliar lose change in your wallet - you can push in a hand-full of 'schrapnel' (loose change), the machine will count it and return back to you the excess! Leave a Comment |
Hello,
Tokyo is like a maze of Train lines...
It's sometimes hard to find which line to use and where to get off and such only on guide books or signs.
So, I'll introduce to you 2 websites where you can search train routes in English!
http://www.tokyo-subway.net/english/index.html
This site allows you to search routes within Tokyo and its neighbouring areas only by clicking on your mouse.
http://www.hyperdia.com/cgi-english/hyperWeb.cgi
You can search routes anywhere in Japan on this site, but you can't use if you misspell the station names.
FYI. Leave a Comment Theme: Train |
I have pasted the information from Japan Tourism Board here.
It's cheaper if you are planning to use the train on other days or pay 3000 yen for airport shuttle.
(The Japan Rail Pass is available only to people from abroad who wish to come to Japan as "temporary visitors" for sightseeing. It is usually necessary to purchase an Exchange Order through a travel agency abroad so that the Exchange Order can be exchanged for a Japan Rail Pass after entering Japan.
It is very important to remember that only those who receive the entry status "temporary visitor" stamped in their passports are eligible to obtain the Japan Rail Pass. In order to receive your Japan Rail Pass, you need to take your Exchange Order to an applicable Japan Rail station, upon arrival in Japan, which has a Japan Rail Pass exchange office.
The Exchange Order of Japan Rail Pass can be purchased from overseas offices of JTB Corp., JALPAK, Nippon Travel Agency Co., Ltd., Kintetsu International, and Toptour Corporation plus their affiliated travel agencies in various countries. Overseas offices of Japan Airlines(JAL)* and All Nippon Airways(ANA) also handle the Exchange Order. *When using JAL group flight.) |
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If you plan on going to Tokyo and get around by the train systems you probably made a good choice. It pretty cheap and can get you anywhere in Tokyo. If you do all this you need to make sure you have a good map of the rail way system. In most of Japan people speak only Japanese. If you ask people even people who work in the train they wont help you, not cause they are rude but because they wont understand you. |
The Shinkansen's.... what a train! Japan is full of train lines going around the country. There's a lot of local trains too but the special ones are the bullet trains. You need a special pass (Japan Railways Pass) to use some of the bullet trains (the Nozomi are forbidden for this kind of passes... you can pay for a ticket but is very expensive...).
There's special cars: first class (they call this class Green class) , tourist class, smoker or non smoker cars, reserved-non reserved seats cars...The thing is: if you don't reserve any seat, you can go to non-reserved cars but it depends on the time, might be full of people...
On the platform there's an indication at the floor of the diposal of the cars and you can wait the train in the correct order. The Shinkansen are very punctual so don't be late! |
The main reason to avoid the train is that Godzilla loves to eat them. Leave a Comment |
This is a quick route from JR East for trips from Shinjuku to Tokyo stations. Instead of taking the JR Yamanote Line and encircling half of the loop, why not take a direct route? This line bypasses a lot of stations in between, thus called Chuo Rapid Line. It is the fastest route between JR Shinjuku and Tokyo Stations. Leave a Comment |
World second fastest train other than TVG in France. Leave a Comment Theme: Train |
5-4-3-2-1.......
The travel time to Kyoto on the ultra-modern Shinkansen was about 2.5 hours. Compare that with the time our coach took getting us from Kyoto to Tokyo - 8 hrs!
pity it was a night train. I missed seeing the sights whizzing past my window... Leave a Comment |
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