🤓Nerdy Tip If you plan on visiting Tokyo and Kyoto or Osaka on the same trip, you'll likely want to get a countrywide Japan rail pass. That's because Tokyo is part of the JR EAST region ...

It was a sad day for travelers last April when Japan Railways announced that it was raising the price of the JR Pass, the rail pass that provided unlimited travel on all JR-operated lines in Japan.

No visitor to Tokyo should be without a Suica card and no visitor to Japan should be without a JR Pass. The Suica card is convenient for intercity trains and buses while the JR Pass saves you time ...

A return trip on the shinkansen from Tokyo to Osaka without the pass, for example, will cost about 29,000 yen. In October, the same pass will cost 50,000 yen. A 14-day pass covering all JR lines ...

To keep clear of the crowds while still seeing the can’t-miss sights, set up a Japan Rail Pass. With seven-, 14 ... (Explore this epic three-day itinerary of Tokyo.) In 1643, shogunate scholar ...

For context, a one-way adult ticket for a JR shinkansen journey from Tokyo to Osaka currently costs around ¥14,520, making the current ¥29,650 seven-day pass a sensible choice for travellers ...

More importantly, before you get there, you need to calculate whether it’s worthwhile to buy a JR Pass in Singapore before you fly. What exactly is JR Pass, you ask? This is short for the Japan Rail ...