Comparing JAPAN KANSAI PASSES: JR West Kansai Area Pass, Osaka Amazing Pass, ICOCA, etc!

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OSAKA AMAZING PASS
✅ https://www.kkday.com/en-ph/product/12156-osaka-amazing-pass-e-ticket-japan?cid=19418&ud1=YouTube&ud2=KansaiPass

JR WEST KANSAI AREA PASS
✅ https://www.kkday.com/en-ph/product/25777-jr-kansai-area-pass-japan?cid=19418&ud1=YouTube&ud2=KansaiPass

KANSAI RAILWAY PASS (KANSAI THRU PASS)
✅ https://www.kkday.com/en-ph/product/20963-kansai-thru-day-pass-e-ticket-japan?cid=19418&ud1=YouTube&ud2=KansaiPass

JR PASS (WHOLE JAPAN/NATIONWIDE)
✅ https://www.kkday.com/en-ph/product/20291-all-japan-rail-pass-with-delivery-to-taiwan-hong-kong-south-korea-singapore?cid=19418&ud1=YouTube&ud2=KansaiPass

KYOTO-OSAKA SIGHTSEEING PASS (KEIHAN)
✅ https://www.kkday.com/en-ph/product/18573-kyoto-osaka-sightseeing-pass-pickup-at-keihan-stations-japan

JR HOKURIKU ARCH PASS (Osaka to Tokyo)
✅ https://www.kkday.com/en-ph/product/20295-japan-jr-hokuriku-arch-pass-delivery-to-multiple-countries?cid=19418&ud1=YouTube&ud2=KansaiPass

JR SANYO SAN’IN PASS
✅ https://www.kkday.com/en-ph/product/20315-jr-sanyo-sanin-area-pass?cid=19418&ud1=YouTube&ud2=KansaiPass

JR TAKAYAMA-HOKURIKU AREA TOURIST PASS
✅ https://www.kkday.com/en-ph/product/20259-japan-takayama-hokuriku-area-tourist-pass?cid=19418&ud1=YouTube&ud2=KansaiPass

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WHERE WE STAYED in OSAKA:
✅ BUDGET HOTEL: APA Hotel Shin-Osaka Ekimae – https://www.hotels.com/affiliates/apa-hotel-shin-osaka-ekimae-osaka-japan.7IiDf04
✅ BUDGET HOTEL: Red Roof Inn & Suites NAMBA – https://www.hotels.com/affiliates/red-roof-inn-suites-osaka-namba-nippombashi-osaka-japan.epa83nZ
✅ BUDGET INN: Hotel Chuo Oasis – https://www.hotels.com/affiliates/hotel-chuo-oasis-osaka-japan.VWbh9uU
✅ CAPSULE HOTEL: First Cabin Hanshin Nishi Umeda – https://expedia.com/affiliates/osaka-hotels-first-cabin-nishi-umeda.HlDkb0e
✅ MID-RANGE: Hotel Hanshin Osaka – https://www.klook.com/hotels/detail/495034-hotel-hanshin-osaka/?aid=42288

WHERE WE STAYED in KYOTO:
✅ BUDGET HOTEL: APA Hotel Kyoto Ekikita – https://www.hotels.com/affiliates/apa-hotel-kyoto-ekikita-kyoto-japan.J5RZ3uc
✅ MID-RANGE HOTEL: Hotel New Hankyu Kyoto – https://www.hotels.com/affiliates/hotel-new-hankyu-kyoto-kyoto-japan.9yJI4Ax
✅ APARTMENT: Hotel MUSUBI Kyoto Karasuma Nanajo – https://www.hotels.com/affiliates/musubi-kyoto-karasuma-nanajo-kyoto-kyoto-japan.WzCqQgQ
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✅ OSAKA: https://www.klook.com/en-PH/hotels/city/29-osaka-hotels/?aid=42288

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COMPARISON TABLE OF KANSAI PASSES:
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WHAT IS THE BEST KANSAI TOURIST PASS? (Written version — to be updated):
https://www.thepoortraveler.net/2018/10/kansai-thru-pass-jr-osaka-amazing-icoca-best-difference/

COMPARISON OF ALL JAPAN PASSES (to be updated soon):
https://www.thepoortraveler.net/2019/04/best-japan-passes/

6 Comments

  1. Hi, unfortunately the Kansai Railway Pass (formerly the Kansai Thru Pass) does not cover buses anymore 🥹

  2. 🎉wow grabehhhhhh! Very comprehensive comparison of passed! Thank you so much. Very helpful for our futute Osaka trip on October 🎉❤

  3. We got the Kansai thru pass for our four day stay in Osaka (including Nara and Kyoto) and the Subway pass for our four day stay in Tokyo after. We got to all of the tourist spots on our itinerary using only those two passes. We absolutely loved traveling around Japan using only trains and then walking in between!

  4. Skl…yung umeda may oras yan until 3pm lang yung free sa osaka amazing pass… Pag lagpas 3pm may bayad na

  5. I needed this..still thinking kung anong train passes mas swak sa IT namin. This is very helpful..Kudos to you bith Yosh and Vince!

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