Japan Rail Pass is a pass that you can enjoy unlimited ride on JR trains in Japan. What is JR? What is the JR pass? How it works? I answer all of these question for travelers using trains in Japan.
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Chapters:
0:00 JR Pass (Japan Rail Pass) Instruction Video from Oct.2023
1:03 Japan’s train networks.
4:20 Price and selection of all new Japan rail pass
10:00 Is Green Car pass worth it?
20:00 Discuss the route of JR Pass
21:25 7 days JR Pass
26:44 14/21 days Itinerary
7 Comments
Thanks for the helpful video Kenchan. Your new mic is excellent btw, really easy to hear you 🙂
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I loved this video Ken. I have another trip coming up in January with some first timers and we are going to do the golden route for them. We have 17 days and unfortunately, the new prices just do not work out for us in the end. This will be my first time having to purchase individual shinkansen tickets for every ride we take from Tokyo>Kyoto>Osaka>Tokyo. Just this route alone is going to be about ~29,000yen. Crazy to me how much they increased the JR Pass as it eliminated a lot of possible day trips which I used to do before with the pass. The travel that you would have to do within 7 days to get your money's worth is actually insane. It is just too much train travel in too short of a time period. Most if not all people will be so physically and mentally burned out having to ride the train so often just to break even on the pass!
Ken, excellent update! I live in Okinawa, so I'm not able to buy a pass. From what I can see, the pass prices are still very good. Much more cost efficient than purchasing a shinkensan ticket independantly
Another great video Kengo-San. This chimes with my research, essentially if you're going to a number of different places in Japan then the JR Pass still has value.
If you are essentially doing the Tokyo-Kyoto-Osaka route then it's just not worthwhile.
For me the flexibility to get on and off breaking journeys for no extra cost is one of the key benefits, as well as the ability to simply use the Shinkansen as a means of local transport.
For example, because I had the pass I went to spend the evening in Osaka from Okayama – I wouldn't have otherwise paid for that trip but because it was "free" I went to Osaka for dinner.
Will arrive in Tokyo in two weeks. Being following you for year. Thank you for all your work and information!!!
Informative like always, kenchan. Take the Hikari, use that money instead on local omiyage/antenna shops.