Japan Rail

... backpack 17 years ago that I've made so little plans. Yes, I have a flight to Tokyo and back from Mumbai. And yes, I did buy a Japan rail pass (since you have to do that outside Japan), and overall I have an idea of where I want to travel (that top 3 ...

... . The five of us shuffled through customs without much delay, then shuffled off to get our luggage, then shuffled down to the Japan Rail office to swap our coupons for Japan Rail passes, then shuffled out of the office and onto the shinkansen bullet train ...

... Twins World Tour 2005-06 -- japan review 1. Tokyo, Minami Senju.(2 days). What chaos to start with. we collected our 240pounds japan rail pass which enables us to use majority of railways, only it doesn't include tube trains which is basically what we ...

... . It was a spectacular sight as the sun was rising and its snow capped crater was tinged pink by the morning light. We exchanged our Japan rail passes at the airport ( it took us nearly over an hour and half in the queue – even more painful at 6am ...

... were put at risk as the stampeding avalanche behind us just could not stop. Luckily when I flung my hand out to point at a Japan Rail ticket office 367 people passed harmlessly under my arm, no one was beheaded. Losing a blonde Amazon Queen like Di in ...

... were put at risk as the stampeding avalanche behind us just could not stop. Luckily when I flung my hand out to point at a Japan Rail ticket office 367 people passed harmlessly under my arm, no one was beheaded. Losing a blonde Amazon Queen like Di in ...

... so we can actually get somewhere for the rest of our 6 days in Japan! The destination that we'll be using to learn about the Japan rail system is Kaminarimon, located about 7 stops away and costs about 500 yen, return trip. We'll need to make a stop at ...

... and went to Earthquake memorial park. Everything was in Japanese so we basically just looked around. That night we took the Japan Rail to Osaka to visit a foreign exchange student originally from Osaka that studied with one of my friends back in the ...

... them, we found that we could thoroughly explore Tokyo.  While we were in Thailand we had already pre-purchased our Japan Rail Passes (which allow access to the famous Japanese bullet train "Shinkansen"), but we were waiting to activate those passes ...

... the alarm on your mobile phone to remind you when to wake up though! 11. Check the train timetables at the Japan Rail Timetable Page). They're downloadable as PDF files, unfortunately I didn't find a website which produced reliable online timetable ...

... go out anyway, and it doesn't sound like the typhoon amounted to much! The next day was the last day we could us our Japan Rail Passes, so we got two trains and a bus to see Mount Fuji... unfortunately it was so overcast we couldn't actually see the ...

... cleared. After getting off the ship we took a monorail into the city. I went to an ATM to pick up Yen and also went to pick up my Japan Rail Pass. The JR Pass is one of the best deals I can imagine. We had to buy it in Hawaii as it is only sold outside of ...

... about our ability to find our way.   A long but exciting day. After a leisurely breakfast, we use our Japan Rail Pass (what a bargain!) to get to Tokyo station to catch our Shinkasen (bullet train) to Kyoto.  This is ...

... kind of operation wouldn't cut it in Japan. From careful observation, I've found that my watch is just 40 seconds slower than Japan Rail time. Our trip out to Nara was on a fairly empty train, which is no surprise because there's another train 5 ...

... ;paikallinen festari oli houkutellu muitakin ja lahettiin suosiolla Osakaan, joka on 15minsan junamatkan paassa. Ja meillahan on siis Japan rail passit mitka on katevia kun voi matkustaa junilla ees taas ;) Osaka olikin parempi vaihtoehto..mun mielesta. ...

... Please!!** http://england-travel.suite101.com/article.cfm/top_five_different_day_trips_from_london THE BEST: (In no particular order) 1. Japan rail. This is probably the best transport system in the world. No kidding. If your train ticket says your ...

... Nahverkehr auch sehr confusing. Es gibt zwei U-Bahn Gesellschaften (Tokyo Metro und Toei Metro) und ein dutzend Eisenbahngesellschaften (Japan Rail und viele private). Ich weiss nicht ob es commuter tickets gibt, die alles abdecken, fuer Touristen gibt ...

... was limited to the covered shopping arcades and department stores. Good thing Tokyo has a lot of those. Shopping complete, time to use my Japan Rail pass for the last time, to get back to my hotel in Narita. That pass sure has been a good investment, ...

... in Kobe as in the other cities we had been to. We were able to travel to all of these cities on bullet trains. We purchased Japan rail passes, and they were well worth it. The entire country is connected via train lines. We traveled from top to bottom and ...