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Old Aug 12, 2003 | 1:03 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by stimpy:
Experienced foreigners know to buy their JR pass BEFORE you go to Japan. It's much, much cheaper.</font>
According to the website I cited above and all my other sources of information:

A JAPAN RAIL PASS cannot be purchased inside Japan.

http://www.japanrailpass.net/eng/en05.html


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