Hi folks,

I want to purchase 2 ordinary Adult JR Railpasses (7-day), and the price listed is 28300 Yen on the JR site. The problem is that I can't seem to find where I can purchase for that price in the US.

Sure, they are expensive already, but my local travel agency specializing in Japan travel wants to add a 20% markup -- thus pushing the price to 34000 Yen apeice.

Does anybody have experience with how to bypass the middleman on this one, and obtain the pass for the "JR advertised" price?