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Dec 15, 2007 | 1:45 am

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jib71

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http://www.japanrailpass.net/eng/en002.html

The people at JR will look for the "temporary visitor" label in your passport before exchanging your voucher for a rail pass. I'm not sure what you get in your passport if you enter under SOFA but I think this means that you have to choose between SOFA and being eligible for a rail pass.

I am not a lawyer, but perhaps with SOFA you could evade rail fares, refuse to pay the fines and then demand to be tried in a court martial rather than under the Japanese legal system. (?) I doubt that it would save you money in the long run.

Last edited by jib71; Dec 15, 2007 at 5:24 am

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