Train queries
Feb 7, 2013 | 1:37 pm
#1
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Glasgow
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Train queries
What works out cheaper:
Return NEX ticket & SUICA card for local journeys around Tokyo - as far as Ibaraki airport & the Atsugi area + 1 way Shinkansen ticket from Tokyo to Osaka
or a 2 week JR Rail Pass.
I'm planning to make the return journey from Osaka to Tokyo on the brokendreamsliner if it gets fixed by the time I visit Japan in October.
Return NEX ticket & SUICA card for local journeys around Tokyo - as far as Ibaraki airport & the Atsugi area + 1 way Shinkansen ticket from Tokyo to Osaka
or a 2 week JR Rail Pass.
I'm planning to make the return journey from Osaka to Tokyo on the brokendreamsliner if it gets fixed by the time I visit Japan in October.
Feb 7, 2013 | 1:45 pm
#2
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The rule of thumb is that a 1 week JR pass is in the same ballpark as the cost of a round trip by Shinkansen from Tokyo to Osaka.
If you're only contemplating some short trips in the Tokyo area and a one-way ticket to Osaka, you're almost certainly better off buying individual tickets.
If you're only contemplating some short trips in the Tokyo area and a one-way ticket to Osaka, you're almost certainly better off buying individual tickets.
Feb 9, 2013 | 11:07 am
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