Japan free travel guide introduction

Japan is a country with great oriental cultural charm, inextricably linked with Chinese civilization, and also a country with dramatic development experience. Now Japan has become a popular holiday resort. Here, I will share with you the detailed free travel strategy.

Let's start with the JR West Japan Passenger Railway, which is responsible for this area. JR west Japan passenger railway is an independent subsidiary of the old Japanese state-owned railway company 1987. Other companies include JR East Japan Passenger Railway, JR Central Japan Railway Company, JR Kyushu Passenger Railway Company, JR Shikoku Railway Company, JR Hokkaido Passenger Railway Company and JR Freight Railway Company.

Among them, JR West Japan Passenger Railway is responsible for the area from Kyushu Hakodate Station to Hokuriku, including Hakodate to Kokura. JR west Japan passenger railway is responsible for the shinkansen, and the local incoming line is the original railway, which belongs to JR Kyushu passenger railway. After passing through the Guanmen Strait Cross-Harbour Tunnel, the JR West Japan Passenger Railway will be responsible for all of them.

Let's start from far and near. This is also my choice this time. The railway passes through Yangshan Yinshan area.

1, weekly tickets for Yangshan and Yin Shan railways.

The pass was issued by JR West Japan Passenger Railway, which spanned a long distance from Hakata Station in Fukuoka, Kyushu to the railway pass in Feng Jingen area of Kansai. From this picture, except for the ordinary and express trains from Kyoto to Tottori Prefecture, the scope basically covers the whole western part of Honshu.

This ticket is valid for seven days. Except for the unavailable entrance from Kyoto to Tottori, you can walk all the way to Kansai area at Hakata Station for an unlimited number of times in seven days, and the farthest southeast is to Wakayama, not to Nanbaibang.

Why do you say that I think this coupon is cost-effective? One is Podo, the hub station farthest from Kyushu, and the other includes places that tourists rarely visit in Yin Shan, even reaching Takamatsu in Shikoku.

that this is not the important question. The key point is to be able to take other Shinkansen wild trains and Mizuho trains, including all-Japan pass and Kansai sightseeing pass, that is, Hope and Mizuho.

I have never been on Mizuho, but I have been to Hope several times. It is the latest N700 series Shinkansen train of JR West Japan Passenger Railway. It runs at a speed of 300KM/h and has a computer-controlled tilting body with a swinging angle of 1 degree.

Some people will say that it doesn't matter if you hope to get the N700. Anyway, there are many flights on the Shinkansen, so you can take Echo. But it should be noted here that the running time of Echo and Hope is too different.

For example, from New Kobe to Hiroshima, the running time of Hope is 68-73 minutes.

The light signal is 107 minute, half an hour away.

If it is the echo of Er Yu, the time difference will be more. Why can't we hope? In the Kansai area, including Hiroshima, you can't take a ticket, but you can only take a local train.

Another advantage is that the Yangshan Yinshan Pass can be exchanged for six seats on the Shinkansen, including NOZOMI and MIZIHO, without spending money. For example, from Novosaka to Hakata, Kyushu, the total seat fare is 15 130 yen.

Non-fixed seat 14480 yen. I checked a few hundred yen. Since it can be used, why not use it? Wenrou is also meat.

If you want to go to Yin Shan, you can take the Okayama Izumo Yakumo express train in Okayama, which was one of the few electric locomotives in the old China railway era, and now it seems to be the only line using 38 1 series electric multiple units. The JR loop line in osaka prefecture is also ok. If you leave from Kansai Airport, you can take Chunxiang directly to Kyoto, but only for non-reserved seats.

An adult with a pass can bring two children aged 1-5, but when sitting in a reserved seat, you need to buy a child pass and an adult ticket at half price.

Children aged 6- 1 1 year must purchase children's tickets and1adult tickets over 2 years old. When I bought it, the fare was 65,438+09,000 yen, because it might be a little more expensive to make an appointment with a JR agent through the domestic system. It cost 65,438+065,438+030 yuan, which is basically the same price. Now because the exchange rate has gone up, the price may have gone up, but it is literally meat.

In order to extend this point, there is another Yangshan Yinshan railway pass, which has a wider field. That is the Yang Shan Yinshan Kitakyushu Railway Pass jointly issued by JR Kyushu Passenger Railway and JR West Japan Passenger Railway, which increases the Kitakyushu area and allows you to change seats. But the time hasn't changed, it's still seven days. Personally, I think the cost performance is not very high, and the price seems to be around 1400 RMB. But this is also a different choice.

2. Japan Seto inland railway five-day tour coupon

This ticket is cheaper than Yang Shan Yin Shan's, but only for five days. This direction is different from that of Yang Shan and Yin Shan, mainly in the direction of Shikoku. Hope number of Yangshan new trunk line is ok, but you can't change seats for free, you can only take free seats. Go up and find a seat. If you want to talk about the characteristics of this ticket, including half of the four countries, you can go to Takamatsu and Ehime Matsuyama. What is more distinctive is that this ticket can take the ferry between Songshan and Hiroshima for free. It also saves time, especially if you can take Wugang directly. Blessed are those who like military history. But personally, I feel that the scope of this coupon is still too small. Congratulations on not going to those places, or going to Kyoto.

If you want to ask Shikoku what is the significance of this country, really ask the Japanese, and they directly say that there is nothing to go to that country. It seems that all of them are in China except Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya. . . . Like mordor. . .

This is a joke. In fact, there are hot springs in Songshan, Ehime Prefecture, and there are. . . . . That's right. . . . .

The shooting place of the last episode of "Tokyo Love Story", Nagao Kanji's hometown, the station where the last two people broke up, basically didn't change much when looking at other people's photos, and made a sign saying that it was the shooting place at that time, which has become a pilgrimage site for many young men and women.

Well, speaking of the price, this coupon is now 17000 yen in China, which is about 1000, but it always feels that the cost performance is poor.

3. Pass for Kansai and Hiroshima

I think this coupon is more cost-effective, about 800 RMB. If it is based in Kobe, Osaka, this range is the most suitable. Although it is also five days, you can go to Hiroshima with hope and as far as Iwakuni. I remember there is a classic bridge in Iwakuni, not to mention Miyajima. You can take the tram directly from Hiroshima Station to Iwakuni, and Shikoku can also take the marineliner from Okayama to Takamatsu Shikoku to eat udon noodles. You can go south from Osaka, take the Kuroshio Express all the way to Wakayama, Baibang, Xishengpu and Shinomiya, especially get off at Shinomiya and transfer to Nanji train to go north to Nagoya, but that's the JR Central Japan Railway Company, and this ticket is not available. To the north, you can go to Kyoto and Fukuyama directly to Bird Feather, or you can go to Shiga County where Lake Biwa is located.

If you want to talk about shortcomings, you can't switch seats. This is the greatest certainty, but it doesn't matter. There are many free seats and many trains.

4. Railway Pass in Kansai Region

If this is only in the Kansai region, it is still very cost-effective, and the price is much cheaper.

Wakayama in the south, Shiga County in the north and Hiji Road in the west.

The price is really cheap, but the scope of use is a bit narrow, especially for Himeji and Okayama.

5. Kansai Wide Area Railway Pass

In fact, I personally think this is much more cost-effective than Kansai Travel Pass. Why? Because you can go directly to Okayama, you can also go to Tottori, which is also a part of Yin Shan, and there is a big seaside beach, which is not bad. This ticket can also go to Takamatsu and Shikoku. The focus is on the western pass, and you can also go to the new palace at the southernmost tip of Jiyi Peninsula in Wakayama County and link with JR Donghai.

Well, the price is only 9000 yen, which is not much more expensive than the four-day ticket in Kansai, so I recommend buying this one, which is about 200 yuan more expensive and there are many places to go. But you can't take the Shinkansen Hope when you go to Okayama. You can only take the ordinary local Shinkansen such as Echo.

Additional benefits: You can take the Wakayama Electric Railway from Wakayama to Guizhi Station for free, and meet Nitama, the stationmaster of Eryu, in Japanese, which sounds like swearing. Now the stationmaster of Guizhi Station is Eryu, Xiaoyu has gone west, and Eryu of three color cat has taken over as the stationmaster.

6. Kintetsurailalpassplus (enhanced version of railway pass)

This is also my favorite one. Why? The price is too cheap, about RMB in 330 yuan. In five days, you can travel around Feng Jingen, Yi Shi and Nagoya by train. Kintetsu is the largest private railway company in Japan, followed by Wu Dong Railway Company.

Why near the railway? This card has more benefits. In addition to the nearby railway trains, including the bus sightseeing bus in Iseshi, you can also save several hundred yen, especially when you visit Ise Shrine, you have to take a bus from the outer palace to the inner palace.

Colleague Nara's bus also includes the bus from Nara Station near the railway to Nara Park, which is very economical. The subway pass is different from JR's. It's a magnetic card type. The entrance door is inserted. Don't forget to get your card when you go through customs. You'll need it when you leave the station. When the new card is used, the use period will be marked for the first time, and it will be stopped on the fifth day.

But the railway is particularly urgent, so we need to buy extra express tickets. This needs to be purchased in a manual window, which is also convenient. For example, from Nanpu, Osaka to Kenjima, the terminal of Yi Shi, from Nanpu, Osaka to Nagoya, and from Nagoya to Kenjima are all express trains. You need to buy express tickets, but it is no problem if you save money.

You can reverse the car and take a local train. Anyway, you don't have to go. It just takes some time. For example, the express train from Nanpu, Osaka to Nagoya Station takes two hours. If you don't get an express ticket, you can choose the opposite direction, which takes about three and a half hours. In fact, traveling from Nagoya to Osaka is much more cost-effective, basically half the price of the Shinkansen, and it also includes the express ticket. I mean, if you buy a ticket separately, you only need an express ticket to buy a seat, which means giving up your seat.

There is also a regular version of this pass, more than 200 yuan, but the bus ticket is missing. Regarding the use of public transport, get on the bus from the back door of Nara bus, don't get the sorting certificate, and show the driver the front and back of the passplus version of the nearby railway when getting off the bus, especially the effective date behind it. This is the first time to approach the railway and put it in the gate to print automatically. This must be paid attention to.

By the way, Kanebo's PLUS pass can go from Osaka to Kyoto, Kyoto Station and JR Kyoto Station, and from Kanebo to Nara. Moreover, the advantage of Kanebo Station is that it is connected with the tram in Hanshin, and it can go directly to Kobe Miyako. In fact, I think this ticket is more useful than the Kansai ticket if I just go to Nara, Kyoto, and I feel that it is not as convenient to go to Nara by Jr.

It should also be noted that the nearest train can only take Nanbo Osaka. If you want to go to Kobe Minomiya, you need to re-enter the train for ICOCA and sit down at Minomiya. This pass can't go to Mimia, mainly because it can't get out of Mimia Station.

It seems that the southern line of Osaka will reach yoshinoyama one day.

It is difficult to travel from Mie Prefecture to Osaka. The express ticket of the near-railway express train corresponds to the designated seat of JR.

The express ticket from Nagoya to Bird Feather, the actual train is to Xiandao.

Ticket price, this does not need to be exchanged, buy it directly in China and give you a magnetic card.

7. Kyosaka Electric Railway Pass

Let me talk about the advantages of this ticket first. Kyoto and Osaka have a panoramic view of the beautiful days, and there are several scenic spots to Kyoto, including Kiyomizu Temple. The focus is on Osaka subway and some bus lines. This is still very good, and can be used in combination with other passes, because JR's tram goes to Kyoto Station, which is still a long way from Kiyomizu Temple. It is very good to use it with JRPASS, especially for tourists who live in Mei Tian in the north of Osaka. If you live in Nanbo Japan Bridge in the south of Osaka, it is recommended that this card be used in combination with the subway ticket. In fact, there are four kinds of travel tickets for the Beijing-Osaka tram, including the 1/2 day ticket excluding the subway, the Kyoto day ticket and this one-day ticket including the Osaka subway. I only chose the most practical one.

8、ICOCA

Needless to say, ICOCA, the transportation stored-value card issued by JR West Japan, corresponds to SUICA in JR East Japan, which can be used all over the country, and convenience stores can also be used, including the trams in Hiroshima Electric Railway City.

Because I saw a guidebook that the tram of Hiroshima Electric Railway can't be used, but this time I went to Hiroshima to verify that it can be used, just like the bus, swipe the card at the back door. Get off at the front door and talk about the card. This must be used as a supplement to the pass. At least I personally think that after all, you don't need change when you go to a convenience store to buy things.

My daughter-in-law put away my ICOCA, so I temporarily found a ready-made photo. There seems to be nearly ten thousand yen left on the facade.

Bus stored-value card, but it can be used as electronic money stored-value card.

As long as there is a sign, you can spend it. You can not only take the JR West Japan tram, but also take 7- 1 1, lawson, familymart, sunkus and other convenience stores. I have verified that I can use this to buy things at the airport store at Fukuoka Airport in Kyushu. I mean the store that passed the customs waiting area. I'm not sure if all duty-free shops can use it.