Where can I buy a tour of Japan? How to use it?

There is a kind of travel in Japan, which is a mode of transportation that many traveling friends will choose. Bian Xiao will tell you how to get to Japan and how to solve it from the transportation. Let's take a look.

Before departure, if you want to save trouble and money by buying a good exchange ticket, it is highly recommended to buy the Japan Railway Pass (JR) sold by JR.

PASS), you can take almost unlimited trains, buses and ferries operated by JR within one to three weeks.

In principle, tourist passes are only applicable to foreign tourists. If you need a travel pass that is common in Japan, you must buy a redemption ticket for the travel pass in China in advance. When you arrive in Japan, go to the designated ticket exchange office and change your ticket into a travel pass.

Tip 1: There are several ways to buy round-trip air tickets in China: 1. Large travel agencies; 2. If you go to Japan via JAL, you can also buy exchange tickets through JAL; 3. omnipotent treasure

Tip2: All-Japan Travel Pass is only sold outside Japan, so you must buy exchange tickets before going to Japan. In addition, separate regional passes, such as kanto region Pass or Hokkaido Pass, can be purchased at the local JR ticket window after going to Japan.

What kind of pass do you need? If your trip spans Kanto (Tokyo), Kansai (Osaka or Kyoto) or Hokkaido, please buy a JRPASS for all of Japan.

Tip 1: Travel passes cannot take the new express trains "Nozomi" and "Mizuho" of the Shinkansen, so when planning your trip, you need to choose the Shinkansen other than these two trains.

Tip 2: Jr Pass has two kinds of tickets: soft seat and ordinary car, which is equivalent to the difference between first class and ordinary car. If local tyrants recommend buying the former, if they are just mortals, it is enough to buy the latter.

Tip 3: JR Pass is valid for several consecutive days from the date of activation.

If the itinerary is mainly in kanto region, including Tokyo, Yokohama, Mount Fuji, Nikko, Izu and Karuizawa, please purchase the JR kanto region Pass.

Tip: In addition to the above-mentioned kanto region, if you want to go to East Japan such as Sendai or Aomori, you need to buy a JR East Japan Pass. For details, please visit the official website:

http://www.jreast.co.jp/

If the itinerary is mainly in Kansai region, including Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe, Nara, Himeji and other places, please purchase the JR Kansai Pass.

Tip: If you want to travel to other parts of West Japan, such as Shiga, Hiroshima and Hakata, you need to buy other passes for JR West Japan in addition to the Kansai area mentioned above. For details, please visit the official website:

http://www.westjr.co.jp/

If the trip is mainly in Hokkaido, please buy the Hokkaido Railway Pass.

If you travel mainly in Kyushu, please buy tickets for Kitakyushu or Kyushu Railway.

Tip: Neither Kitakyushu nor Kyushu can take the Shinkansen train from Hakata to Kokura.

How do I exchange tickets when I get to Japan? When you arrive in Japan, go to the ticket office marked "JR" and show your passport with a Japanese tourist visa on it, and you can change it into a tourist pass ~

Tip 1: Jr ticket office is not open 24 hours a day, and usually closes at 8 pm. If you arrive in Japan late, you may not be able to redeem your pass at the first time.

Tip2: In addition to long-distance transportation, JR also operates some local transportation, such as the Yamanote Line in Tokyo. As long as you have a travel pass, you can also take it for free.

With a travel pass, you can take almost all JR trains for free for a limited time. However, if you need to take the Shinkansen and some express trains, it is recommended to reserve "designated seats" in advance in order to ensure seats. The method is simple. Just tell JR conductor which Shinkansen flight they need to take, and they will reserve seats for free. If you can't make an appointment, don't worry, you can still take a "free seat", but it's on a first-come-first-served basis, depending on luck ~

Tip 1: Some express trains are designated seats for the whole train, such as Narita Express N'EX between Narita Airport and downtown Tokyo, so if you need to take this train, you must make an appointment in advance.

Tip2: After booking the designated seat, the JR conductor will have another ticket for the designated seat. Please take good care of it and show your travel card when you check in.

Tip3: If you don't reserve a designated seat, you can't pass the automatic ticket gate if you pass the ticket gate of Shinkansen. Remember the ticket gate ~

Youth 18, experience slow-paced Japan. If you have enough time and want to experience the Japanese charm slowly in Xia Dong season, it is especially recommended to buy the Youth 18 Travel Pass. Although it is called "Youth 18", there is no age limit for buying this pass, and the price is very high.

For only 1 1, 850 yen, you can travel from Hokkaido in the north and Kyushu in the south, and you can take the JR line train that runs through Japan for free (including express trains, with free seats in ordinary cars only). Although this pass cannot be used for Shinkansen and express trains, it is definitely the best choice if you want to experience a slow-paced Japan.

Another advantage of this pass is that it is very flexible and can be used free of charge, because it contains five 1 day passes. You can choose a five-day tour of 1 person or a five-day tour of 1 person, which is very suitable for a group of friends to travel together.

However, the sales cycle of "Youth 18" is very short, generally limited to July and August in summer and 65438+February in winter. If you happen to travel to Japan during these two periods, you might as well try the rhythm of youth ~

Suica, one card can solve long-distance traffic, but what about short-distance traffic in the city? Don't bother to study, just buy a Suica (watermelon) recharge card at the JR ticket office and everything will be fine. This card can be used not only in the whole Tokyo area, but also in many places in Japan, even in Osaka and Hokkaido in Kansai. It is simply a card that travels all over the world!

Tip 1: If the itinerary is mainly limited to a city and its surrounding areas, you can buy package air tickets to and from the airport in addition to prepaid cards. For example, icoca & in Osaka;

Haruka package, or N'EX round-trip ticket to Tokyo, is very affordable.

Tip2: Before you leave Japan, you can return your card at the JR ticket office and get a deposit of 500 yen. But if you still want to return the balance in the card, you need to deduct a handling fee of 220 yen from the balance. Therefore, it is recommended to use up the balance in the card and then refund it. You can refund the deposit directly without any handling fee.

Tip3: Besides JR, other companies such as Tokyo Monorail also issue Suica cards. But when returning the card, you can only go to the relevant card issuing company.

Tip4: If the itinerary is mainly in Kansai region, you can also choose to buy the ICOCA card, and the scope of application is the same as that of the Suica card.

Tip 5: Suica and ICOCA cards are also suitable for many convenience stores and vending machines, which is very convenient.

Other supplements are not only big cities such as Tokyo and Osaka, but also some places where there is no universal recharge card, such as Kyoto and Nara. If these places are included in the itinerary, it is generally the most cost-effective choice to buy a one-day transportation card locally.

Tip: It is recommended to buy a "Kyoto bus one-day ticket" of 500 yen in Kyoto. You can buy it at Hehe Guang 'an on the second floor of Kyoto Station, or you can buy it directly from the driver in the car.