I’m 29, never left the country. My bucket list is visiting Japan at the very top. I have no idea what you do or if you have to go through travel agencies, how much money you should bring etc

  • thrawn@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Wasn’t the JR pass made uneconomical recently, maybe even this month? I haven’t used the pass in a while but back on Reddit I feel like I heard about an incoming 70% or so price increase. Some commenters there indicated it would no longer be worth the price.

    My last visit I paid for all the trains individually and didn’t come anywhere near the $500 or so it would’ve cost for a short two week visit on the new pricing. At the time it wasn’t in place yet, but it should be now. I like to visit just a few cities at a time though, so maybe if you’re trying to pack a lot in the pass may still be worthwhile?

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      1 year ago

      Note that there are various rail passes, and the often-overlooked JR east pass gets you access to all of Tohoku from Tokyo (and as far west as Nagano) for only ~$200. If OP comes during festival time in late July/early August it would be well worth hopping up to Akita or Aomori to see the festivals around there.