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Discount for foreign students

sartagh
sartagh
over 11 years ago
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Hi there,

Me and friend are going to Japan on August 21st till August 31. We are U.S. citizen and full time students at University .

Our Itinerary is as fallows:

Arriving Narita Airport

August 21- August 25 => Kyoto
August 25- August 26 => Osaka
August 26- August 31=> Tokyo

August 31, go back to Narita Air port.

I guess our only option would be buying the 14 day pass?

Would there be any discount for us being students?

Thank You

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mari
1950 posts
over 11 years ago
Expert

Hi there!

Looking at your travel I recommend you purchase the 7 day pass to cover your travel down to kansai from Tokyo and back. You should make a small saving over buying regular tickets, but will have the flexibility to do any further jr travel for free (for example a day trip to Hiroshima). Based on your itinerary I don't think a 14 day pass will be cost effective without further travel so I don't recommend that option.

I'm afraid that as the jrpass is already a heavily discounted ticket there are no student discounts available.


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