Shinkansen operate 24 hours?Hi there,
Please guide. Thank you. |
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Hi there, The Shinkansen is not a 24 hour service, but does run until late. You can find the last operating trains for a given route and non-nozomi shinkansen on Hyperdia by altering the "search details". For the last trains, you should choose Type: "arrival" and Time: "12am", and for all non-nozomi bullets you should deselect the "NOZOMI/MIZUHO Shinkansen" option. Here's an example showing the last times to travel from Kyoto back to Tokyo. Our video blog shows in more detail exactly which Hyperdia settings to use for JR Pass holders if you need more information on this. Hope this helps! |
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Thanks so much, Mari! :) Another question, we will touch down Haneda Airport at 10:30pm, after custom clearance, do you think we still can catch up Tokyo Monorail? Thank you. |
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2 more questions:
Thank you. :) |
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That's 3 questions! ;) Here are some answers:
Here is the timetable for the Monorail into town. Based on this, the last Monorail service leaves Haneda around 11:50pm. This should give you just enough time I think. If you don't manage to catch it, there should be bus or taxi services which can take you into town. Haneda is not very far away from the centre of Tokyo, so any extra costs shouldn't be too much (unlike Narita).
For Mt Fuji, you have 2 destination options: Hakone, or Kawaguchiko. Hakone is further away, but a larger, more Onsen/resort focussed area. Kawaguchiko is also great, and as it is closer is often the starting point for hiking up to the summit. Both Hakone and Kawaguchiko can only be reached by non-JR trains. However, it is possible to get very close to both using the JR Pass.
The best for Tokyo is to simply purchase a pre-paid travel card and keep topping it up. We have a blog post on these prepaid cards here.
If you are travelling to Haneda, then I don't think it'll be necessary to keep an extra day for use in Tokyo. At ¥620, the Tokyo > Haneda leg is cheap enough for you no to worry about it. Hope this helps! |
mari
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Yes... there are 3 in fact... :D Thanks so much for your valuable advise! ;) |
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