Please help

Hi there,

Shinkansen is Japanese for the bullet train lines but also used for the bullet trains themselves. While JR stands for Japan Railways, which is a collection of train companies who provide rail travel within Japan, including the bullet trains.

A JR Pass (or Japan Rail Pass) basically is valid on all JR lines (including the Shinkansen) nation wide and you can make great savings compared to purchasing normal tickets with it, when you plan to explore different areas in Japan. For instance making a return Tokyo - Kyoto will already pay for the pass.

My advise for visiting Kyoto, Tokyo and Osaka would be, make a list of places you want to see in each city, then see how many days you would need for each.

Hope this helps,
Daniel

Hello Daniel thank you very much for a quick reply sorry if I ask too many questions
I'm trying to have a budget holiday I'm thinking of buying a seven day pass for Jr pass but we are staying in Japan for eleven days and if we activate the Jr once we arrive in Narita to go Tokyo we will have 4 days out so do you think it is better to buy the 14 days pass?
Thanks IN advabce

Hello again!

I think the best option for budget would be to get a 7 day JR Pass and buy local tickets for travel around Tokyo.

Local travel within the metropolis of Tokyo does not cost that much and you may be better served using normal tickets or buying a city wide day pass for 750yen from any of the ticket machines.