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Nicky7C
Nicky7C
over 4 years ago
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Hello again, Daniel-San

you didn't reply to my last question, after I told you I had bought the Japan Rail Pass - I trust that was just a coincidence ...

My friend and I have arrived in Bangkok and will fly into Tokyo Narita airport tomorrow morning, arriving just after 09.00

I have tried to elucidate the answer to this question before with you - It says that the Japan Rail Pass will allow us to (get a ticket and) travel to Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto (a 4-hour trip) But then to get the Hokuto limited Express from Hokuto to Sapporro (a 3 and a half hour trip) the second train being on a Japan Rail East South Hokkaido Pass

I don't believe that second journey can be done with the passes bought - even though it says Japan Rail - which youdidn't explain and I feel misinformed.

I thought that travel between Tokyo and Sapporo was possible by train on the Japan Rail Pass but I have only found Bus information between Hokuto and Sapporo on the Japan Rail Pass system.

You did not explain this before and I am disappointed to think I need to change from train to Bus when someone else (?) runs a train between Hokuto and Sapporo.

But I now have the Japan Rail Passes and will not buy other passes.

So please explain the route I can use on the Japan Rail Pass - an example to fit our arrival tomorrow will do, starting with a suitably timed train from Tokyo to Hokuto and then how we get from Hokuto to Sapporo.

You have the timeframe of our journey and Japan is only 1 hour different to Thailand, I believe, so please get back to me with the information I need quickly

in hope and haste

Nick Cobbett

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Daniel-san
18835 posts
over 4 years ago
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Hi Nick,

Sorry for the delay, we're just getting a lot of questions right now due to the RWC 2019 and in addition to this I take care of other channels too. Unfortunately we are not able to reply right away everywhere.

That said, the route to Sapporo is fully covered by the JR Pass and also the JR East - south Hokkaido rail pass. So you will not have to pay anything extra. You can both use the Hayabusa Shinkansen from Tokyo - Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto and the ltd. express train from there to Sapporo.

Hope this answers your question,
daniel


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