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We are not sure if the JR pass is the best option for us!!

gymaro
gymaro
over 8 years ago
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Hello :) my husband and I are going to Tokyo from the 5th of June 2018 till the 12th of June (8days) and we have some questions regarding the JR PASS and to know if its the best option for us.

  1. Does the pass gets activated 7 days exactly beggining at the time I activated it? For example if I activated the 5th at 3:00 pm does it remains active until 3:00 pm 7 days later? or how does this work?

  2. We are planning to visit Tokyo with the JR PASS, do you think its going to be enough with the JR Pass metro Lines that are included in the JR PASS? or we are going to need a Suica to move between Tokyo?

  3. We are planning to go to Kyoto for 1 Night but we wanted to know if we should reserved the Seats for the Shinkansen trading for the 7th of June till the 8th or how does this works? you always get to sit on these Shinkansen trains?

  4. On our last Day (Day #8) we would need to Buy a ticket to go back to Narita airport...which option do you Think is the best and cheapest way to get into the airport for our flight back home?

Thank you very much :)

Gina

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Daniel-san
19375 posts
over 8 years ago
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Hi Gina,

1.) The JR Pass is counted in consecutive days (not hours) and the first day is counted as a full day, no matter what time you start using it. For example, starting the 7 day JR Pass on a Monday would mean that the last day of travel is the following Sunday.

2.) Metro lines are not included in the JR Pass but you use the urban JR Network in cities like Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto. Especially Tokyo and Osaka have an extensive network. Familiarize yourself with the network in Tokyo and you could access most area's without any other transport.

3.) You can reserve a seat if you want but on normal days it is not needed. For details see: https://www.jrpass.com/blogs/reserving-seats-boarding-the-bullet-train

4.) My advice would be to use your JR Pass from Day 2 - Day 8 and just buy a one way ticket into Tokyo on the day that you arrive. This would be the more cost efficient option.

Hope this helps,
Daniel

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