How to Make the Most of Your Shinkansen Tickets in Japan without a JR Pass | POV Vlog
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- To show you how to make the most of your Shinkansen tickets, I will be traveling between Tokyo and Hiroshima. I will also stop in Kyoto and Osaka. After watching this video, you will be more familiar with Shinkansen tickets.
There is an important rule that I didn't explain in the video.
*No stopovers are allowed on a basic fare ticket up to 100 km
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Solo san is one of a kind❤... When he said the price of his train tickets was equivalent to 25 curries, he made me realise his tummy pleasure is his guiding light! He measures expense not in money, but in delicious curries!😍🤗
CURRY!
We thank Solo for sacrificing 25 bowls of delicious curry rice for this instruction video. 🍛
6:36 The rules are changing! Starting December 28, during peak travel periods you can no longer ride Nozomi with a non-reserved ticket. You _must_ have a reserved seat ticket. The peak travel periods are:
- around New Year’s
- Golden Week
- around Obon
Nice information. Obon? what is it?
@@rezaalan3991 Obon is a festival centered around honoring one’s ancestors, and folks will travel back to their ancestral family area to take care of family graves, household altars, etc. These days it’s usually celebrated mid- or late August (the exact dates depend on the lunar calendar).
@@bubbledoubletrouble ahh thank you for the information.
Any idea what they mean by "around"?
I really want to go to Japan but I'm funny with fish and meat. I only really eat chicken and will eat prawns/ shrimps tuna and salmon.
when i was in japan, i only took reserved seat and stick to it. i easily got lost and afraid i might took a wrong train. this video really helps a lot. i plan to travel to japan again someday (hopefully soon) and it's good to know how to use the non-reserved tickets. thank you for making this video. it's not easy to take a day trip like this.
That's a sizable chunk of change for the difference. Better in your pocket than theirs, more curry for you!! Hugs from Canada 🍁 🍁
And now: I'm hungry. This was really informative as well
I always enjoy the kind words in the comment section. So many nice people here, thank you! Have a nice day everyone!
Thank you! Good info for thrifty tourists! For $72 difference and less confusion, I'll take the JR Pass. 😊✨😍❤
The JR pass can also be confusing because it does not let you travel on all trains and you have to learn which ones you can take and which you have to pay separately. You may have noticed the announcement warning that the particular train Solo Traveler was on was not covered by the JR pass.
@@brucetownsend691 Thanks. 🙂👍
I like this content very much. I get a kick out of the way you film when you are holding tickets or lunch bags. Its like we are following along behind them.
I truly appreciate your efforts to make this video. You did an excellent job. I learned a lot. I’ll be going to Kyushu in two days and will use what I learned in purchasing my train tickets. I’m a big fan of yours from Maui.
If I could ever afford to travel to Japan, I would want to hire someone like you for help in getting around! ☺️
@@ThatOneTravel Reading comprehension isn’t a strong skill with you, is it? Not only was it hypothetical (hint: “If I could”), I also said “someone like you”. Before you start pounding away on your keyboard, I suggest you read comments twice, perhaps even three or four times before you reply.
Your tour guide is on your hand. Use Google map on your phone. I did it around Japan last month.
I've been to Japan many times, and I've never imagined I would want to take a day trip to Hiroshima from Tokyo. It's just too exhausting! So thank you, Solo-san, for making this very informative video! 👏
With the 12-day return ticket that was used in this video, you can(as per STJ's suggestion), stay in Kyoto for a few days, then move off to Hiroshima and maybe stay a day or three there, then start making your way back to Tokyo, maybe also staying a day or three in in Osaka on the way. You can enjoy the famous places without giving in to the 50,000yen JR Pass. Taking the Nozomi as he did in this video also cuts down a fair bit of travel time compared to Hikari/Kodama trains.
Only downside I see here is the possible need to plan ahead for those non-reserved cars, especially during peak travel periods.
@Silvrstarr Yup, that's what I have been doing. I would recommend the regional passes as well eg. the JR East pass. STJ's day trip from Tokyo to Hiroshima and back within the same day is an amazing (and exhausting) feat.
@@Silvrstarr Up till now, I have been able to make the JR Pass work for me. On my last trip, due to an emerging health issue, I had no "power" left in my body, had issues walking decent distances or standing up for long periods. But I had a JR pass and had spread out where I was staying in the country. In those 3 weeks, I did more than 5000km by Shinkansen. But that was a one-time thing. I'm really considering going without next year and will have to do some math to see what will be more expensive.
The fact that you can use it on more local JR lines is a nice bonus. However, things like the Yamanote line or the Osaka Loop line are nice to have, but often also a detour.
Just booked a trip to Japan in april-may, and will use the shinkansen aswell, your vlog helps us prepare for our holiday!
This was a very educational video! Thank you, can't wait to go to Japan! 🇯🇵🚅🥒
Excellent advice. I usually just go with the Rail Pass. But I'd really like to be able to stop for longer at some places. I'm going to make use of this in the future.
Another great trip. So much to see! Thank you ❤
I know Osaka station like the back of my hand. I use to spend a lot of time there, but mostly because I had a season pass to Universal Studios and Platform 1 was the special train to Universal Citywalk. $300 for some Okonomiyaki, that is dedication.
After watching so many of your videos, I’m finally visiting Japan, so actually recognise where you are. Indeed I was in Osaka on the same day, and the station is so hard to navigate!!
I liked your video as soon as you mentioned they were worth 25 bowls of curry rice.
I was in Japan shortly after this video was recorded. I have learned so much from your videos and applied what I learned during my stay. Look forward to seeing the stations I used in your videos now!
Your videos are so explanatory and calming. I'm still a bit confused but nothing a bowl of curried rice and alot of sake can't help. Lol.
What a well-made and useful video! Looks confusing at the best of times and would be next to impossible without the help you provided here. Thank you.
Wow，what a big savings. Thank you so much for your efforts to shoot this video.
It was funny to hear you talk for the first time.
Thank you the travel information happy to see got to eat your favorite curry
I look forward to each and every one of your videos. Thank you for sharing!
1:57 - Very informative and thank you for showing in English! I can't wait to visit Japan and travel like you do :)
So love your adventures! I may never be able to travel to Japan (my dream) but I feel happy I can see it through you! Thank you so much!❤
You can do it! Make your way to SFO, LAX or SJC and take Zipair; can be had for $627 round trip. Hotels are near $35 a night even in major cities for a decent place. Food is inexpensive.
This was quite informative and should be useful in the future. Thanks.
Thank you for really taking us through the whole process! It's a little sad that people cannot keep their old tickets as souvenirs since the exit gate takes them, though 😆😭
Thank you for another great video! Hope to visit Japan again in 2025!
Thank you so much for going into such trouble to make this video. It is very informative and choke - full of practical advice. Much appreciated.
I watch your channel constantly waiting for new videos. I only like to travel and eat like locals so I appreciate your advise, guidance and different means of transportation. I will definitely look take into consideration when planning my trip 😊
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Fun and educational
It's been a little while since I've watched videos from this channel. I watched very many earlier this year to prepare for a trip I made to Japan in May, but even now I'm feeling kind of depressed watching videos like these since I'm not sure when I'll be able to make it back there. While I was there, I didn't make it as far as Hiroshima, but I made it as far west as Harima and as far north as Sendai for my own food adventure. It's strange to think that the new JR Pass is going to be more expensive than what I paid for the Green Pass...luckily it seems like there are a lot of work-arounds that can help people get around affordably and effectively.
I enjoyed this video a lot! You also made it feel very much like a traditional Solo video, complete with meals. All you needed was a private seat to show off features. XD Then again, this is a cheap guide to using the shinkansen. Can't go too crazy!
My friend, please be safe and have fun for me. I ❤ love your adventures
I got lost. Made it back. TX for video.
Very nice day trip! Thank you!❤
This video is very informative. Thank you!
Thank you STJ. This video answered a lot of questions for me.
Thank you for your hard work!
Hope to visit Japan next year.
Every time I watch your videos I have to go eat at my favorite Asian restaurant! Nothing is as good to me as Asian food!❤ Beautiful and delicious!!
Since I am not buying the JR pass this time, your video will pretty much help me in my coming trip to Japan. Thank you for the informational video.
Great idea for a day trip from Tokyo 😊
I really love your videos. thank you my friend. ☺
This was very helpful as we are making arrangements to travel to Japan soon. Thank you
I’ll visit Tokyo in 2024 & this is my ultimate guidance. Thank you Solo San. 😊
Hi there from England, thank you for your vlogs. Will you be doing a food tour of the new food court at Haneda Airport. It always warms my heart to see you eat as you remind me so much of my sons 💓 ♥️ 👋👵🏴
Awesome. Thanks. JR Pass will be to expensive when I return to Japan next year. This helped for planning my next travel itinerary. Cheers.
finally i understand how it works ... clear up lots of confusion ... thank you
どうもありがとう。これは非常に有益なビデオでした。スイスからこんにちは。
Solo-san, I think, that a list of Your Top Ten favorite Ekibens will be a good and very helpful Idea, especially for the food channel.
This has been super useful info. Not used Shinkansen or Japan Rail Pass yet but will definitely use this hack next time I go
This has been super helpful, and a good refresher before my fall trip! I’m getting a rail pass this month for JR East-Hokkaido to use in October, but this is very useful information for the latter half of the trip between Osaka and Tokyo (which comes after I take the ferry from Tomakomai-Tsuruga). Thank you for always giving me good trip inspiration ideas. Both my trips were planned with some of what you showed us over the years ❤
Thanks for you time. This is helpfull 👍
I’ll be in Japan in two weeks (my 2nd time) and plan to make the most out of my JR Rail Pass.
Beautiful ❤
I remember watching the old 'Next Stop Discovery!' TV shows. I wonder....did they ever make a 'Next Stop Discovery: Shinkansen!' version?
Thank you. 👍😊❤
Thank you! This is helpful!
🙏Thx for this video
Thank you for this! I have my plane ticket booked for japan in oct and I'm spending half the week in tokyo and half in osaka/kyoto
Yeah g'day,
I loved the curry/rice price comparison at the start and totally loved how you did it but personally with my mobility issues I would be scared in crowds or a lot of people. I missed the curry and rice review that we normally get admittedly the first thing I would have if it was me, I am a sucker for a good Oyakodon, so I would be on the hunt for one of those ASAP.
Thank you once again.
See you round like a rissole.
Such a great channel! Newly subbed and will be waiting for more content !
Greetings from Turkey - Istanbul 💛❤🤗
that okonomiyaki looked delicious....
とても役立つビデオです。 バルセロナから本当にありがとう
I've only been to Osaka so far - the castle during cherry blossom season - but I plan to go again and get a better look around. This will really help! Thanks.
😂 messure everything in bowls of curry, is my kind of humor!👍
after all, for tourist the JR Pass is the best option. because you can use also all the other trains and some busses for at least 7 days. But it that was in 2019 the case, as I travelt in Japan. Don't know, if that changed. Anyways, it was absolut nice and easy. The best way to explore the wonderfull Japan. Would buy it again, and maybe I will next year. 😊
Greetings from Germany!
by tge way, that sandwiches you eat at the end, were my first breakfast in Japan ever. And it changed my live. soooo goooood!
Nice trip
Absolute legend relates the price of the tickets in curries and only on the train a few minutes and wants to get off at the first station for noodles, brilliant 😊
Thanks for your efforts on this one! I’m high school educated but I think I’ll have to watch the ticket purchasing segments 3 or 4 times to truly figure it out properly, lol. Might be even more difficult in the heat of the moment at the train stations!
In this situation, the JR Pass is more expensive and also you can't take the Nozomi trains 😅
Man 150$ for this is incredibly cheap, in France to do 500km you pay around 200$ just for one way💀
A little confusing was an understatement. I was lost. What is your occupation? Loved your cup with green tea.
Great trip and yeah great explanation about Shinkansen ticketing system. Bit complicated since you need to bring at least two or three paper tickets, but after that it's helpful. Next, I'm curious about Discounted Shinkansen ticket which i have watched on another video from another channel, there's ticket vending machine selling discounted Shinkansen ticket, is that legal?
yummie green tea and curries.😂😂😂😂😂
At 9:41 that train really starts to accelerate. Very impressive. Just hearing the wind pitch up in frequency
@SoloTravelJapan, Thank you very much!
4:48 @Solo Travel Japan I don't understand this part "No stopover permitted in the city zone shown above", could you please explain more on this?
😅 other than the Tokyo Ward Area and Hiroshima City Zone, I don't see any other cities mentioned. So, does it just mean that I can't use this ticket for normal JR train travel within the Tokyo Ward Area and within the Hiroshima City Zone only, but I can use it for normal JR train travel in other prefectures enroute from Tokyo to Hiroshima as long as I don't go backwards?
I believe you have it right. No stops in Tokyo or Hiroshima, and no reverse travel.
Yeah it means, for example, if you were to get off at Shinagawa rather than Tokyo station, it's going to eat your ticket right then and there (since you've reached your destination of the "Tokyo City Zone"). So you won't be able to further use the ticket to travel within Tokyo.
No, I don't think you can use the BASE FARE ticket for "normal" travel in other prefectures either. He used his PASMO card to pay in Osaka. It just means you can interrupt your long-distance journey as often as you want. But this video also implies that the BASE FARE doesn't have any specific routing -- as long as you pay the Limited or Super Express surcharges, etc for the individual trains. Hmmm...
@motojojo_ @parent5446 @wanderer649 thank you for your replies
@wanderer649 I watched that part again, he was coming back from Hiroshima to Tokyo, so from Shin Osaka to Osaka was considered reverse (backward) travelling
Anyway, after thinking about it, I think it may be best not to use this base fare ticket for normal JR train travel because most (if not all) of us will not know if it's forward or backward travel 😅😅😅 I wouldn't want my expensive base fare ticket to reach its end before its time
Yes!!!!
I'm impressed how train tickets and food are cheap in Japan ❤
国分寺～広島市内の場合、片道グリーン車で27020円になりますが、往復割引・障害者割引・利用する座席の種類・利用時期など金額が多少異なる場合も有ると思います。
この動画の指定席券売機は日本人だけでなく、アメリカ人など英語圏の方でも利用しやすいと思います。
Thank you so much, I was considering doing it ticket by ticket, but with my autism, i know now that I'd probably end up having a massive meltdown right there in the train station 😂. Also, it was fun seeing everything from the other side of the train, and that okinomiyaki looked too good, holy nuggets, Batman! Safe travels and lots of love! ❤️🙏🕊
I believe his first ticket terminated in Kyoto. Then his next one departed from Kyoto. So he could have stayed for a few days before using his next ticket.
What a dedication !! Do you know why it's cheaper ?
Solo san I am mesmerized by your channel. Is the food you buy such as the bento eaten at room temperature, cold or heated in a microwave during your travels?
Solo's voice done rizz me
I must admit I didn't quite master the intricacies of the ticket purchases, but all the food looked delicious!
First of all, thank you for this amazing and such useful content! I have a question: Because in this case the base-fare ticket covers a very long distance, it has a validity of 11 days (if I'm not mistaken). So, does this mean that if I buy a base-fare ticket to Hiroshima, follow all the rules such as not taking the train backwards, I could for example, buy the limited express ticket to Kyoto , get off and stay there for, let's say, 3 days, visit around, and then buy another limited express ticket to Hiroshima and continue with the trip while using the same base-fare ticket?
I am still trying to choose my fav Bento. No seafood, advice much appreciated
My first trip to japan, i did not buy the JR pass. At the time it was expensive. I actually did it your way which made it cheaper. The JR pass does have its metrits though. 7 days for almost the same price as one. Only difference is your only allowed on certain trains that stop more than the super express. If i go the second time, im still going to skip the JR pass do what you did again.
At look so yummy 🤤
Bonjour et merci pour cette astuce .
Le JR-PASS deviendra bientôt trop cher pour les touristes .
Est-ce que je peux faire la même chose avec seulement un voyage "aller" ? (m'arrêter à différentes stations sur plusieurs jours ? )
Merci encore pour tout et bon trip ;-)
I think you need to clarify the benefits and drawbacks of each option versus just giving the prices. thanks for the video.
I didn't realize they jacked up the price on JR Pass, end of an era. That's a bummer. Great video.
4:45I like how the printing on the ticket 🎟 makes 'Fare ticket' look like 'Fake ticket'
You can get a reserved seat ticket and then sit in the non-reserved seat. I did that switch once when I had a middle seat and the non-reserved car was almost empty.
The question is whether the tickets were cheaper because you bought them separately (Basic Fare and Shinkansen). Or because you split the Shinkansen ticket, Toyko->Kyoto & Kyoto->Hiroshima, Hiroshima->Shin-Osaka, Shin-Osaka->Tokyo? JR-Central & JR-West & JR-East areas.
I'll hopefully be back in Japan next spring and I'm wondering if it makes a difference on the Tokyo->Kyoto->Tokyo route too.
oooh! the curry saga 😊
😊
Hi, I have a question where I can check the prices for the different trips online? And another think...If i want do to a travel from hiroshima to Osaka I need to buy the basic fare ticket+super express non reserved ticket? Thanks you!