Tokyo travel passes EXPLAINED! | Do you STILL need a JR Pass in Japan in 2024?|
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- čas přidán 28. 06. 2024
- Welcome to tokyo travel passes explained where compare all the available travel passes in Tokyo Japan to help you decide on the travel pass for your trip!
JR Pass prices increased by 70% so do you still need a JR Pass to travel Japan in 2024?
That is the question we will be tackling in today's video as well as discuss possible JR Pass alternatives or ways you can make it cheaper!
JR Pass Calculator - m.jrpass.com/farecalculator
Buy your JR Pass via KLOOK using my KLOOK code and get 10% OFF - use code PHATLIFEPROJECT when purchasing and thank me later!
00:00 Introduction
01:06 What is a JR Pass?
02:38 Do I NEED a JR Pass? using JR Calculator
03:32 Cheaper JR Pass Alternatives
04:29 What is a Japan IC Card and do i need it?
06:04 JR Pass versus SUICA and PASMO
06:38 Combining Travel Pass to Save
07:18 How to Get JR Pass, SUICA and PASMO
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Thank you! Your video is super helpful!
I'm so glad! Took me ages to research and understand it because it can get quite confusing - I hope this saved you some “pain” ☺️
awesome video steve. keep the great work up in these helpful planning tips :-)
Thank you!!
Hi Steve, thank you for your wonderful tips, and video, just wonder where to get bullet train tickets if we don’t use jr pass? Is Rail Ninja web ok?
You are welcome!
You could book directly at smart-ex.jp/en/lp/app/ - make sure you do it at least 3 days in advance
@@PhatLifeProject you’re life saver, Thanks heaps ❤️
I hope you can also talk the Tokyo Metro Subway Pass unlimited for 24,36,72hrs.
They are exactly what you would expect based on the name - if you’re only there for 1 to 3 days and will be doing copious amount of travel Ing involving public transport then this would be worth it
Thank you for the question ❤️
I'm going for 21 days with my son in May with 8 days in Tokyo and then Fukushima, Amori, Kanazawa, Kyoto, Osaka, and maybe Hiroshima if time permits. I'm am banging my head in deciding between a SUICA/PASMO or just giving up and opt for the JR Railway Pass. After all its two of us. I want to save as much as possible but it's almost worth dispensing with the headaches of coordinating multiple options. I keen on using the Welcome SUICA or PASMO if it lets me hit all my wants North to South with random stops along the way.
Have you already punched in your itinerary on the JR Pass calculator?
@@PhatLifeProject I just plugged in all the citys in this order. Tokyo > Fukushima > Amori > Shin-Fiji > Kanazawa > Kyoto > Osaka > Hiroshima > Tokyo and it came just under by 7$USD for a 21 day pass. I'm tempted to just do a Welcome SUICA to cover our first 8 days around Tokyo, paired with a 14 day JRRPass to cover the next 13 days of City to City travel. (nothing has been purchase) but since we leave in 3 1/2 weeks. Gonna books pretty soon.
I am assuming the jr pass is for regular seat only. For green car, do we have to buy it separately at the station or is there an option to select green car when purchasing jr pass?
In the case of not buying jr pass, can we buy shinkansen green car ticket online? Which website is good to use?
You can get the green car JR Pass INSTEAD of the regular JR Pass
You can get this either on their official website or via websites like Klook, if you do decide to buy it via klook i have a discount code - PHATLIFEPROJECT =)
@@PhatLifeProject thanks for all the tips . Will look into klook and use your code to purchase our passes.
WE planned to go Osaka then to Kyoto...perhaps Nara as well... Do you think we need Japan Rail pass or should we get individual pass.? Our plan is arrived Narita then take Nex express to Tokyo station...from here we will direct to Osaka for 3 days...after this city we plan to stay another 3 days in Kyoto before back to Tokyo for 4 days before we leave Japan.....Need your advice on this....
Definitely plot this exact itinerary into the JR Pass Calculator - m.jrpass.com/farecalculator
If the total exceeds that of a JR Pass then the JR Pass is what you need to get =)
I’m traveling to Japan in less than 13 days from today
should I order the JR pass now or can I get it on the airport?
I’m planning to go to kyoto and osaka from tokyo and back to tokyo again
Definitely try to purchase now if you decide on getting a JR Pass
@@PhatLifeProject I tried to purchase it but I had a problem with payment
where can I get it when I arrive there?
@@dr.ammarjasim1651 it either gets delivered to your home or to your hotel