Trains in Japan
BrianG
hoping to travel from Tokyo to Kyoto - Hiroshima - on to Osaka. Is this
available by train. Is it cheaper to buy a ticket in U.K. before travel.
Thanks Brian
Annie
<3fd085e0$1...@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com> Fri, 5 Dec 2003 13:21:09 -0000
Search for fare and limited express charges on Shinkansen Lines here:
http://www.jreast.co.jp/e_charge/index.asp
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Annie
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Declan Murphy
Yes the route would be easily covered by trains (either the express
trains or the higher speed shinkansen lines).
It would be easy enough to buy in Japan if your only destinations were
as listed above. If you wanted to divert from your plans or have a
longer schedule, then think about getting a Japan railpass while in the UK.
Regards Declan,
Okazaki, Aichi
http://www.yamasa.org
JR K Yoshikawa
called Japan rail Pass.
http://www.japanrailpass.net/
you can not buy this in japan.
you need make purchase in your country.
"Declan Murphy" <declan...@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:3FD40862...@hotmail.com...
Declan Murphy
>
>>BrianG wrote:
>>
>>>I'm new to newsgroup, so sorry if this is request is a bit basic. I'm
>>>hoping to travel from Tokyo to Kyoto - Hiroshima - on to Osaka. Is this
>>>available by train. Is it cheaper to buy a ticket in U.K. before travel.
>>>Thanks Brian
>>
>>Yes the route would be easily covered by trains (either the express
>>trains or the higher speed shinkansen lines).
>>
>>It would be easy enough to buy in Japan if your only destinations were
>>as listed above. If you wanted to divert from your plans or have a
>>longer schedule, then think about getting a Japan railpass while in the UK.
JR K Yoshikawa wrote:
> They have special Program & price for foreign tourist.
> called Japan rail Pass.
> http://www.japanrailpass.net/
>
> you can not buy this in japan.
> you need make purchase in your country.
Yes, as I said in my message "while in the UK".
BrianG
Many thanks for all your replies. Looking forward to my trip at the end of
January. Cheers.
briang5...@hotmail.com
D & M Johnston
I beleive you will enjoy your travel in Japan as I did in December 02.
As stated by other posters here, you can apply for JR rail pass which covers
all the Bullet Trains(Shinkansen) between Hakata(Fukuoka) up as far as
Aamori in Northern Honshu via Tokyo.You can get them from travel agent or
the Japanese Consulate office in your city.It is well worth the money and is
much cheaper than buying seperate tickets.
The trip you will be doing, I did in reverse. I started from Fukuoka(bottom
of honshu)then to Hiroshima,the War Memorial is very interesting and the
parks are nice and clean.
I then went to Kyoto (fantastic place) and Nara (the very first capital of
Japan a thousand yrs ago)
also don't forget a walk up to Monkey Mountain where there are lots of
cheeky monkeys clamouring for food.
I hope you are fit because going to see all the Temples in Kyoto is very
exhausting as they have lots of steps due to being high on the hills...thats
so they could look out for any enemy clans approaching.
There is a great little tour bus that goes from Kyoto Stn and will take you
along the major tourist route, you can buy a trip tickey from rail stn or
you pay driver. In Japan, you get in the back door and take ticket from
machine, when you get to where you going, you then go up to the driver up
front and dip your ticket and it will show how much you need to pay.
Some buses have electronic displays at the front inside of bus showing
sections traveled and how much is owing.
The bullet trains are fantastic and will travel along at an average speed of
285kph so you get to where you are going very quickly......I wish we had
those trains in Australia, especially all the way up the east coast from
Melb,Syd, Bris and Cairns.
Hoping you enjoy your trip......you won't regret it!!
Have fun
DJ
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BrianG
Just a thought, I am taking my Digi camera, the charger normally uses 240
volts in u.k. Do you think it will work in Japan with 100 volts electricity.
Many thanks.
briang5...@hotmail.com
"D & M Johnston" <pon...@bigpond.com> wrote in message
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Coran Fisher aka The Doctor
>
> As stated by other posters here, you can apply for JR rail pass which covers
> all the Bullet Trains(Shinkansen) between Hakata(Fukuoka) up as far as
> Aamori in Northern Honshu via Tokyo.You can get them from travel agent or
> the Japanese Consulate office in your city.It is well worth the money and is
> much cheaper than buying seperate tickets.
>
course take other kinds of trains other than Shinkansen to go to Aomori or
into Hokkaido.
D & M Johnston
As with Australia which also has 240V 10 amp AC electric current, Japanese
electricity will not power it.
In Japan, households don't even have powerpoint switches for their insert
sockets in the walls..i found that rather weird but i don't think their 110V
will kill you.
Usually people in Japan use transformers to upgrade or downgrade the
power....a bit expensive though.
You might find it better in the short term to just buy normal batteries and
leave the rechargables at home, they are quite cheap in Japan.Someone else
might have a better option but if you are only there for a few weeks, then
ordinary batteries are fine.If you are there long term, then you might best
to buy Japanese recharge system.
Cheers
DJ
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D & M Johnston
"Coran Fisher aka The Doctor" <saly...@verinet.com> wrote in message
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Ahhh You are probably right there, I thought the Shinkansen went up to
Aamori but I've yet to take that trip..haven't got up that far yet...maybe
next trip!! :)
DJ
BrianG
> As with Australia which also has 240V 10 amp AC electric current, Japanese
> electricity will not power it.
>
>I've just found out that my charger is designed to work from 100 - 240
volts, so as long as I can connect to mains I'm ok.