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Japan Rail Pass Guide: How to use a JR Pass at a ticket machine (updated 2023)

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In this illustrated guide, we’ll go through the process of using a Japan Rail Pass (JR Pass) to make free seat reservations on a ticket machine.

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Japan, Trains, Travel

Japan Rail Pass Guide: How to reserve Shinkansen seats with oversized baggage space on a ticket machine

29th Dec 2022by Diego 3 Comments

In this guide, we’ll go through the process of reserving seats with oversized baggage space on a ticket machine. Such reservations are now mandatory for Shinkansen services covered by the […]

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Japan, Trains, Travel

Oversized baggage on the Tōkaidō, San’yō, and Kyūshū Shinkansen: A summary of the current rules

28th Dec 2022by Diego 3 Comments

In this post, we’ll go over the regulations around oversized luggage that were introduced in 2020 for some of Japan’s Shinkansen lines. The key element of these new rules: seat […]

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Japan, Trains, Travel

Japan Rail Pass Guide: How to use a JR Pass at a ticket machine

28th Dec 2022by Diego 5 Comments

In this illustrated guide, we’ll go through the process of using a Japan Rail Pass (JR Pass) to make seat reservations on a ticket machine.

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Japan, Trains, Travel

Rail-Bus Report: Travelling to and around the Kiso Valley from Nagoya, Japan

26th Jun 2019by Diego 1 Comment

In this report, I’ll describe how I travelled to – and between – the wonderfully scenic Edo-period post towns of the Kiso Valley using public transportation, with Nagoya (the nearest […]

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Japan, Japan 2018 (3rd), Trains, Travel

Rail Report: Travelling by Train between Nagoya and Ise-Shima, Japan

15th Jun 2019by Diego 2 Comments

In this report, we’ll explore two options for travelling by train between Nagoya and the Ise-Shima area: one operated by Kintetsu Railway, the other by Japan Railways.

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Japan, Japan 2018 (3rd), Trains, Travel

Rail-Bus Report: From Tōkyō to Kusatsu Onsen and back with a Japan Rail Pass

1st May 2019by Diego 1 Comment

There’s more than one way to travel between Tōkyō and the famous hot spring town of Kusatsu Onsen. Moreover, it’s possible to do the entire journey for free with a […]

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Japan, Japan 2018 (3rd), Trains, Travel

Rail Report: Beppu to Fukuoka on the Yufuin no Mori, Japan (25 September 2018)

26th Jan 2019by Diego Leave a comment

Think of Japanese trains, and the high-speed shinkansen will probably come to mind before anything else. But some of my favourite journeys were on much slower rolling stock, like the […]

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Japan, Japan 2018 (2nd), Trains, Travel

Rail Report: From the Shinkansen to the City on the Hakodate Liner, Japan (02 October 2017)

16th Sep 2018by Diego 1 Comment

The long journey from Tōkyō to Hakodate isn’t as time-consuming as it used to be, thanks to the newly opened first segment of the Hokkaidō Shinkansen. That said, the shinkansen […]

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Japan, Japan 2017 (2nd), Trains, Travel

Rail Report: Tōkyō to Hakodate on the Tōhoku and Hokkaidō Shinkansen, Japan (02 October 2017)

10th Sep 2018by Diego 1 Comment

Travelling between Tōkyō and Hokkaidō has never been easier, with new high-speed rail services whisking passengers from the Japanese capital to Hakodate in under four and a half hours. Today, […]

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Japan, Japan 2017 (2nd), Trains, Travel

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