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GETTING
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Arriving by Air
AT A GLANCE
The main international gateways to Japan are
PUBLIC TRANSPORT COSTS
Narita International Airport, located at some
distance from Tokyo, Haneda Airport, which is
TOKYO
¥170
Kansai International Airport. Other airports
handling international flights (mainly from Asia)
include Naha in Okinawa; Fukuoka and Nagasaki
A single subway journey smaller but closer to the center, and Osaka’s
in Kyushu; Hiroshima, Nagoya, Niigata, and
Sendai in Honshu; and Sapporo in Hokkaido.
OSAKA Haneda Airport
¥180 ∑ haneda-airport.jp
Kansai International Airport
∑ kansai-airport.or.jp/en
A single subway journey Narita International Airport
∑ narita-airport.jp/en
KYOTO Train Travel
¥210
Japan’s rail system is one of the best in the world
A single subway journey in terms of safety, efficiency, and comfort. The
Japan Railways Group (JR) is the main operator
and runs over 12,400 miles (20,000 km) of tracks,
TOP TIP as well as the shinkansen. Often, multiple lines
Buy a reloadable Suica card for train and run between the same places. As well as the
bus travel to save time and money. bullet trains, there are tokkyu (“limited express,”
the next fastest), kyuko (“express”), kaisoku
(misleadingly called “rapid”), and futsu (“local”).
SPEED LIMIT The Japan Rail Pass is recommended for
those planning to travel extensively, but regional
HIGHWAY RURAL ROADS rail passes are also available, such as the JR East
Rail Pass covering northeast Honshu. There are
62 37 two types of JR West Rail Pass: the Sanyo Area
Pass covers Osaka, Okayama, Hiroshima, and
mph mph Hakata, while the Kansai Area Pass includes
(100 km/h) (60 km/h) Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto, Himeji, and Nara.
Tickets and seat reservations for longer trips
can be bought at JR stations, as well as from
authorized travel agents. Seat reservations,
URBAN
AREAS which are charged at a small extra fee, are
recommended for long-distance trips.
25 Japan Rail Pass
∑ japanrailpass.net
mph JR East Rail Pass
(40 km/h) ∑ jreast.co.jp
JR West Rail Pass
∑ westjr.co.jp

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