JR Passes (and train travel within Japan) are such a pain in the butt to research. There are simply way too many options! For all of my previous trips to Japan, I’ve had to invest hours upon hours of ...

The price for a Japan Rail Pass, which provides foreign tourists with unlimited access to almost all JR trains, has risen by around 70 percent this month. It is the first price increase ...

This is short for the Japan Rail Pass, basically an unlimited travel pass that lets tourists take Japan Railways trains for a certain number of days . You don’t need it for travelling within the ...

East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) will offer “off-peak commuter passes” from March 18 that come with a discount if users shun rides during weekday morning rush periods. Off-peak pass users will ...