When traveling to Japan, transportation expenses in Japan account for a large proportion of expenses. For example, the JR Yamanote Line in downtown Tokyo is equivalent to the Second Ring Road in Beijing, with a starting price of 140 yen (7.5 yuan).

However, if you know the following ways to save money when traveling to Japan, you will have a great time and save a lot of money.

One, buy a JR PASS coupon. 28,300 yen. You can buy it on domestic Taobao with discounts.

Within 7 days of entry, all JR lines are free, including the Shinkansen.

Japan’s travel tool for independent travel is only available to short-term foreign tourists. You can ride on all JR railways, namely Shinkansen, unreserved seats and reserved seats (NOZOMI, Shinkansen Nozomi, MIZUHO Mizuho) Except for the number, you cannot take the green car GREEN CAR (first class), JR Bus Company urban routes and some JR Expressway bus services.

If you want to go to so many places in Tokyo, Kyoto, and Osaka, JR PASS is obviously a good deal. Using JR PASS to take the Shinkansen back and forth between Tokyo and Osaka is actually worth the fare. The Tokyo to Osaka Shinkansen The one-way fare for unreserved seats is 13,240 yen, and the Japan Rail Pass is 28,300 yen (1,450 yuan) for a regular pass with a 7-day validity.

But if you don’t travel to Japan’s suburban attractions, this JApass coupon is a bit overkill.

The average daily cost of JR PASS is RMB 200. One-day bus tickets in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto and other places only cost RMB 30-60, and tickets from Tokyo and Osaka to nearby places such as Kyoto, Nara, Kobe and Nagoya only cost RMB 50 or 60, so in the city Using JR inside is indeed a bit overkill, but of course it doesn’t hurt to use it if you are on your way.

JR PASS is not available in Japan and must be purchased domestically in advance. What you buy in China is just a certificate (it is available on Taobao, and you need the pinyin and gender of your name when buying). In Japan, you can use your passport by going to major JR stations in Japan to exchange for the card. The Taobao seller will also include a station for exchanging tickets. List, you can exchange for JR PASS tickets at the JR Ticket Center on the B1 floor of Building 2 of Narita Airport (note that you are on the 1st floor after picking up your luggage). JR PASS has corresponding passages at the entrance and exit of each JR station, and you can pass with a signal.

JR PASS can be divided into several types according to the area of ??use, such as national general pass, eastern and western pass. The use date of national general pass is divided into three types: 7th, 14th and 21st. Not every The JR trains in the city are so convenient. If the itinerary is not 7 days, you need to buy additional tickets for the remaining days (it is not recommended to buy the 14-day train, which is much more expensive than the 7-day train, and no one will travel long distances all the time).

When using JR PASS to take the Shinkansen express train, you can go to the ticket window to reserve a seat, or you don’t have to make a reservation. You can just get on the train and sit on the unreserved seats without making a reservation. Each train generally has several unreserved seat cars. Seats are not assigned, but reserved seats must be reserved. I think it’s better to sit in a non-reserved seat when carrying luggage. There is a little space behind the last row of seats in the non-reserved seat car. You can put big boxes there. You don’t have to move them around, and it’s also convenient to look after.

Second, you can take a tram or bus from the airport to downtown Tokyo.

Taking a taxi from Narita Airport to the city costs 2,400 RMB! ! Don’t be afraid, there are many means of transportation from the airport to the city.

1. Port Limousine (Chinese name: Limousine) is an airport bus. The advantage is that it can take you directly to the entrance of a well-known hotel (you need to confirm in advance), without having to drag your luggage on and off the bus. After completing the immigration formalities at Narita Airport, you will be on the first floor. There is a bus ticket office in the lobby on the first floor. The ticket price is 3,000 yen, which is ten times the price of the Capital Airport bus. This price is already considered low in Japan (if there is one) JCB credit cards usually offer a discount of 3,000 yen x 70%). There is also a 1,000 yen bus, but it only goes to Tokyo Station.

2. A better option is to buy the Suica&NEX package at the travel service centers at Narita and Haneda airports. It is issued by JR Company. Japanese are not allowed to buy it. It is only sold to foreigners. The price Very affordable, the package price is 5,500 yen per person, including round-trip tickets on JR's Narita Express from the airport to various stations along the line, and also comes with a ￥2,000 Suica electronic card (available amount is 1,500 yen, 500 The yen deposit is refundable, minus the 210 yen handling fee). The Suica card is an IC card that can be used to travel on metropolitan subways, buses and JR within Tokyo. The JR Narita Express takes about 1 hour and 15 minutes to Shinjuku, Tokyo. Different trains arrive at different locations. Some go directly to Ikebukuro. If the place you go to is not on the red line, you need to take other rail transit to get to where you want to go. hotel. Seats on the Narita Express are assigned for the entire journey. When you purchase, the conductor will help you select your ticket from the airport to the hotel. However, for your return ticket from the hotel to the airport at the end of your journey, you need to reserve it yourself at the ticket office of the JR station. .

Package purchase address: There are two terminals at Narita Airport. After picking up your luggage in the second terminal, it is on the first floor. You need to go to the JR East Foreign Travel Center on the B1 floor to purchase and redeem JR PASS is together at different counters. After purchasing, he will give you three things, the ticket for the day, the return ticket (not yet reserved) and the suica card. Next to it is the entrance to the bus. Remember, when departing from the airport, you must use the paper ticket of the day to swipe through the gate, instead of using Suica.

Reservation method for return tickets: Find the self-service machine for Shinkansen limited express reserved seats at the JR station, select the English mode, follow the prompts to insert the return ticket into the machine, first select the return date, then select the seat, select completion and confirm After that, two tickets will be returned to you: one is your original return ticket with the return period you selected printed, and the other is a seat ticket. Or go directly to the manual ticket window to make an appointment and tell the conductor the time. This is the most convenient!

3. Use JR PASS directly on this section of the road. Note that there are two railway lines from Narita Airport to Tokyo, one is JR and the other is Keisei Electric Railway. You can only choose to take JR." NEX", you cannot take Keisei Electric Railway's "ACCESS". Keisei trains are cheaper than JR lines. Even if you take the limited express train, you can get to Nippori in downtown Tokyo for 1,000 yen.

4. Haneda Airport is close to downtown Tokyo and has less usage than Narita. JR PASS cannot be used because the railway lines connecting Haneda and Tokyo are Keikyu and Tokyo Monorail, both private railways. There are two ways to get to the city

①Rail: Take the KeikyuLine Airport Limited Express, which takes about 17 minutes to Shinagawa, and then transfer to the JR Yamanote Line to reach Tokyo, Ueno, and Akihabara. , Ikebukuro, Shinjuku, Shibuya and other places.

②Bus: Keihin Express Bus (operating between Haneda Airport and the city, and some routes can reach tourist destinations such as Tokyo Disney, Hakone, Kawaguchiko Fuji, etc.) or Limousine Bus (see the above section for details).

Three, Shinkansen. When taking the Shinkansen, it is recommended to sit in a non-reserved seat. That is, the location is not specified, but there are often vacancies. Spend less money this way.

From almost all over Japan, you can take the Shinkansen to Tokyo. The most common route used by foreign tourists is the Tokaido (Tōkaidō) because it connects Kyoto, Osaka and Tokyo. It takes about 3 hours to take the Shinkansen from Kyoto/Osaka and other places to Tokyo. Among them, the section from Tokyo to Osaka is called the Tokaido Shinkansen, and the section from Osaka to Fukuoka Hakata is called the Sanyo Shinkansen. The lines marked in red (Tokaido) and blue (Sanyo) in the picture below. Shinkansen vehicles are divided into three types: green leaf car (1st class), ordinary reserved seat car (2nd class, numbered) and ordinary non-reserved seat car (2nd class, non-numbered). JR PASS includes the ordinary reserved seat and unreserved seats of the Shinkansen. If you have a seat, you can reserve a seat before getting on the bus, or you can get on the bus directly and go to the unreserved seat.

The Tokaido Shinkansen passes through Tokyo and Shinagawa stations in Tokyo, so if you want to take the Shinkansen in Tokyo, you have to go to Tokyo Station or Shinagawa Station. In Osaka, all Shinkansen depart from Shin-Osaka Station. , instead of Osaka Station, the Shinkansen in Kobe passes through Shin-Kobe Station, not Kobe Station.

The distance from Osaka to Kyoto is a little over 40 kilometers, the distance from Osaka to Nagoya is 200 kilometers, and the distance from Osaka to Tokyo is 550 kilometers.

4. Traffic in Tokyo. It is recommended to buy a one-day pass.

In addition to JR, there are two major Tokyo subway operators: Tokyo Metro and Toei. If you transfer between each other, you have to exit and then enter the station even if you are at the same station, although they all have underground passages. In addition, there are some small lines, such as the Odakyu Line to Hakone, the Yurikamome Line to Odaiba, the Fujikyu Line to Mount Fuji, etc. The Tokyo Metro starts at 160 yen, and changing lines costs at least 190 yen. If the distance is longer, it may cost 230 yen, so it is best to choose a one-day pass or a two-day pass. The official website of Tokyo Metro/you can choose the simplified Chinese version. The consultation is very comprehensive. You can find the bus station names of all tourist attractions on the website, but unfortunately there are no line names. You have to look for it yourself on the line map; it provides The wiring diagram is also the clearest, most standard-looking and easiest to identify, and is most suitable for printing out and carrying it with you.

1. Main Lines

There are 4 Toei Lines on the Toei Subway: Oedo Line, Asakusa Line, Mita Line, and Shinjuku Line

9 Toyko Lines on the Tokyo Metro: Ginza Line, Chiyoda Line, Hibiya Line, Marunouchi Line, Yurakucho Line, Hanzomon Line, Tozai Line, North-South Line, and Tokyo Sub-Central Line.

The important lines that need to be known are as follows, only the important stations they pass are marked:

*Tokyo Ginza Line (orange): Ginza/Omotesando/Shimbashi/Japan Bridge/Akihabara/Shibuya/Ueno/Asakusa

*Tokyo Hibiya Line (smoke gray): Nakameguro/Ebisu/Roppongi/Ginza/Tsukiji/Ningyocho/Akihabara /Ueno

*Tokyo Marunouchi Line Marunouchi Line (bright red): Shinjuku/Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden/Ginza/Ikebukuro

*Toei Oedo Line ōedo line (rose red): Tokyo Metropolitan Government Agency Mae/Shinjuku West Exit/Higashi Shinjuku (Korea Town)/Kasuga (Tokyo Dome)/Hongo 3-chome (Tokyo University)/Ueno Okachimachi/Ryoku (Edo-Tokyo Museum)/Tsukishima/Tsukiji Market/Shiodome/Azabu Juban/Roppongi

2. There are many types of Tokyo one-day passes

1) Tokyo Free Pass (1580 yen), which allows unlimited use of all subway lines (all metro lines) Camp Subway and Tokyo Metro) and JR trains, as well as Toei buses and streetcars. The price is higher and not cost-effective.

2) Toei and Tokyo Metro one-day economy coupon (1,000 yen), use all subway lines (Toei Subway and Tokyo Metro). The cost is still relatively high (almost 80 yuan), so you can make overall arrangements and arrange the attractions along the Tokyo Metro line on the same day, and the attractions along the Toei Subway line on another day, and then you can purchase the coupons below respectively.

3) Tokyo Metro Open Pass (tourist version 1-day pass 600 yen/2-day pass 980 yen, regular version 1-day pass 710 yen), you can freely use the 10 subway lines of Tokyo Metro, but You cannot use the four Toei Subway lines. This one-day pass is very convenient and must be purchased! The tourist version can only be purchased at Narita Airport and tourist agencies across Japan except Tokyo, Chiba, Kanagawa, Saitama, Yamanashi, Gunma, Tochigi Prefecture and Ibaraki Prefecture. The regular version can be purchased at any subway station in the city, but it is relatively The cost is higher than the tourist version. After getting off the plane and picking up your luggage at Narita Airport, remember to go to the 1st floor to buy (the 1st and 2nd terminals are both in the 1st floor lobby). You will be on the first floor when you come out. Keep walking to the left and you will see "Keisei" hanging on the counter. "You've found the right place. You must provide your passport or boarding pass. There is no limit to the number of sets you can purchase. The date of use is calculated from the first time you start using it. The 2-day coupon refers to two consecutive days, not 48 hours.

4) Toei Subway one-day economy coupon (700 yen), you can use the 4 subway lines of the Toei Subway, Toei buses and street cars, but you cannot use the 10 subway lines of the Tokyo Metro Wire. Some attractions can only be reached by Toei Subway, such as Shiodome; of course, if you still have money left in your Suica, you don’t need to buy an additional Toei One-Day Pass, which is still very expensive.

5) The JR one-day pass in Tokyo (730 yen) can be used on all JR trains.

You can reach Ueno, Akihabara, Shinjuku, Ikebukuro, Shibuya, Harajuku, Ebisu, Odaiba, etc., but at this price, the savings that can be made are actually very limited. If you are not a rush player, then buy You may even lose money on this coupon - the starting price of JR is 130 yen, which is cheaper than the subway.

3.suica card

Commonly known as Xigua Card, it is equivalent to Beijing’s bus stored-value card. It can be used on all JR, subway, and bus lines in Tokyo. There is no discount for paying with one swipe of the card, but it is convenient. You can use one card and you don’t have to buy a ticket every time.

4. A certain station is composed of N lines of certain station. The walking distance within the station is really not close, so you must make good time. For example, a JR Ueno Station may be connected to Seibu Ueno Station, TEPCO, and Toei Ueno Station underground. The distance inside is not very close. Japanese trains are very punctual. Some trains from the same platform may go to JR Ueno Station. They are in different places, or some are just short distances that don’t reach the end point, so be sure to read the electronic signs at the station clearly, otherwise it is easy to get on the wrong train.

5. JR lines in Tokyo

Just remember the following most important points here. The other lines are relatively less used by tourists, so I won’t introduce them one by one. .

1) Yamanote Line Yamanote Line: The light green one in the picture is equivalent to Beijing’s second ring line, the Tokyo inner ring JR line, passing through major stations: Ueno, Tokyo, Shinagawa, Shibuya, Shinjuku, Ikebukuro, these You can transfer to multiple railway or subway lines at several stations to get to where you want to go. The Yamanote Line can go to: Nippori, Ueno, Akihabara, Tokyo, Shimbashi, Shinagawa, Osaki, Meguro, Ebisu, Shibuya, Harajuku, Shinjuku, and Ikebukuro. It can be said that if you live near the Yamanote Line, you can travel all over Tokyo on this line alone.

2) Chuo-Sobu Line: light yellow in the picture, crossing the Yamanote Line, stopping at each station (non-express), from Chiba, Chiba to Mitaka Mitaka. Can go to: Kinshicho, Asakusa, Akihabara, Ochanomizu, Yoyogi, Shinjuku, Kichijoji

3) Central Express Line: Orange in the picture, it also crosses, although most of it and The Sobu Line overlaps, but as you can tell from the name, it is faster than the Sobu Line and only stops at major stations, so it is not repeated. It starts from Chiba Prefecture's seaside Makuhari in the east and ends at Otsuki in the west. Can go to: Tokyo, Ochanomizu, Shinjuku, Kichijoji, Musashi-Koganei, Tachikawa, Hachioji.