Guide to plan your trip. Fare Calculation

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This website shows you a lot of the train passes. But some of you plan to buy a regular ticket. Even if you will use the rail pass, you may have to compare the price of the pass and the regular fare to make sure that you can get the worth of it or not.

In this post, I would like to share the information about the fare calculation with you.

Hyperdia

You can get a fare very easily. (click to view larger image)
You can get a fare very easily. (click to view larger image)

This is the easiest way to get the fare and the timetable of most trains in Japan. Please refer the link below to learn more:

Hyperdia perfect guide, train timetable and route search engine
If you want to build your itinerary by yourself, Hyperdia will help you a lot. This site is transportation search engine. You can search the timetables and routes of all trains, flights and airport shuttle bus. But this site is a bit tricky and too many functions and options to you. This guide will help you to find the way to use this site.
jprail.com
2013.11.26

Google map

Google map can show you the train and the public bus routes. It also shows you the fare.

JR’s rule on passenger’s ticket

JR companies have the biggest train network in Japan. If you travel between major cities, you will take JR train in most cases.

The fare rule is so difficult to understand for the tourists from overseas. Even some travel agents in Japan do not understand the rule completely.

I wrote about this rule as simple as possible in the post below. You can learn the rule of purchasing and using a regular ticket.

For non JR pass travellers. Guide to use JR single ticket, basic rules, validity and stopover
The train ticket rule is very complicated in Japan. But you may have to use the regular fare ticket because it is cheaper than the rail pass. This post explains you the basic ticket rule as easy as possible.
jprail.com
2013.07.04

JR company’s official site

Some JR companies have the timetable and fare search engine in their official sites.

JR Hokkaido official website

This website offers you the fare and timetable search of most JR trains.

JR West English website

This website offers you the fare and timetable search of most JR trains.

JR Shikoku English website

This website shows you the fare table of most of JR Shikoku lines.

Comments

  1. Rose says:
    April 8, 2015 at 10:00 am

    I will go to japan on 8 day trip. I arrive in Kansai -> Osaka -> kyoto -> Tateyama -> tokyo -> hakone -> tokyo (go around tokyo) -> ashikaga park -> tokyo-> narita. Should I buy JP pass for single ticket. We have 6 person. Thanks you!

    • Takeshi / JPRail says:
      April 8, 2015 at 4:39 pm

      Hi Rose,

      If you can make this trip in 7 days, 7 days JR pass will work. As long as you go back to Tokyo after Ashikaga on day 7, it works.

      Cheers,

      Takeshi / JP Rail

  2. Candice says:
    April 5, 2015 at 1:47 pm

    Hi,

    I have already purchased 5Days JR East Pass and will arrive Tokyo in middle of April.
    My family and I plan to travel from Tokyo to Nagano (via Hokuriku Shinkansen covered by JR East Pass) via Omachi for the Kurobe Alpine route (shall purchase separate fare package).

    However, I just only realized that there’s a new Nagano Shinkansen (started on 14/3/2015) that extends the Hokuriku line from Joetsumyoko station to Kanazawa station. I am considering to travel the Kurobe Alpine route via Toyama instead. If so, I’d like to know:

    1) Does JR East Pass covers stations under new Nagano Shinkansen between Joetsumyoko and Kanazawa station?
    2) If not, how do I top up the fare on Nagano Shinkansen in order to travel from Nagano to Toyama station?

    Your speedy advice would be most appreciated.
    Many thanks in advance.

    Regards

  3. Mary says:
    April 1, 2015 at 7:27 pm

    Hi! I’m landing at Osaka on 1 June and going Yokohama immediately > Tokyo > Kyoto > Osaka and leave on 10 June. Which pass would be good? 🙂

    • Takeshi / JPRail says:
      April 1, 2015 at 8:39 pm

      Hi Mary,

      If you come back to Osaka in 7 days, JR Pass 7 days is the best choice. Otherwise single fare and Local deals (such as subway pass) are better.

      Cheers,

      Takeshi / JP Rail

  4. Aileen Dionisio says:
    March 29, 2015 at 8:47 pm

    Hi there, we’re a family of 8 arriving Osaka this end of April and staying for just 4 full days. We’d like to go see Kyoto, Nara, Kobe, Osaka Castle and of course Universal Studios. we’ll be staying near Namba Station but have no idea where and how to begin planning our trips because we’re not familiar with train routes at Osaka and how we’ll be able to do this economically since we’re quite a big family . I know we’ll have to decide by now what ticket/tickets to purchase soon as we land at Kansai. Would greatly appreciate your suggestions!

  5. Grace says:
    March 27, 2015 at 9:58 am

    Hi ,

    What will be cheaper for 3 people travlling from Narita Airport to Tokyo Station, Tokyo Station to Hakone, Hakone to Yokohama, Yokohama to/return Tokyo (one day trip), Yokohama to Narita airport in 5 days stay.

    Many thanks.

  6. ben lee says:
    March 24, 2015 at 10:10 am

    is there is any JR from Tokyo to Mt Fuji. if without JR how do we get there in the best way.
    please kindly share your comments.

    Thank you.
    Ben

  7. prat says:
    March 23, 2015 at 4:01 am

    hi,
    what will be cheaper for 3 people travelling from narita to tokyo, tokyo to kyoto, kyoto – hakone and hakone – hand airport. Is JR pass recommended ?our total stay is 13 days
    thanks

  8. Wendy Sim says:
    March 21, 2015 at 2:59 am

    Hi,

    I’m thinking of travelling to Osaka from Nikko after my onsen stay at Nikko. Is there any bullet train service from Nikko to Osaka? If not, do you have any tips you can give on the shortest and most efficient way to get to Osaka from Nikko? Greatly appreciate your help here!! 🙂

  9. Joe says:
    March 17, 2015 at 8:50 pm

    Hi Takeshi,

    I have been reading your posts to plan my trip to Japan in April, but I am still really confused as to if I should purchase a JR Rail Pass.

    Day 1 – Arrive in Japan -> Travel to Fukuoka
    Day 2 – From Fukuoka to Nagasaki back to Fukuoka
    Day 3 – Fukuoka – Takachiho – Fukuota
    Day 4 – on land tour at Fukuoka
    Day 5 – Explore around Fukuota
    Day 6 – Land tour
    Day 7 – Leave Japan

    Based on this, do you think a JR Rail Pass is necessary?
    As this is my first time to Japan is there any suggestions/changes you would make to the itinerary?

    Thank you so much for you help.

    Regards,
    Joe

  10. Chinh says:
    March 14, 2015 at 12:41 am

    Dear Takeshi san,

    Finally I had prepared my 7days itinerary as below, after many days getting useful information from your posts, about N’ex, Suica, single tickets, JRPass, Hyperdia… But the more i read, the more I’m confused on which card is suitable for my routing :D. Would you mind taking a look on below & give me your advice how to do? Should I take only JRPass is enough for whole routing or combine extra any card?

    D1 “2015-04-05 (Sun)
    – Arrival Haneda (10:30pm)
    – Haneda to Shin-Kawasaki (Kawasaki-shi/Kanagawa-ken), 38min, ¥530, 13.2km (stay 1 night in Kawasaki)
    – Take train Kawasaki to Nakano, 21min, ¥270, 8.7km

    D2 “2015-04-06 (Mon)
    – Ghibli Museum (10g – 13g) ¥1000 (must buy in advance)
    – Shinjuku Gyoen (花見) (14:00 – 16:30)/ ¥200
    – Tokyo Tower (17:30 – 18:00)/ ¥900 or 1600
    – Roppongi (20:00 – 22:00)
    – back Nakano

    D3 “2015-04-07 (Tue)
    – Tsukiji Fish Market (Tuna Auction) (05:25 – 06:15)/ 120 visitors/ free
    – Tsukushima (07:30 – 09:00)
    – Edo Tokyo Museum (09:30 – 11:00)/ free
    – Kokugikan Sumo Stadium (13:00 – 15:00)/ free
    – Tokyo Sky Tree: (15:00 – 16:00) ¥2060 + 1030 (optional) or Earthquake Museum or Sumida River
    – Ameyoko + Asakusa (17g – 21g)

    D4 “2015-04-08 (Wed)
    Free vist, to Kyoyo – Osaka to meet Iijima + Inada sensei then back to Nakano

    D5 “2015-04-09 (Thu)
    – Ueno Park (花見) + Ueno Zoo (panda) (14g-16g)
    – Chidorigafuchi (free) + Yasukuni Shrine (16g30 – 18g)
    – Ginza (20g – 22g)

    D6 “2015-04-10 (Fri)
    – Hitachi Seaside Park (09:30 – 15:30)/ ¥410, 605-4, Mawatari Aza Oonuma, Hitachinaka-City,+81 292 659 001”
    – Hachiko statue (17:00 – 17:30)/ free
    – Shibuya (18:00 – 21:00)/ free
    – back Nakano

    D7 “2015-04-11 (Sat)
    – Kaminarimon + Senso-ji Temple (09:00 – 10:30) / free
    – Oedo Onsen Monogatari (11g – 12g30)/ ¥2480
    – Yodobashi Camera (shopping) (13-15g)

    D8 “2015-04-12 (Sun)
    – take train Nakano – NRT 79.9km, 83min, ¥2780,
    – Back NRT-KUL (10:00-16:25)

    Thanks in advance for your kindness,

    Chinh.

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