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. Edwin says:
    November 10, 2015 at 6:46 am

    Hi Takeshi, I am taking a holiday in December. My travel plans are:
    Day 1: Narita Airport to Damion station
    Day 2: Damion station to Tokyo station to catch Shinkasen to Kyoto
    Day 3: move around Kyoto
    Day 4: Kyoto to Osaka to Himeiji then back to Kyoto
    Day 5: Kyoto to Kobe and back to Kyoto
    Day 6: Kyoto to Tokyo
    Am I able to use JR Pass for all these trips?
    Thanks for your advice

    • Takeshi / JPRail.com says:
      November 10, 2015 at 2:27 pm

      Hi Edwin,

      You can use JR pass 7 days. When you travel to Daimon station from Narita, you can get off JR Hamamatsucho station. It’s different names but it’s same location.

      Cheers,

      Takeshi / JPRail.com

  2. Astrid says:
    October 27, 2015 at 10:28 am

    (a) Can i use JR pass to cover these trip?
    (b) Can i exchange my exchange order for JR pass in Toyama?
    (c) If i buy ordinary pass and i want to take reserved seat, is there any additional charge?

  3. Christina says:
    October 22, 2015 at 8:38 pm

    Hi , I wanna go Japan 14 days . I find out transportation really something bothering me .I am not sure to buy 7 days pass or Takayama-Hokuriku Area Tourist Pass ? I checked from Hyperdia . There is total and basic fare ? Which is the amount I shall look into it ? Below are my itinerary

    23/12 – Reach Haneda 10:30 pm , Get Tokyo Metro 3 day 1500 yen ( it’s good to cover ? I am staying Itabashi area)
    24/12 – Tokyo (Shibuya, Harajuku, & Shinjuku and Christmas eve Celebration )
    25/12 – Tokyo (Tsuji Market , Akihabara, Tokyo University , Tokyo Tower )
    26/12 – Tokyo (Ghibli museum , free and easy )

    27/12 – Nikko/ Mount Fuji area * depends weather* go Nagano “stay Yamanouchi region ) get JF pass for 1st day JR PASS activation / I buy individual fare to place I wish to go ?
    28/12 – Nagano ( snow monkey , onsen , old street touring does it required a lot of transport transferring ? )

    Is Takayama-Hokuriku Area Tourist Pass cover below area I wish to visit ?
    29/12 – Morning train to Toyama/Kanazawa ( Kenrokuen , visit local Stay a night
    30/12 & 31/12 – Takayama & Hida Furukawa /shiragawa (Stay Takayama)
    1/12 – Nagoya ( Touring around and have some Unagi don perhaps??Stay Nagoya)
    2/12 – 5/12 – Kyoto ( I would like to visit some unique temple and touring around , Suggestion besides temple ?) JR 7 pass /Takayama-Hokuriku Area Tourist Pass expired 2/1
    5/12 Osaka – Half day tour (Not sure if I want spend 2 days here or rather in Kyoto ? Osaka see to be another City
    4:55pm afternoon Flight back home

    I do hope you can help on above

  4. Damien says:
    October 12, 2015 at 4:48 pm

    Hi

    I’m going to japan (Tokyo > Fuji > Osaka in Nov 2015 for 11days,

    5 days in Tokyo (12-16 Nov) -Haneda >Shinjuku (base) >Tokyo Skytree, Tokyo Tower, Tokyo Dome, Meiji Shrine, Sensoji, Tsukiji fish market, will it be too tight to include a day trip to Hiroshma and day trip to Kamakura?

    3 days in Fuji, Lake Kawaguchiko (16-18 Nov), is ropeway service suspended?

    5 days in Osaka > day trip to USJ > Osaka Castle > Osaka Aquarium > Tempozan Ferris Wheel > Sanko Shrine > Umeda Sky Building > Shiteno-ji
    > full day shopping at Grand Front Osaka

    I am wondering can i just buy Odakyu Railways pass to access these areas and only to pay single trip fare in central Tokyo;

    From Fuji, can we use Odakyu Railway pass to go Osaka?

    Hope to have your advise and have a great day.

    cheers
    Damien

  5. Rosalind says:
    October 9, 2015 at 1:55 am

    Hi,

    want to check what is the train fares from Sapporo to Takikawa, Takikawa to Furano, Furano to Nakafurano since I have to change 3 trains line. any round trip fare?

    Thank you

  6. Kimmie says:
    October 8, 2015 at 12:43 am

    Hi
    I will be in Japan next week and will base myself in Nagoya most of my trip. However, I will be travelling on the 15th Oct 15 from Nagoya to Kanazawa and then from Kanazawa to Takayama on the 16th Oct for the day before returning to Nagoya.
    I will also need to use the train to and from Nagoya airport. Can you kindly advise whether the 7 day JR pass more economical for me?

    Many thanks,
    Kimmie

  7. John Ng says:
    October 7, 2015 at 11:04 pm

    Hi, we look forward to yr advice on the rail pass to buy.
    We are planning the following travel plan and would like to know which rail pass to buy.
    nov 13 : landed at Tokyo Narita airport and take JR to Osaka
    Nov 13 to 17 : travel to Kyoto, Nara, Kobe, within the cities including Osaka
    Nov 17 to 18 : take JR from Osaka to Tokyo
    Nov 19 : fly out of Tokyo Narita airport

    Is it better to
    (A) buy JR west single ticket from Tokyo to Osaka and also from Osaka to Tokyo, and
    (B) buy Kansai Thru Pass for travel to Kyoto, Nara, Kobe and within the cities including Osaka?

    Tks

  8. Zoe says:
    October 6, 2015 at 7:25 pm

    Hi there, you are amazing! We plan to fly to Kansai then head to Amami Nanten on 21 Oct for one night then leave to Kyoto the next day on 22 Oct and take train back to Kansai on 25 Oct. Please advise what ticket I should get for 3 ways of train. Thank you in advance!

  9. Ellie says:
    October 3, 2015 at 3:58 am

    Hi Takeshi,

    Thank you so much for your help! We are travelling to Japan for just over 2 weeks with our 1 year old, leaving in less than a week! Do you think we should use a JR Pass?

    Here is out itinerary:

    Osaka- 2 nights
    Naoshima- 3 nights
    Kyoto- 6 nights- (perhaps a day trip to Nara)
    Tokyo- 5 nights

    Thanks so much for your help!
    Cheers, Ellie

  10. nurul says:
    September 28, 2015 at 9:03 pm

    hi,

    i’m going to japan in nov2015 for 11days.
    below is roughly how im going with my plan.

    Osaka > Fukuoka ( Castle Ruins) > Hiroshima ( Miyajima Torii gate + Matsuyama castle ) > Osaka
    Osaka > Kyoto ( Arashiyama + Fushimi Inari + Kinkaku ji + Eikando + Gion ) > Osaka
    Osaka > Takayama > Shirakawa go > Takayama
    Takayama > Nagoya > Tokyo
    Tokyo > Mt Fuji > Tokyo Tower
    Sendai >> Tokyo >> Odaiba
    Kamakura >> Yokohama > Tokyo Asakusa Sky Tree > Harajuku > Shibuya > Shinjuku + Akibahara
    Tokyo > Hokkaido > Tokyo

    i might be taking flight for Hokaido-tokyo

    so i am wondering can i just buy the 7days pass or would it be more cheaper if i just bought the 14days pass?
    i am following a group of my friends, they are taking 14days pass as they’ll be in japan longer than me. & most of our accom is nearby the JR station.

    thanks in advance!

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