johnnychips
Established Member
Good evening
I will be visiting Japan at Easter for two weeks, and apart from knowing I will be arriving and departing from Tokyo, I haven't planned anything yet. I'm too old for this to be an InterRail type multi-stop trip, so have any members any knowledge or suggestions:
- I believe there is an all-Japan Rail pass, whose website is only half-working at the moment. It suggests 14 days for £349 - but are there supplements to pay? I can't get the bit which says on which trains etc. it is valid, to load.
- If I had three bases, Tokyo would evidently be one, so where would you suggest the other two could be?
- Are there any 'must see' railways (obviously apart from the bullet trains?)
- What about travel in cities - is it like Oyster cards?
- I read on the Foreign Office website that ATMs are rarer than the UK and may not accept UK cards anyway. Any comments?
- Do many people speak English?
- Are the toilets like Chinese ones? (Rather a strain for my creaking knees!)
In fact, any advice at all would be gratefully received, and I know I will get some good stuff off the members of this forum.
I will be visiting Japan at Easter for two weeks, and apart from knowing I will be arriving and departing from Tokyo, I haven't planned anything yet. I'm too old for this to be an InterRail type multi-stop trip, so have any members any knowledge or suggestions:
- I believe there is an all-Japan Rail pass, whose website is only half-working at the moment. It suggests 14 days for £349 - but are there supplements to pay? I can't get the bit which says on which trains etc. it is valid, to load.
- If I had three bases, Tokyo would evidently be one, so where would you suggest the other two could be?
- Are there any 'must see' railways (obviously apart from the bullet trains?)
- What about travel in cities - is it like Oyster cards?
- I read on the Foreign Office website that ATMs are rarer than the UK and may not accept UK cards anyway. Any comments?
- Do many people speak English?
- Are the toilets like Chinese ones? (Rather a strain for my creaking knees!)
In fact, any advice at all would be gratefully received, and I know I will get some good stuff off the members of this forum.