Pictures from my trip to Japan

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Farsala said:

OdinHades said:

Lovely! I'm in Japan right now, mainly for learning the language. I had two tandem meetings yesterday, which was fun, but also quite exhausting, lol. My japanese is getting better every day though!

I really have to visit Kyoto this time. Anybody got any tips how to get cheap shinkansen tickets for a trip from Tokio? =P

Shinkansen is already pretty cheap. If you want cheaper you can do bus or local trains, but the time investment is higher.

It's honestly not cheap at all. Especially when you consider that everything else is so cheap because of the exchange rate.

The difference is that the ticket price stays the same. In many other countries it's cheaper when you buy in advance or travel during hours when they won't sell as many tickets. That's great when you have to be somewhere on short notice but as a tourist you plan ahead weeks and months in advance and still have to pay the same high price.

Also I checked prices when I used the Shinkansen from Osaka to Tokyo (well I disembarked in Yokohama) and a flight would have cost the same amount.

For example (express train):

Milan to Rome (~570km; 3h15min) is 38 € if you book in advance.

Osaka to Tokyo (~515km;2h20min) is around 85 € currently. And that is with a favourable exchange rate.