nippontiger 8 Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 Does anybody know if this ski shinkansen ticket from the machine is still on this year? Also, does the discount ticket only run from Tokyo, or can you go from Omiya, with further discounts? Basically, I wanna go for a day trip this saturday - we usually do the Higaeri trip from View - taking the bullet from Omiya - comes to 9200 for the train/lift. However, we cant get to a View before Saturday to get the tickets, so Im looking for another way to do it without upping the price too much. Any help much appreciated. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted February 4, 2010 Author Share Posted February 4, 2010 It is but not worth it for a one day trip - the discount is maybe only from Tokyo, could check your machines if they have the shinkansen option there. Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 I thought it was only from Tokyo. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted January 18, 2012 Author Share Posted January 18, 2012 Bump for this season. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 yeah I was gonna look for this thread. You can use this as a day return ticket, right? Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted January 18, 2012 Author Share Posted January 18, 2012 yeah I was gonna look for this thread. You can use this as a day return ticket, right? I don't think so but don't quote me on that. Link to post Share on other sites
panhead_pete 27 Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Depending on your visa its possible to get JR passes via email these days. I wont post up all the details here for obvious reasons but if you are on a tourist visa feel free to email me. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 yeah I was gonna look for this thread. You can use this as a day return ticket, right? I don't think so but don't quote me on that. You can't come home the same day on the ticket? just checked the original posts and you mentioned this..... And if you're unlucky enough to be caught in a blizzard, like what happened to me last year, you can come back same day on it Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted January 18, 2012 Author Share Posted January 18, 2012 Sorted then. Do quote me on my original post but not my latest post. Link to post Share on other sites
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nippontiger 8 Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Hey thought I would post this here as saves creating another thread but it will also help you to save money. JR are doing a special campaign called tokudane　ã?¨ã??ã? 値 whereby if you book a shinkansen ticket in advance, you can save 30%. I can't post pics right now as I don't have a camera handy, and also at work! But you can save a lot of money if you live near Tokyo, Ueno, Omiya or Sendai and if you intend to go away for a trip to: Utsonomiya, Toyama, Fukushima, Sendai, Ichinozeki (sic), Morioka, Hachinohe - on the Tohoku shink. Yamagata on the Yamagata shink Akita on the Akita shink Takasaki, Echigo Yuzawa, Gala yuzawa, Nagaoka (sic) Niigata on the Joetsu or Karuizawa or Nagano on the Nagano shink. One example travelling from Tokyo to Nagano on the 14th will cost you 5,570, saving about 3,000yen just go into the view plaza and ask for these tickets. Of course the tickets are one way only, but the return is the same price. ie Tokyo - Echigo Yuzawa one way on the same date above is 4,540, return 9,080, saving almost 2k on the above ticket! Of course some periods are slightly cheaper/more expensive than others, but not more so than a couple of hundred yen. Let's booking! Does anybody know if this is happening this year? I cant read the name of the deal as all the Japanese on this thread is just a load of squiggles no matter what kind of encoding I try to use. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 are you using Chrome? Change to Firefox usually does the trick for me, then back to Chrome because I like it better Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan 178 Posted January 18, 2012 SnowJapan Admin Share Posted January 18, 2012 It might be unreadable whichever browser actually..... blame the 'old forums' for that. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted January 18, 2012 Author Share Posted January 18, 2012 Its called. とくだね Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted January 18, 2012 Author Share Posted January 18, 2012 And yes,its still on as I checked this morning. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted January 4, 2013 Author Share Posted January 4, 2013 Bump from annual check. Will try it out on Monday after work. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 I haven't checked it this year, but last year the ticket would only take you as far as Gala and was more expensive IIRC. Still good value though, you could take a local train to Joetsu Kokusai or get off at Echigo Yuzawa and take a shuttle bus to the resort Link to post Share on other sites
8rei 0 Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 any cheap package for yuzawa area? the shinkansen+ski lift for day trip?? where to find? plan to ski at yuzawa before heading to niseko this febuary.. thanks guys... Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 Of course there are, Yuzawa is prob the easiest to get from Tokyo. Check out JR View in most big train stations, they have a website as well Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted January 5, 2013 Author Share Posted January 5, 2013 There are loads available. Can you read Japanese? If so, check out the jr eki-net site as you can get some stupidly cheap deals. Link to post Share on other sites
8rei 0 Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 unfortunately,,,my japanese almost zero... only few hiragana..hehehe any english web that i can browse? or just ask at the midori mado guchi? what JR view mean?? Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted January 5, 2013 Author Share Posted January 5, 2013 Jr view is the JR travel agent store where you can buy train tickets and tour packages. Unfortunately the online store is all Japanese only. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 if you use Chrome, you can navigate by translating the page....its not perfect but I think you are able to get the gist of things. MiJ did you get a chance to see if the machine deal was still running this year? Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted January 6, 2013 Author Share Posted January 6, 2013 I haven't no. Will check tomorrow after work. Link to post Share on other sites
nippontiger 8 Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 I couldn't find it when I checked the other day, but I might have been looking in the wrong place.... Link to post Share on other sites
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