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How to buy train tickets
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2024/5/5 07:07
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Hi everyone. Ifm planning my trip to Japan and Ifm not going to buy the JR pass; instead Ifm going to buy the tickets separately and the jr Kansai Hiroshima pass. I donft really understand where to buy the tickets. For example: - to go to Takayama from Kawaguchi I have to take a bus, then a train, change the train and then another bus. I understand that the buses I have to book them , te question is about the train. Can a buy the ticket directly to the last stop or should I buy a ticket to the last stop is the first train and then buy another to take de second train? And can I buy them on the internet?
- the second question is that Ifm going to go to Kanazawa to Osaka. With the Hiroshima pass this trip is only covered from Tsuruga to Osaka, but not from Kanazawa to Tsuruga. How can I do this?
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by Emlars
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Re: How to buy train tickets
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2024/5/5 12:42
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to go to Takayama from Kawaguchi I have to take a bus, then a train, change the train and then another bus.It sounds like you mean Kawaguchiko (Lake Kawaguchi) rather than Kawaguchi, the city. Do you? The Matsumoto-Takayama bus indeed requires advance reservations (can be done in Matsumoto in case there are vacant seats). Most trains between Kawaguchiko and Otsuki do not require seat reservations. You can use an IC card, such as Suica or buy a paper ticket. The trains from Otsuki to Matsumoto are fully reserved, so you better make a seat reservation in advance. nd can I buy them on the internet?Yes, the Otsuki-Matsumoto train can be booked here: https://www.eki-net.com/en/jreast-train-reservation/Top/Index- the second question is that Ifm going to go to Kanazawa to Osaka. With the Hiroshima pass this trip is only covered from Tsuruga to Osaka, but not from Kanazawa to Tsuruga. How can I do this?Just buy a regular ticket from Kanazawa to Tsuruga, assuming you were able to get your Kansai Hiroshima Pass by the time you depart Kanazawa.
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by Uji
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Re: How to buy train tickets
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2024/5/5 16:03
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Thank you so much for your answer.
So, what happens if I buy the ticket to go to otsuki at 9 am for example and to go to Matsumoto at 11 and then I donft get there until 12? Can I change that ticket or do I have to buy another one?
And then, the Hiroshima pass can I exchange it in Tokio for example? Or do I have to do it in some of the west station included on the pass?
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by Emlars
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Re: How to buy train tickets
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2024/5/5 17:03
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So, what happens if I buy the ticket to go to otsuki at 9 am for example and to go to Matsumoto at 11 and then I donft get there until 12? Can I change that ticket or do I have to buy another one?Seat reservations can be modified once before the travel time, if needed. And then, the Hiroshima pass can I exchange it in Tokio for example? Or do I have to do it in some of the west station included on the pass?If you buy it through JR West, then you can pick it up at selected ticket machines in Tokyo, but if you buy it through a 3rd party vendor, it seems impossible to pick it up in Tokyo. It is explained here: https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/ticket/pass/kansai_hiroshima/#purch...
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by Uji
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Re: How to buy train tickets
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2024/5/6 05:21
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If you buy it through JR West, then you can pick it up at selected ticket machines in Tokyo, but if you buy it through a 3rd party vendor, it seems impossible to pick it up in Tokyo. It is explained here:
I searched the website, but it seems to say Kansai Hiroshima Area pass can not be received in Tokyo. If the OP travels from Kanazawa the actual station will be
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by frog1954
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Re: How to buy train tickets
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2024/5/6 06:36
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frog1954 is right. While regular tickets reserved via JR West can be picked up at ticket machines with the "5489" logo even outside western Japan, rail passes by JR West, including the Kansai Hiroshima Pass, cannot be picked up outside the JR West service area. The closest stations to Tokyo where you could pick them up are Maibara (alog the Tokaido Shinkansen) and Toyama (along the Hokuriku Shinkansen).
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