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• ashitano
• 2018/09/08 (Sat) 08:06
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With Singapore Airlines, it is now $575 to Japan. To Singapore is $650. A round trip between Tokyo and Singapore for only $75 extra is a real hail mary. I can't make plans for such a thing because it comes so suddenly.

• 倍金萬
• 2018/09/08 (Sat) 09:39
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ashitano,

I don't know if I should go there right now. If you are a flight （ hiko ）, you can just go to Singapore and come back immediately, but if you go to Singapore, you have to stay at a reasonable place, and you have to spend a lot of money if you want to see the town and have a good meal because you are there. If you go over there, you will have to stay at a reasonable place.

On the other hand, it takes a lot of courage to make an instantaneous decision.

But Kyobi's fares are very attractive. It made me want to go to Tokyo for a week or so.

• JRW
• 2018/09/09 (Sun) 22:33
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I would like to ask about the JR Pass.
I was checking the JR West page and found that there are passes not only for all of Japan but also for Sanyo and some parts of Kyushu. It is just the right area for this trip.　However, the page for the Japan-wide pass on the same site says that it is available for Japanese nationals who have lived overseas for more than 10 years, but when I proceed to the online purchase of the Sanyo area pass, it clearly says ＜ Japanese nationals are not allowed ＞.　I think the information is just not updated, but has anyone used this service ？?

• 倍金萬
• 2018/09/10 (Mon) 09:56
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＞ Sanyo and some Kyushu passes

That has nothing to do with the Japan ・ Rail ・ Pass, although there are various restrictions on JR buses, JR ferries and 3rd sector railroads, all of which are only valid for what is written on the JR Pass website. But only what is written on the JR Pass site is in effect.

If it is the "West Japan Pass", then everything on the Wiki is in the past tense "・ ・ ・ sold".

I also found this. This is a news release published by JR West on April 9, 2012, so it is quite old. The eligibility for purchase is "customers who have a passport issued by a government other than Japan and have a status of residence corresponding to "Temporary Visitor"".

https://www.westjr.co.jp/press/article/2012/04/page_1751.html

• JRW
• 2018/09/10 (Mon) 17:22
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Double Man,

Each pass was scheduled to be sold （ ？ ） until last year, but it will be continued until 2019, and there are many other changes.
According to the following site, the area pass is called "Area Pass", so it seems to be OK for Shinkansen except for Sanyo, Mizuho, and so on.

http://www.westjr.co.jp/press/article/items/121012_01_b1.pdf

It has not been updated since it was released in 2012, but if you go to the online application link on this site the trip departure date is after tomorrow.　So I imagine it still actually exists, just that the purchase qualification has not been updated.

The online application does not include Japan in the passport selection, so even if overseas residents can buy, they will have to go to Japan to do so.　　I was hoping to have some solid information before I go to Japan.