Japan Rail Pass – Purchased!

Woot woot! I’M SO EXCITEDDDDDD! I LEAVE IN LESS THAN 3 WEEKS! YATTTTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!

Spent a whopping $337 yesterday on the JR 7 day pass. I will be using this pass to go from Tokyo to Kyoto and Osaka (and back) – definitely worth the money! Otherwise, I’d be spending.. maybe double on train tickets? One of the perks of being a foreigner/”temporary visitor”!!

Purchased my ticket from STA Travel once again – it was actually cheaper than if I got it from JTB (I think that is the travel agency…?) shipping was also free. YES! I love free! And not cause I’m Asian! LMAO.

The JNTO map gave me some useful information, one of them was a small segment on the Rail Pass. There is more than one option for the pass apparently! Since I’ll be using it extensively, purchasing the pass that covers all their rails was the way to go. But if you know for a fact that you will be visiting only a particular area, maybe getting one of the regional passes is a better buy. Click on photo to see. The website to go to check out coverage is: http://www.jtb.com.sg/ExploreJapan/JRPass.aspx

I received the map when I entered into the JNTO’s “Japan 2010″ contest. I didn’t win. The people who have visited, had pen pals, and knew about farming/agriculture won. Le sigh. Well… I’M GOING ANYWAY SO THAT’S OK! (Man this post is so ADD, sorry. I know I’m not being coherent so let me gather my thoughts and I will give another post on mobile usage later today.)

Alright, just to reiterate what you need to know before purchasing the pass:

• have “temporary visitor” stamped on your passport
• has to be YOUR NAME on the pass
• you only get an exchange order, to get JR pass – trade in the EO at Narita airport or any rail station to get the physical pass
• have your passport ON YOU when you trade it in (duh)
• CAN ONLY BE PURCHASED OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES
• you lose it – TOO DAMN BAD! (I will probably duct tape mine to my leg the entire length of my stay…. maybe )

YATTA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OK I’m going to stop bouncing off the walls now.

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