The price for a Japan Rail Pass, which provides foreign tourists with unlimited access to almost all JR trains, has risen by around 70 percent this month. It is the first price increase ...

To make things confusing, on top of the nationwide Japan Rail Pass , there are also many cheaper regional JR Passes e.g. JR Hokkaido Pass, JR Kansai Pass and JR Kyushu Pass. So which JR Pass ...

Whether you're travelling from Tokyo to Kyoto to see centuries of history with your own eyes or heading north to Hokkaido for ...

So, Liu contacted East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) through its website in mid-June. The service representative told him that the special rail pass only targets “couples made up of men and women.” ...

Nothing ruins a day of sightseeing like dragging heavy bags around. Thankfully, Tokyo Station offers plenty of baggage storage options, including coin-operated lockers and staffed storage counters.

When it comes to breathtaking winter train journeys, the Pikes Peak Cog Railway in Manitou Springs, Colorado, is officially a ...