{"id":1727,"date":"2020-04-21T10:49:04","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T08:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alittlebetterthanadream.com\/?p=1727"},"modified":"2020-04-26T21:59:31","modified_gmt":"2020-04-26T19:59:31","slug":"seishun-18-kippu-take-your-time-and-save-money-on-train","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alittlebetterthanadream.com\/?p=1727&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Seishun 18 Kippu: take your time and save money on train"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If everyone or almost everyone who&rsquo;s set on visiting Japan knows about the JR Rail Pass, the almighty pass to travel around Japan without spending an insane amount of money, there&rsquo;s another pass that flies under the radar. The Seishun 18 isn&rsquo;t like its name could suggest, a pass for children. There are no restrictions to buy it (you can be Japanese, foreign resident with an alien card and of course a tourist). So why it is not often mentioned? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is what you need to know about this pass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Validit<\/strong>y: the Seishun 18 can only be bought during three precise periods of the year: spring, summer, and winter. Every year, dates are slightly different but to give you a better idea these are the period for 2020. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table class=\"\"><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td>Period of use<\/td><td>Period of sale<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Printemps<\/td><td>March 1st to April 10th 2020<\/td><td>February 20th to March 31st 2020<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Et\u00e9<\/td><td>July 20th to September 10th 2020<\/td><td>July 1st to August 3st 2020<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Hiver<\/td><td>December 10th to January 10th 2021<\/td><td>December 1st to December 31st 2020<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So yeah, obviously way less practical if you compare it to the JR Pass in that aspect. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Use<\/strong>: The Seishun 18 is valid for 5 days or for 5&#215;1 days. It&rsquo;s not in your name so if you&rsquo;re a couple or a group, you can use it the way you want as long as you are doing the same itinerary, just keep in mind you can use it 5 times during the validity period (5 days for 1 person, 2&#215;2 days for 2 people + 1 day for one people, 1 day for a group of 5,&#8230;). While you have to use your JR Pass on consecutive days, you can use the Seishun 18 5 times (if one person uses it) during the period of use any day you want. Perfect to go on a trip, using the pass for long-distances and then paying for small journeys between. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Trains<\/strong>: Byebye Shinkansen, Limited Express, and other fast trains. You will discover the joy of riding small local trains and have time to admire the scenery. You&rsquo;ll love it. Well, not if you are in a hurry, if you have a limited amount of time in Japan, it won&rsquo;t be a good option for you as you&rsquo;ll spend sometimes 8 hours to do a journey that takes 2hour on the Shinkansen. If losing some hours or a few days to save money isn&rsquo;t a problem, then go for it, you won&rsquo;t regret it. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table alignwide is-style-stripes\"><table class=\"\"><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>JR Pass<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Seishun 18 Kippu<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Available<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">All year<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Three periods in the year<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Use<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">7, 14 or 21 days<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Between 4 and 6 weeks depending on the period<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Consecutive days<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Yes<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">No<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Where to use it <\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">All of Japan (or choosing a regional pass)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">All of Japan<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Which trains <\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">All JR lines (except Shinkansen Nozomi and Mizuho), &nbsp;JR Miyajima ferry, Tokyo Monorail and local JR buses. <\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"> JR local trains, &nbsp;JR Miyajima ferry and some buses (Bus Rapid Transit)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Price (2020)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">252\u20ac (national pass) for 7 days<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">103\u20ac for 5 days<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Example of my use of the Seishun 18 Kippu Pass in Hokkaido + my journey Osaka-Hiroshima: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sapporo &#8211; Biei: 3630 yen<br>Biei &#8211; Abashiri: 5940 yen<br>Abashiri &#8211; Sapporo: 7370 yen<br>Sapporo &#8211; Noboribetsu (A\/R): 4840 yen<br>Osaka &#8211; Hiroshima: 5270 yen <br><br>Total: 27500 yen (235\u20ac)<br>Seishun 18 Kippu: 12050 yen (103\u20ac)<br>I saved 15450 yen (132\u20ac) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The pass can be bought at JR train stations. You can buy as many passes as you want during the sales period and use them during the use period. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before buying a JR Pass or a Seishun 18 Kippu, please take some time (a lot of time) to check Hyperdia and see all your options to see what&rsquo;s the best solution for you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>To find the trains that are covered by the Seishun 18, tick the boxes:\u00a0\u00bb Walk\u00a0\u00bb, \u00ab\u00a0Local train\u00a0\u00bb and \u00ab\u00a0Japan Railway (JR) in the options of the website or the app. <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What about travelling around Japan with a local train pass?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1657,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[145,119,105],"tags":[47,129,123,128],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/alittlebetterthanadream.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSCF5532-scaled.jpg","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/alittlebetterthanadream.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSCF5532-scaled.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"admin5121","author_link":"https:\/\/alittlebetterthanadream.com\/?author=1"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alittlebetterthanadream.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1727"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alittlebetterthanadream.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alittlebetterthanadream.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alittlebetterthanadream.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alittlebetterthanadream.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1727"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/alittlebetterthanadream.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1824,"href":"https:\/\/alittlebetterthanadream.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1727\/revisions\/1824"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alittlebetterthanadream.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alittlebetterthanadream.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alittlebetterthanadream.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alittlebetterthanadream.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}