Name: TIPS AND ADVICE: The good and bad of traveling Japan
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Hey guys! We're back for part 2 of pros and cons of traveling around Japan.

Future simple

And if you haven't seen part 1, then you can click here, and it will be right there.

The imperative

Japan is a super easy country to travel around because the transportation is so accessible pretty much everywhere.

Most of the places we've gone during this past year, and we've been to, again, 19 prefectures so far, all of these rural areas, even if there's not a direct train to the spots we go, almost all of them have had buses that could take you near there or past there.

You can take taxis, which are pretty expensive in Japan.

But if you go with a bunch of groups, then you can split the bill, and you can actually save money that way, too.

You can also rent cars at most big train stations, which we've done a lot during traveling here, which is, I think it's really nice to be able to rent a car because then it's easier for you to go places.

Especially some of the places we went, like Fox Village last year.

And you can get to these places by bus, but it would take you longer.

And if you want to save time, then being able to drive there yourself is a lot easier.

This kind of goes into con number 2 as well, which is price.

Transportation is really expensive in Japan.

I grew up here, so I don't really know, but she's been to other countries, and she can compare, so I'll let you talk.

I mean, America is just really cheap in general.

I think it's cheaper than most countries in Europe as well.

So if you're from Europe, this might not even be an issue for you.

But transportation here is pretty expensive.

So between our city, Nagoya, and Tokyo, if we wanted to drive there, we could get there in maybe about 4-ish hours or something.

4 or 5, if you want to take a break, maybe 6.

If you take the expressway here, all the expressways are tolled, and they're quite expensive.

Again, if you're traveling with a big group, then it's not going to be an issue because you can split the cost between everyone else.

But if you go by yourself or just like two people, you don't save a lot of money taking a car to Tokyo.

And it would end up like taking so much more time that it's just better for us to take the Shinkansen.

Yes, actually there are tolled expressways in America.

It's almost like expressway, but you don't have to pay at all for those roads.

Well, the expressways in Cincinnati are not tolled.

Some cities have tolls, but they're not that expensive.

You pay a couple dollars or something like that.

But America is huge, so it shouldn't be expensive.

We don't really have the option of public transportation in a lot of areas.

If we're traveling between Nagoya and Tokyo, the cheapest way, the absolute cheapest way for us to get there is night bus or even day bus.

If you book at the correct time and you book like a good time for the bus, we can get tickets as cheap as I think like $25 one way.

Although it's usually more like $50 one way per person.

But compared to $75 one way for the car, not including gas, and renting a car if you have to rent a car, and $110 one way if you take the Shinkansen, then bus ends up being a lot cheaper.

If you're coming from out of country, then getting a JR pass is a really good idea if you're going to do a lot of traveling by Shinkansen.

It'll cost you several hundred dollars for a few days of all you want travel on JR trains.

But JR trains include train around big cities like the Yamanote line in Tokyo.

You can get a lot of places through JR trains.

So if you're going from like the northern to southern tip of Japan, you're probably going to want to get a JR pass because then you can take the Shinkansen for free after you buy your really expensive pass.

Yeah, and this is only for foreigners who are living abroad.

Another tip would be you can buy special tickets called Ichinichiken or whatever they're called.

If you're in a big city such as Nagoya or Tokyo, they have Ichinichikens or all-day passes where you can pay a set amount of money and then ride the public transportation as much as you want in that one day.

So if you're in Tokyo and you're going to a bunch of stops in one day, you can end up spending like $30 on the train.

You should buy an all-day pass for $16 instead.

There are different levels depending on which trains and stuff you want to use so you can check that out.

But calculate how many places you plan on going that day and see if it's going to come out to be more than $16.

Otherwise, you know, just take the trains freely.

But they do have transportation in most places.

So if you don't have a car, you can pretty much get anywhere you want to go by the trains, the buses, and then taxis if you absolutely have to.

A lot of things just in general are pretty expensive here like admission to certain areas.

To me, that's kind of a ridiculous price to pay just so you can get a nice view.

I personally would not be willing to pay that, but that's what it is.

There are a lot of admissions to big places that are really expensive like that.

However, admissions to temples and shrines are really cheap.

It's usually only a couple dollars if you have to pay at all.

And temples and shrines can be really, really beautiful.

So I highly recommend going to those if you're traveling to Japan.

Other things that won't really affect you if you're just visiting, but if you live here, things like Jun taking driver training was $2,000.

For him to get his license, he had to go through driver training in Japan and it cost like $2,000.

I wonder how it's like in other countries though.

I mean, America, everyone has to drive to go places, so it cannot be that expensive.

I don't think there are many countries where it's $2,000 to get your license.

Most people still go to pet stores and pets there can be anywhere from $2,000 to $5,000.

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