excellent resource for people like me who not only don't have a clue about taking the train in Japan but also barely have experience taking trains in general!
That's "How to take the subway in Tokyo" not "How to take the train in Japan". For the former it explains everything quite well, for the latter it misses out a lot of critical information.
Why do I have to buy two tickets for express trains?
Differences between reserved and open seating and which car to board.
Sinkansen train types.
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The IC cards in Kansai (Icoca, Pitapa) and when they work in Kanto and where they don't.
One man trains and how to pay on them.
What do to in a station without anyone working there.
I'm only being critical because I think the author could write a much better post about this. It's about raising the quality of the blogs, not a personal attack.
See! Here's is where experiences pays off. Not information according to some arm chair travelers! REAL experience. Good job David. I've been harping on about this for a year now.
To be fair, it does state quite clearly "this article is focused primarily on taking the subway in Tokyo". Sure, even then there's a lot it doesn't cover. But realistically we're talking about a national transportation network run by two dozen different companies, with 25,000 km of rail, thousands of stations and hundred of different ticket and train types. You could write a book on the subject and still leave stuff out.
@David - thank you for your input - I would appreciate it if you would share some of the information about the IC cards in Kansai (Icoca, Pitapa)in the comments on the site. Having never lived or traveled extensively in Kansai I am not aware of the intricacies of the system so would have a hard time explaining it to my readers.
As far as Shinkansen tickets, you make a good point about explaining the difference between reserved, open and green car seating and that is something I will be sure to cover in a future article.
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excellent resource for people like me who not only don't have a clue about taking the train in Japan but also barely have experience taking trains in general!
That's "How to take the subway in Tokyo" not "How to take the train in Japan". For the former it explains everything quite well, for the latter it misses out a lot of critical information.
Why do I have to buy two tickets for express trains?
Differences between reserved and open seating and which car to board.
Sinkansen train types.
é’春１８切符
The IC cards in Kansai (Icoca, Pitapa) and when they work in Kanto and where they don't.
One man trains and how to pay on them.
What do to in a station without anyone working there.
I'm only being critical because I think the author could write a much better post about this. It's about raising the quality of the blogs, not a personal attack.
As far as Shinkansen tickets, you make a good point about explaining the difference between reserved, open and green car seating and that is something I will be sure to cover in a future article.