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What is Seishun 18 Kippu

The Seishun Juhachi Kippu has a direct meaning of "Youthful 18 Ticket". The ticket is seasonally available in Japan during long holiday, which gives you 5 days unlimited train ride nationwide on local and rapid JR (Japan Railways) for only 11,500 yen or 2,300 Yen per day.

The available period is : (subject to change)

Spring


Ticket sales : 20 February - 31 March

Validity : 1 March - 10 April

Summer


Ticket sales : 1 July - 31 August

Validity : 20 July - 10 September

Winter


Ticket sales : 1 December - 31 December



    Validity : 10 December - 10 January

    Although it's named as "Youthful 18 Ticket" but anybody can purchase and use the ticket. The price is the same for both adult and child. The ticket is available at most of the JR station.

    The merits of the ticket are:

    1. It could be shared. Simply said 1 tickets give unlimited ride for 5 days or 5 people/day. If you share between 2, then 1 get 2 days and another get 3 days. Unfortunately, all must travel together because the ticket is only one.

    2. Very cheap. Consider the regular price of the rail ticket in Japan, unlimited ride for only 2,300 yen is very cheap.

    Sample of Seishun 18 kippu (1 stamp means 1 day used)

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    Demerits are:

    1. It is not applicable to any kind of bullet train
    2. Because it's only applicable to local and rapid JR you have to change the train many times for long distance ride

    Example for usage of Seishun 18 kippu

    Travel from Tokyo to Osaka normally cost 8,510 yen but with Seishun 18 Kippu it will cost you only 2,300 yen.
    Anyway, it could take a whole day, comparing to Shinkansen which take only 3 hours

    Tokyo
    08:36~10:27
     / 20 stations
    Atami
    10:35~11:50  / 17 stations
    Shizuoka
    12:03~13:15  / 16 stations
    Hamamatsu
    13:21~13:55  / 8 stations
    Toyohashi
    14:03~16:10  / 20 stations
    Maibara
    16:18~17:43  / 14 station
    Osaka


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