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)

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