Demystifying Japan’s LIMITED EXPRESS TRAINS: How to Buy Tickets & Ride

We cover all you need to know to buy tickets and ride Limited Express Trains in Japan. Including the Romancecar to Hakone, Fuji Excursion to Kawaguchiko, Spacia to Nikko, Hitachi to visit Hitachi Seaside Park, and Thunderbird Limited Express between Tsuruga Station and Shin-Osaka Station. We appreciate the commissions we earn when you purchase train tickets through our Klook affiliate link: https://geni.us/fujiexcursion

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TIME STAMPS

00:00 Japan's limited express trains
00:27 Categories of trains
01:16 Popular limited express trains
02:00 When to purchase tickets
02:37 Cost of limited express ticket
03:30 Ways to pay base fare
03:45 Children's train tickets
04:08 Using Whole Japan Rail Pass
04:36 How to purchase ltd. exp. tickets
05:26 Examples of limited express trains
05:28 Romancecar from Shinjuku to Hakone-Yumoto
06:28 Fuji Excursion from Shinjuku to Kawaguchiko
07:37 Spacia Kegon from Asakusa to Tobu-Nikko
08:59 Hitachi - Tokiwa from Shinagawa to Katsuta
10:50 Thunderbird from Tsuruga to Shin-Osaka
11:37 Which tickets to insert into ticket gate
12:39 Navigating train stations
15:09 Subscribe for Japan travel tips!


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