Tourists can have a gala time, while in Japan, provided the expenses are within the budget. The Budget travel in Japan can turn out to be a wonderful idea for the tourists with a tight budget. Students and common people can easily afford to visit various sight-seeing places of Japan within their budget.
The guidelines for Japan budget travel are as follows:
Located in major stations and airports of Japan are the Japan Rail Pass Exchange Office which helps the tourist to avail cheaper passes. One can use these passes for traveling in trains, ferries, buses at a low rate. These passes are available as 7-day, 14-day, and 21-day passes. Some rates of these passes are:
In Tokyo : Tokyo Tokunai Free Ticket - 1 Day / 730 yen (Japan Railway line only)
Tokyo Free Ticket -1 Day /1580 yen (JR line, Eidan Subway).
Long distance buses are also found in Japan which is quite cheap in rate than the bullet trains. This is a good option for budget travel in Japan . Various sorts of money saving tour packages are offered by the travel agencies in Japan. Hiring a car from inside the airport of Japan would cost much, so it is better to get it from outside. Different types of cars like Compact car, big vans, and Sports cars are available in Japan. The rates for Compact car – 4,000 Yen per day.
Youth hostels and dormitories are the cheapest modes of accommodation available in Japan, where rates are 3000 yen per person, for members. Others have it for 1000yen more. The frill minshukus which range between 3000 per night per person are very cheap indeed. Gaijin guesthouses are also an inexpensive accommodation choice for the travelers.
