The advantage of this is that you can save time in long queues at the green window. Also, if you have language barriers and you are afraid that you cannot speak Japanese or English and you are afraid of communication , this is our kind of social anxiety. The most suitable person. If you like traveling to Japan or are interested in life in Japan, welcome to subscribe to U1’s channel and follow me on Facebook and Instagram. Then the video starts . Oh, hey, I’m a Taiwanese U1 dad living in Japan. Today I want to make a practical video. Do you know about Japan's travel ticket JR pass? It is a ticket that allows you to ride unlimited Shinkansen and trains within a certain number of days. This ticket is something you must know when traveling to Japan. We all know in the past that we have to go to the green window of the designated station to buy the JRpass , which is a very discounted bus ticket. But the green window is really crowded every time . Like The green windows in Ueno, Tokyo, and Shinjuku always have long queues and long waits . I recently discovered that you can buy JR pass directly online, which is much more convenient. Even if you don’t speak Japanese or English, then there are many problems on the site. When there is no Chinese-speaking station attendant and there is no Chinese-speaking station attendant at the site, you can buy it directly online, saving you the time of queuing and the trouble of needing to talk . There is also a very convenient function. That is, after you buy it, you can reserve your reserved seat directly online. When I went to Tohoku before, I visited a lot of places. When I went to Tohoku festivals, I visited a lot of stations. Many Shinkansen in Tohoku require reservations. Seats can only be reserved at designated seats , so you have to line up at the window to reserve a seat every time. I found it very troublesome at that time , but with this new method, you can book tickets online , you can also reserve seats directly online or you can You can just take your ticket card and go directly to the designated machine to reserve a seat. It’s very convenient. Let’s take a look at how to buy it. We are currently on the JR East website . There is a language section on it. You can Click on it and select the language you need, Traditional Chinese or English, and a Chinese page like this will appear. Moreover, the website has recently been revised. I think it has become very cute, which may have something to do with his price increase. Haha , then the price is from here. If you click on the pass here, you will see that there are many different pass types . This one is for the Tohoku region , this one is for the Nagano Niigata region , and the Tokyo wide area pass . If you want to come to Tokyo, it is the recent maple leaf season. If you want to go to Karuizawa or Lake Kawaguchi, you can buy this one and it can cover a wide range . Then there are JR Tohoku and South Hokkaido , JR East and South Hokkaido, Hokuriku Arch Railway, etc. There are many kinds of railways. If you click on the pass, you can see the rules of use , who can buy it, and the fare like this. It means unlimited rides on the Shinkansen trains in the designated area within 5 days . Foreigners living in Japan can also buy this pass. Because there are some travel passes for Hokkaido, like U1, which foreigners who hold mid- to long-term visas and live in Japan cannot buy them. But if you are just a short-term visitor who wants to visit Japan, you can basically buy them. Don’t worry. Click here and scroll down, and he will tell you that this pass is suitable for Nagano Niigata. It is a pass for the Nagano Niigata area. He will tell you what kind of people are suitable for this pass. For example, if you want to go to Niigata to taste Japanese sake. If you want to go to gourmet food , go skiing in Niigata , or go to places like Kamakura, Akihabara, Shinjuku, etc., then this pass is very suitable for you. But if you still don’t know whether the place you want to go to is included in the scope of this pass, you still don’t know. You can continue reading and they will have a very detailed introduction to the pass . This pass can be used on all lines of JR East, all lines of Izu, all Hokuetsu Express lines, etc. They have very detailed instructions here . If you know, you can open his PDF file. There is a very simple and easy-to-understand picture. If you zoom in a little, you can see that this pass can be reached from Narita Airport or Haneda Airport by taking the Etsu Shinkansen all the way up. From Niigata or from here to Nagano, you can take a ride all the way to Nagano and other places. You can also go to Yokohama, Izu and other places . Of course, they are some of the bigger attractions. They will also have a picture to tell you like this. This pass is You can go to Matsumoto Castle, you can go to Niigata Echigo Yuzawa, you can go to Karuizawa, you can go to Izu. This one is so useful. Hehe, and Kamikochi. It’s very wide. It’s really great . You can also go to the very famous Gunma. Kusatsu Onsen has some of the larger attractions like this. They are marked with pictures. You can easily find out whether the place you want to go to is included in the pass . One thing to note is that the validity period of the pass is like This card can be used for five days. Five days does not mean that you can choose five days out of ten. It has to be used for five consecutive days . For example, from October 1st to October 5th, you cannot jump around like this. You have to use it continuously and then return it. One very important thing is that when you buy a travel pass, you must bring your passport , because this is a benefit exclusive to us foreigners, that is, you must have a passport before you can buy this travel pass , and it is also a coupon that comes with a book. If you have a good passport , you can click on the ticket purchase here and jump in. If you don’t know English, change it to Chinese first and then buy the travel pass here. You can also view all the coupons you want to buy here. Does it include the area you want to go ? Wow, this picture is really easy to understand. You can see it very clearly. Suppose we are going to Niigata and Nagano today. Click to purchase this pass. It can be used for 5 days by foreign tourists living in Japan. You can purchase the pass and click in. He will remind you again that you must have a passport and prepare your passport number. Then when you want to collect the physical ticket, you must show your original passport and then purchase the pass here . You need to log in with your account and password I will teach you how to apply for an eki-net account here. You only need to apply once (click Become a member) and then buy other Japan Passes (click Become a member) as long as it is JR East (click Become a member ). Become a member) can directly use the same account (press Become a member). It is very convenient (press Become a member) . It is recommended that everyone apply (press Become a member). OH is all in English . Let’s change it to Chinese. That’s right here. There are some terms that you need to read a little bit. Then here are some terms that you need to read a little bit. After reading them, slide to the bottom and click Agree. You can also click on the English ones . Then fill in your mailbox here. This is the job of U1. Mailbox and select the language you want to receive. Then you can go to your mailbox to find the registration letter. Enter it from the registration link. It is in English. Enter the registration link and fill in the basic information . Fill in your name, year of birth, and so on ( Taiwan Mandarin?) Date of birth , then gender , country of passport issuance, Taiwan, and phone number. Then enter your password and fill in whether you want to receive electronic announcements and whether you want to receive Shinkansen automatic ticket gates through information emails . That is, when you enter the ticket gate, they will send you an email telling you which station you are entering from now. See if anyone needs it. Then fill in the language confirmation input content when receiving the email . The next step is to enter. Confirm the input content of the credit card information . This completes the registration of the credit card. You can purchase JRpass on the JR East website. OK . Then it will automatically log in for us. Next , confirm again. OK. The one I want to buy is the Nagano Niigata area. Then select the start date here. The start date of JRpass is that you can only purchase it one month ago. So if I want to go on the 13th of next month, for example, if I want to go to Niigata, then it will be the 13th of this month. This pass can be purchased at the beginning . Then we will choose the day of use. If I want to play for five days, I will choose November 13th to start using it. Then enter your name, date of birth , and the issuing country of your passport, Taiwan . After you have your passport number and click next , you have to choose the pick-up window for your pass. Here you can choose Narita Airport. You can pick up the ticket right after you get off the plane from Narita Airport. It is very convenient. You can also go to Ueno Tokyo Haneda. You can collect it at the airport , Shinjuku, Ikebukuro, Shibuya, Shinagawa and other places. It is a place that everyone knows about some major stations and relatively famous stations. If I get off the plane at Terminal 1 today, I will go to Niigata as soon as I get off the plane . Of course I will. Pick it up directly at the airport. Then I will pick up the ticket on the day I get off the plane. Then I will choose the 13th. After selecting it, click Next here. They will need you to confirm some things. For example , everyone needs to be present to receive the pass. When you pick up the ticket, you must remember to bring your passport. I remind you again and again. After you have read everything and everything is OK, press Agree and go to the next step. Here is to reconfirm the type of the pass you purchased, the date, the price, and the number of people. Are you correct? The date you want to pick up the ticket , the station you want to pick up, etc. After confirming these information again and again, you can directly swipe the card to pay. This credit card can be used to pay directly online. Taiwanese credit cards can also be used . Then swipe here and you are done. After booking the ticket , he will send you an email with a QRcode displayed on it. Then we will use this QRcode to go directly to the station to collect the ticket. The second half of the video to collect the ticket will show you how to actually do it. If you haven’t collected the ticket yet, Before, you could reserve a seat online first. So here I will show you how I want to reserve a seat . Let's go to the JR East website and switch the language to Chinese . Then we have logged in. Then let's continue. The next step is to go to the pass area and select this ticket purchase again. This seat reservation will appear. Here we have to change to Chinese to reserve a designated seat. Select this to use the pass. For those who already have the pass, I have already purchased the Internet. After buying it, I click on it and the Nagano Niigata area pass that U1 bought just now will appear. If we want to reserve this pass, just click on the ticket you want to reserve and go in. It will search from the station. Or search from the route. If I want to go from Tokyo to Niigata today, I will check it first (its English). It is more troublesome here . You can only enter the station name in English, so you have to check the place you want to go in English first. What, let’s say I want to go from Tokyo to Niigata Tokyo Niigata , then select my departure date and departure time , and then search to see what kind of trains are available during this time period. OK, here you can select a reserved seat. There is a train desk train desk here. If I remember correctly , that car is operational. In the train desk car, there is a special car where you can talk on the phone and use a computer for meetings. Normally , you have to keep quiet in ordinary trains and Shinkansen. You can’t even use your mobile phone (to talk on the phone) , but only this train desk is quite special. It can be operated like this. After selecting it, press Designate. I want to select the seat from the designated seat . Then I have to select from the seating chart. Do you want to sit by the window or the aisle ? It all depends on your personal preference. I choose one at random first and click here to confirm the reservation content. Then I will check if your reservation time is correct. Then I also choose your ticket collection window. I also choose Narita and fill in the ticket collection date and select the same day . Then press One step , then click Agree here , and be careful to complete the ticket collection before he leaves, then click Next, confirm there is no problem , and then pay 0 yuan. Usually there is an additional fee for reserved seats , but because we have this JRpass , we There is no need to pay extra for reserved seats. I really think this service is great, so I just click on the application button to book the tickets. After applying for a ticket reservation, he will still send you another email saying that you have successfully reserved the designated seats for this section. Then the next step is to take everyone to actually pick up the tickets . Remember to bring your passports . Then we will pick up the tickets today. First of all, when picking up a ticket, you have to be prepared. When you buy the ticket, he will send you this email, which contains a QR code. And the most important thing is that you must remember to bring your passport and have this before you can pick up the ticket . Let's start with that. Come and collect your tickets. When you collect your tickets, you should look for the one with this red logo and the LOGO that says JR-EAST RAIL PASS . This is because only machines with this logo are attached. Only machines that can scan your passport are attached with this. There is a machine that can scan your passport . Now let's get the tickets. It 's very simple. Let's take a look at it. First of all, when you get here, press Traditional Chinese Welcome and you will come to the world you know. Then press Scan here to scan the QRcode and get it ready. The QRcode you just took will beep in the red place here, and then confirm whether the ticket you bought is correct. Then, like I have already reserved a designated seat, so all the subsequent tickets are available , click this to issue the reserved ticket and then take a look. Do you meet the qualifications for collecting tickets ? OK , confirm and click Agree. Now you have to put your passport on his machine. Please scan your passport. It is running now. Please take your card and ticket. Tickets are being issued . A lot of photos hahaha OK. This completes the JRpass I bought. This one is a JRpass and all the tickets for designated seats came out at once. It is very simple and fast . The advantage of doing this is that you can save time in long queues at the green window. Also, if you have a language barrier and you are afraid that you cannot speak Japanese or English and you will be afraid of communication, this is the most suitable for people like us with social anxiety. I hope everyone can have a wonderful trip to Japan.
