JR 'Holiday Pass' Ticket is very useful for brief trip around Tokyo. You don't have to purchase a ticket for your destination, this ticket will help you to go aground Tokyo and suburban about 80 Km area. You can change your destination where you want to get off, and get on again.
Guess you get on JR Tsuchiura to going to Hachioji for your cousin's birthday , but you forget a bouquet and need to shopping at Shinjuku, regular ticket will be wasted. But this 'Holiday Pass' ticket will help you. You do not have to decide your destination when you buy ticket.You can free pass within these area.
Line Station JR-Tohoku Line Oyama JR-Joban Line Tsuchiura JR-Takasaki Line Kumagaya JR-Chuo/Oume Line Otsuki, OkuTama JR-Tokaido Line Fujisawa JR-Uchibo Line Kisarazu JR-Narita Line Narita If your friend lives in these area and you want to meet them at weekend, or you want to enjoy short trip around Tokyo, this ticket will help you.
Note:
- You can not use the next day. Only the day you buy this ticket.
- You can not use 'Shinkansen' super express.
- You will be asked extra charge, if you want to use express or reserved seat or first class( Green Car ).
- This ticket will not sell at weekdays, but only Saturday, Sunday and Japanese National Holidays.
How to buy ?
This is JR ticket vending machine in Shinjuku Station.( South gate) Touch panel type. You can find 'ENGLISH' button at the top left corner of this screen. Touch 'English' button on this screen, Discount Ticket button will be appear. This is another type of ticket vending machine. Manual button type. You can find 'Discount ticket'. Push these buttons on the machine. You can find 2300 yen button on the screen. Touch this and put your money into the machine, you can buy this 'Holiday Pass Ticket'. You get two slips. One is this information, you can not use this. The other is 'real ticket', map described. This mapped slip will be wizard for JR ticket gate.