I’m not entirely sure why these cheap railway tickets, that you can get in Japan, have the name Seishun Juhachi Kippu, which literally means “Youthful Eighteen Ticket”, but I think it has something to do with the age eighteen, the implication being that this is some kind of youth fare. But rest assured that you […]
It is the Moscow to Vladivostok route that is the Trans-Siberian Railway proper, as opposed to the two other trans-Eurasian routes that end up in Beijing. The main route of the Trans-Siberian starts at Moscow, passing through Chelyabinsk, Omsk, Novosibirsk, Irkutsk, Chita, Blagoveshchensk, Khabarovsk, and finally Vladivostok, taking seven days on its 6,152 mile route.
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Many budget travelers are deterred from considering Japan as a holiday destination due to the fact that the country is renowned for being somewhat expensive. However, touring around Japan as an independent traveler may not be quite such a drain on the finances as you first thought. For starters there is the Japan Rail Pass, […]
