Bullet Trains!!!!

Narita Express ©2007 Jannese Rojas

Ok, I'm sure you have heard of the shinkansen,"bullet trains", in Japan, well they are fucking fast as hell. We took one from Tokyo to Kyoto, it was a 2hr 20min ride. It was really cool because we were blasting through mountains, the train felt like it was going to fly off the rails on turns, but it didn't and it was amazing. Well if you are planning to visit somewhere besides your incoming destination I would highly recommend getting a JR railway pass it will save you some money, they come in 7 day, 14 day, and 21 day passes. The less days on the pass the cheaper. The are only sold to foreigners so you must buy it in your own country, before you leave for Japan. The pass is good for all JR trains including the express train from Narita Airport, and the Yamanote line which is the central line in Tokyo and you will be using a lot. We were in Japan for two weeks so for the first week we didn't use the pass because we wanted it for Kyoto and the Narita express back to the airport, since we got the 7 day pass which cost $243 when we bought it, it various on the Yen at the time you buy it. So this is a pass to buy your ticket. When you get to Japan and when you are ready to start using the pass you take it to a JR station which are at every major train hub to cash it in. There are always very nice english speaking staff on hand so no worries.