The Japan Railways Group has just announced a Seishun 18 Kippu special for the upcoming Winter 2007-2008 season. The special-deal Seishun 18 Kippu will be offered at 11,500yen, five (5) days of unlimited travel on any JR futsu (regular) and kaisoku (rapid) trains along with a very small number of exceptions permitting travels on express trains (e.g., between Kanita and Kikonai sandwiching the Seikan Undersea Tunnel).

For the Winter season, you can buy the Seishun 18 Kippu between 1st December 2007 and 10th January 2008, and the pass can be used between 10th December 2007 and 20th January 2008 (last day of travel with Seishun 18 Kippu).

This is about the cheapest way to travel for five days in Japan that I have ever heard of, short of hitchhiking and/or walking. Granted that it can be tiring to travel far on a futsu or even a rapid train, but at only 2,300 yen per day, you don't even have to go the distance to make it worthwhile.

JR website for Seishun 18 kippu

Date: November 29, 2007| Comment (0) | Trackback (0)

KYUSHU BASHO is coming November.

Date: November 11, 2007 - November 25
Venue: Fukuoka Kokusai Center
Access: 13-minute bus ride from Hakata station (JR), eight-minute bus ride from Tenjin station (subway), 15-minute walk from Gofuku-machi station (subway)

Ticket order start 7th October at Fukuoka Kokusai Centre

order by phone starts 9th October
call 092 291 9333 (within Japan)
from overseas +81 92 291 9333
http://www.sumo.or.jp/eng/ticket/fukuoka.html

cheapest ticket is 3100 yen.

Direction to Fukuoka Kokusai centre from Khaosan Fukuoka.

10 mins walk back to Hakata station, then take a bus #11, 19, 50, these buses take you there about 13 mins. The cost is 180 yen.

Date: October 5, 2007| Comment (0)

Click here for the direction from JR HAKATA Station to KHAOSAN FUKUOKA


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No,1 icon---KHAOSAN FUKUOKA
No,2 icon---JR HAKATA STATION
No,3 icon---International terminal
No,4 icon---Domestic terminal

We are located 8 to 10 mins walk from JR hakata staion, also 5, 6 mins walk from Higashi Hie subway staion. Higashi Hie is just 1 stop from Fukuoka airpot. The subway arrives at Domestic terminal, but they have free shuttle bus to International terminal. From Khaosan Fukuoka to Internationl terminal, it takes just less 10 mins by taxi. Cost you about 1000 yen.

Date: January 16, 2007

JR Kyushu has a great value pass, "KYUSHU RAIL PASS".
They have 2 types of PASS, 1 for 3 days cost 13,000 yen, another one is for 5 days cost 16,000 yen.
You don't need to apply for that from overseas like as JR pass.
It means that you don't need JR pass travelling for Kyushu, You could use your JR pass, may be 7 days in Honshu, tokyo, yokohama, kyoto, osaka, kobe, hiroshima.
JR KYUSHU website
There is a ferry from Hakata international port to Busan, Korea.
It takes just 3 hours, and also they have ferry and Korea rail pass cost about 28,000 yen for 5 days.
This pass include return ferry ticket between Hakata and Busan, and Korea rail pass for 5 days. for more details see the website.

Date: December 25, 2006| Comment (0) | Trackback (0)

Name of Hakata is very famous for japanese people except people who live in Fukuoka prefecture.
I mean that there is the area named as Hakata, but it is actually one part of Fukuoka city at this time.
But I think "Hakata" is more popular than "Fukuoka" for Japanese people.
For example there is a Paddington in London, if British people called "paddington" instead of expression of London.

From wikitravel

Fukuoka is a modern city; most of its buildings are new. Historically, it was divided into Hakata (博多) and Fukuoka, two separate cities divided by the central river, and the main railway station and port are still known as Hakata Station and Hakata Port. The westernmost part of Fukuoka is also known as Sawara (早良).

Fukuoka is a good starting point to begin a vacation to Japan for first-timers. Compared to Tokyo, even New York, London, Paris, and Los Angeles will seem sleepy and life appear slow. Beginning the trip at Fukuoka will help ease the transition. While still a big modern city, it's not hard to get around. The train station is already the loci of one of the city's two city centers (the other being Tenjin). When you're ready to head to the big cities up north, just board the "shinkansen" train line.

Date: December 20, 2006| Comment (0) | Trackback (0)