Japan Transport

Railways are the main transport arteries of the country along with the sea. Network ultramodern high-speed train connects most cities in the country, and also serves most domestic routes in major cities. They are divided into long-distance trains and local lines, which in turn are divided into simple express trains, "Limited Express and Ordinary train, reaching with all stops. Regardless of the range distance, all Japanese trains are equipped with soft seats, automatic coffee and soft drinks, one must have a toilet, a city phone and convenient display in Japanese and English.

For movement by rail is convenient ticket "Japan Rail Pass" (valid only for the visitors with a tourist visa, please purchase in advance), which provides the possibility of unlimited travel on trains, buses and ferries company "Japan Railways", and on some trains, private companies, within a certain period (one, two or three weeks). Ticket is, transfer it to another person is prohibited (in the test must present a passport to confirm the legality of the acquisition).

Intraurban lines highlighted in color, have a rather convoluted route, and depart frequently from the same platform, so it stands to scrutinize the background (they also state the information on the costs of travel to a particular station). Fares range 120-300 JPY, tickets are purchased at special ticket machines at stations (part of the long queues) and shall be at the exit of the train station of destination. There are special electronic "orange card" worth 1 thousand, 3 thousand, 5 thousand and 10 thousand JPY, which should be inserted before the trip into a special machine and collect the ticket price, and the amount is automatically debited from the card. In the transition from a branch owned by one company, on a branch of another company, bought a new ticket. You can pay for the ticket and the destination station.

The system bus is extremely well developed and covers all the cities, but is usually extremely difficult for an unprepared person. Most bus lines operate from 7.00 to 21.00, some buses serving remote areas, from 5.30 to 23.00. At each stop, to indicate its name, the route and its number, however, often only in Japanese. Payment is made before leaving the bus. The city trip costs about 200 JPY, outside the city - depending on the distance. There is a one-day ticket costs about 1200 JPY (JPY 600 for children under 12 years), which in some cases also valid for travel on the subway.

Movement of the left hand side, the road constantly overloaded, and the police strictly enough.

Domestic airline of the country perfectly developed, but due to its small distance and relatively high prices for tickets, using them is only for trips to outer islands.

Metro developed only in large cities, but also covers the surrounding localities, resulting in the division lines on the zone. Trains run at intervals of 5 minutes from 5.00 to 23.30-24.00. The payment system is the same as on the railway lines, but fares vary by route, depending on the zone (120-1500 JPY). The cars are painted in different colors depending on the line and have a special place of gray ( "silver seats") for the elderly and disabled, which is better not to take.

Taxis are numerous and readily available, but extremely expensive. Rate starts from JPY 650 in Tokyo (500-580 JPY in other cities), then - on 80-90 JPY for some certain distance. For every minute of downtime - 45-50 JPY. From 23.00 to 6.00 fare more expensive by 30%. In many parts of the city taxi drivers are allowed to stop only at specially designated parking lots. Green light signal means that the machine is busy, red - is free, the yellow light on the empty car means that she goes on a phone call. Doors, automatic machines, the machines are clean and comfortable. Failure of a passenger's itinerary, or legally prohibited, in case of loss of anything in the car, relies almost 100% of compensation for lost value.

Aeroflot performs daily flight from Moscow to Tokyo (9-10 hours), the Japanese airline JAL has two flights a week (in the summer - three). Several airlines offer flights with a change in the various cities in Europe and Asia.

"Vladivostok Avia" has one weekly flight from Vladivostok to Osaka in two and two in Niigata Toyama. Dalavia flies twice weekly from Khabarovsk to Niigata. "SAT Airlines" perform two weekly flights from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk in Sapporo and one - in Hakodate.

Marine communication between Russia and Japan regularly. From the Russian ports on the Sea of Japan from time to time in Japan go court, but there is no clear timetable. However, numerous ferries go to Japan from South Korea. Thus, you can fly to South Korea and Japan to cross on the ferry, while the South Korean transit visa is not required.