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09-06-2009, 05:59 PM
The 7 day JR rail pass works out to just over 4000 yen per day. You can roughly estimate that each hour of riding a train would normally cost you about 1000-1500 yen, if you just bought a ticket (depending upon local/express trains). That means that you'd need to ride the train an average of 3-4 hours a day, every day, in order to break even. If you ride less than that, you lose money on the JR pass. If you ride more, you save money.
Now, the one big difference is the shinkansen (bullet train). That is normally far, far more expensive than normal trains, and it is covered by the JR pass. If you'll be riding the Shinkansen for a couple long trips, it will often be enough that the JR pass becomes worth it.
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