jr east pass

Tokyo to Sendai and back, with a Niigata side trip thrown in, costs about ¥33,540 in individual reserved-seat Shinkansen tickets at 2026 fares. The same itinerary on the new unified JR EAST PASS is ¥35,000 for five days, with another four days of free movement around Tokyo, Niigata and the whole Tohoku interior baked in. … Read more