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hi guys, its my first trip to japan coming this june and i'm a little confused with the train planner hyperdia.
I am travelling from Tokyo Shinjuku -> (via ltd narita express) Shinagawa -> (via shinkansen nozomi) Kyoto -> SagaArashiyama station where my airbnb is located. According to hyperdia, the sagaarashiyama train is a local train, i heard from my friends that booking for shinkansen and local trains are diff counters. Howevever, hyperdia shows that the journey with or without the last leg, from kyoto-sagaarashiyama is the same price. Does this mean that i can make a booking for the entire journey at shinjuku station at the start for one price? or do i have to book several separate tickets for this journey? TIA
Actually since it's your first time, just print out the hyperdia timetable of your route, highlight the timing that you want, and pass to the JR ticket office counter. They will know what you require and they will explain to you how to use the tickets. There will be 2 types of tickets that they will pass you, one is a base fare ticket and one is a shinkansen ticket.
The last time I went, my route was to take from Shinjuku to Kanazawa. On hyperdia it showed I have to take a normal train to Tokyo, then transfer to shinkansen. I was worried about the transfer, wondering if I should tap in with suica at Shinjuku and tap out at Tokyo then go in Tokyo station again with the shinkansen ticket or something like that (I didn't know how the tickets or fare gates work in Japan). I printed the hyperdia timetable (many bros here suggested to do this) and show it to the Shinjuku JR ticket office person, and I was confused when he passed me 4 tickets for 2 pax. He explained that one is a base fare ticket, and I can use that for the trip from Shinjuku to Tokyo, and the shinkansen ticket from Tokyo to Kanazawa. I remembered having to insert both tickets into the fare gates but can't remember if I did it at Shinjuku or Tokyo. In any case you can just clarify with the ticket office on how to use the tickets. They can speak decent English.
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