Japan Rail Pass, standard or green pass?

Do you know that it is very hard to book your seats in Japanese holiday seasons (see the list below)? Japanese people want to get back to their home town alone or with their family for the Bon festival or New Year’s celebration, most of them using trains, especially non-reserved cars were overcrowded with such people.

If you are planning to travel Japan in such time (Actually, we recommend to avoid traveling Japan in such time), we recommend to buy the green Japan rail Pass.

With a Green Japan Rail Pass, you can reserve your seats not only in the first class, but also in the second class. Keeping your seats is very important during such holiday seasons, with your Green Japan Rail Pass, your possibility gets doubled.

Don’t forget, it would really be better to reserve your seats just after arrival in Japan. Without reserving seats, you can’t take a seat in the first class, even if you have a Green Japan Rail Pass. Only taking seats in the non-reserved car is possible if you don’t reserve your seats at the service center (Midori no Madoguchi). We hope you can keep your seats.