Travel around Japan can be very expensive and for this reason many tourists choose the solution of the Japan Rail pass for unlimited rail travels by paying a fixed cost, but remember: this cost is very high.

The best and cheapest solution is to use the night bus to travel between the various cities in Japan.

All major Japanese cities are connected by a network of buses, both at day and night and not only you can save money, but also a lot of time.

Consider that travel with Shinkansen train is fast, but it still takes several hours to get from one city to another and all this time is wasted.

Here below the advantages of night bus:

- you will save a lot in relation to the cost of the train or the Japan Rail pass: travel by bus can be very convenient. For example from Osaka to Tokyo with the Shinkansen the cost is about 13000Yen, while the same route by bus can cost you only about 5000Yen;

- you will save on the cost of overnight stay: if you sleep at night in the bus you will not need to sleep at the hotel;

- you will save a lot of time: if you take the night bus at the end of the day, in the next morning you will be at your city destination very early. If you take for istance a Shinkansen at 11 am, you probably arrive at your destination at 3 pm, causing you to lose many hours that you can invest in something else more profitable. Read the rest of this entry »