and if it's not the cheapest, it definitely is one of the cheapest ways to get around Japan

and the ticket is called the seishun 18 kippu in Japanese

and in English it goes along the lines of youthful 18 ticket

I'm not quite sure why they added the "youthful" and the "18" in there because

no matter how old you are, anyone can buy the ticket

If you get this ticket, it gives you unlimited rides on the local and rapid trains on the JR line

For the ticket it’s around 11,850 yen so it comes to around 2,370 yen a day

so that's really cheap, imagine going from Tokyo to Osaka

or like Tokyo to Hokkaido, that's amazing!

and the ticket looks like this

so you can get unlimited rides on the local and rapid trains for 5 days or 5 times

however, it doesn’t have to be consecutive days

and also you can share this with your friends and family and use the ticket

just remember you have to use it up before it expires

the ticket is seasonal so it only goes on sale 3 times a year

So the youthful 18 ticket is very similar to the JR pass

however only foreigners with the tourist visa on their passports can purchase the JR pass

so I thought I would share this video with those of you who aren't on your tourist visa in Japan

I think this ticket is great for budget travellers

and it's great if you want to see more of the local Japan

or if you just want to have a spontaneous trip, just jump on a train and see where it takes you

I actually personally used this ticket a few times before

once I went from Tokyo all the way to Hiroshima

It took me around 16 hours

so that's a lot of time compared to the JR pass where you would just use the bullet train

However, time equals money right?

So you sacrifice time on this ticket

However, it's only 2,000 yen

It only cost me 2,000 yen to get from Tokyo all the way to Hiroshima

so that was really cool because I could stop along many train stations

like local train stations that you would never stop at

and I also went there by myself so it was a great way to see the local areas of Japan

and just get on and off a lot of the trains

The local trains do take a lot more time to get to the destination

however, you can see views that no other transportation method can offer

you can buy the tickets at any JR ticket offices or travel service centres

they are mostly located nearby the train ticket gates so it’s very easy to find

You can’t put the ticket through the automatic gates

so Instead, you have to pass through the manned gates and show the ticket to the station staff

you can also buy it on the ticket machines however they don't have an English one yet

but if you follow what I pressed on the Japanese one, it should be quite straight forward

Press for how many tickets you would like, one is for 5 days

and then just confirm and pay the money

here are some of my very old photos when I used this ticket to travel around Japan

visiting some friends and family

So I hope you guys found this video helpful