July 13, 2011

(Japan) Traveling In Japan Made Easy

Are you planning on going for holiday to Japan? Have you prepared all the necessary items needed during your stay? How are you going to reach your destination once you arrived in Nagoya, Tokyo or Osaka? Whether business or leisure, finding your destination become easier if you already knew the method of transportation available at any given time. Well, as you probably knew, the main transportation mode in Japan is the train.

There are 'Shinkansen' aka bullet train, 'Chikatetsu' aka subway & 'Densha' aka the normal train. If you're lost, use this words and people will instantly understand and they can help you to reach the train station easier. Now I will show you how to check for the train schedules by using this online service.

Meet Hiperdia. An online timetable for trains in Japan. What you have to do is just select the departure station and arrival station. Then fill up the date and time. You can also choose up to maximum 5 route suggestions. The system will gives you recommendations completes with time, estimated time, the name of stations, distances, fare and so on.

Below are the classic version that I used to. Looks very simple but very informative.