You May Need To Increase Your Travel Budget if You’re Heading to Japan Thanks to New ‘Tourist Taxes'

Starting July 2026, the fee to leave the country will triple from ¥1,000 to ¥3,000 (about $20 USD) per traveler.

Price of popular tourist rail pass in Japan to increase from October

Price of popular tourist rail pass in Japan to increase from October - Passengers will pay around £14 more for a week pass ...

Japan to raise rail pass fares for foreign tourists from October 2026

Foreign tourists planning trips to Japan will face higher costs for the Japan Rail Pass starting October 1st. The popular ...

Foreign tourists will pay more for Japan Rail Pass from October

TOKYO – Japan Rail (JR) group companies will raise prices for its Japan Rail Pass, a ticket aimed at foreign tourists that ...

Japan's bullet train to debut high-tech private cabins, for an added fee

A recently introduced Shinkansen high-speed train is set to add several exclusive private cabins over the next few months. According to a local report, these "private ...

Japan is hiking the price of its most popular tourist train pass very soon

Take Venice, for instance, which doubled its controversial tourist tax last year. Or Tenerife’s new eco-tax for hikers on ...
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How Japan’s Shinkansen bullet trains changed the world of rail travel forever

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sixty years ago, early in the morning of October 1, 1964, a sleek blue and white train slid effortlessly across the urban sprawl ...