You\u2019ll be able to see more of Kansai while spending less if you purchase one of the all-access travel passes. These are a great alternative to a JR Pass as they tend to be more cost-effective than buying something that covers the entire country. Plus, you can choose a pass that suits your travel plans, including the type of transportation you want to use.<\/p>\n
The Kansai Area Pass is like the JR Pass but just for Kansai. It allows you to use all the JR lines, including the West Japan JR Bus. You\u2019ll also have free access to Ekirin-kun<\/a> rental bicycles, and you can receive a 10-percent discount on car rentals at JR stations. The pass is available for one, two, three, or four days.<\/p>\n To use private train, bus, and subway lines in Kansai (not JR lines), choose the Kansai Thru Pass. You\u2019ll be able to travel on all the private lines at no extra cost \u2014 except for the Limited Express Rapi:t train to and from Kansai International Airport. The pass also provides you with more than 350 additional discounts for tourist spots. You can choose if you want the pass for two or three days, and there\u2019s no need to use the days consecutively.<\/p>\n The Kansai\u2013Hiroshima Area Pass allows you to travel within Kansai and beyond into Hiroshima. This pass may be ideal if you want to spend five days traveling throughout the area. Like the Kansai Area Pass, this option is just for JR lines \u2014 including regular and express trains, a couple of bus lines, and the JR West Japan Miyajima Ferry<\/a>. Again, you\u2019ll have a discount on car rentals and free bicycle rental.<\/p>\n You may want to spend one or two days just in Osaka. In this case, the Osaka Amazing Pass could be the right option for you. This pass will allow you to take almost all the subways and buses in the city, plus a few trains. It also comes with free admission to Osaka Castle and Tsutenkaku<\/a>, along with almost 50 other top tourist sites.<\/p>\n Spend one or two days touring Kyoto with a One-Day Pass (despite its name, there is a two-day option). Although it covers most of the bus and subway lines in the city, you\u2019ll most likely want to stick to the subway when possible as traffic jams are common in Kyoto. You\u2019ll also have discounts for around 60 tourist spots.<\/p>\n Finally, if you want to travel around Kyoto and Osaka for a day or two, the Kyoto\u2013Osaka Sightseeing Pass could be ideal. As it\u2019s just for Keihan trains, this pass is cheaper than the others. However, this is enough to reach most of the highlights of Kyoto.<\/p>\n Research carefully what you want to do beforehand to pick a pass that works best for you. Osaka and Kyoto are the most famous destinations, but there is plenty to see and do in cities like Kobe, Nara, and Himeji \u2014 to name just a few.<\/p>\n Basile Morin<\/a>, CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a>, via Wikimedia Commons<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" You\u2019ll be able to see more of Kansai while spending less if you purchase one of the all-access travel passes. These are a great alternative to a JR Pass as they tend to be more cost-effective than buying something that covers the entire country. Plus, you can choose a pass that suits your travel plans, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":4666,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,118,86,82],"tags":[451,74,229,119,120,347,169],"class_list":["post-4665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hiroshima-2","category-kyoto","category-osaka","category-travel","tag-kansai-day-trips","tag-kobe-city","tag-kobe-prefecture","tag-kyoto-city","tag-kyoto-prefecture","tag-osaka-metropolis","tag-osaka-prefecture"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4665"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50135,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4665\/revisions\/50135"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Kansai Thru Pass<\/h2>\n
Kansai\u2013Hiroshima Area Pass<\/h2>\n
Osaka Amazing Pass<\/h2>\n
Kyoto One-Day Pass<\/h2>\n
Kyoto\u2013Osaka Sightseeing Pass<\/h2>\n
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