KANSAI PASS / KANSAI WIDE AREA PASS VS KANSAI THRU PASS

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Kansai Area Map

Mari bercakap tentang Kansai.

Kansai adalah region name untuk Osaka + (himeji) Kobe + Nara + Kyoto + Wakayama (Mt. Koya).

Di Kansai ada banyak sangat Pass yang boleh digunakan. Bergantung kepada flexibility perjalanan korang, place of interest and number of day.

Sebab Kansai sangat compact and packed dengan historical and interesting places, jadi ramai budget traveler prefer to travel Kansai instead of normal Golden Route (Kansai + Tokyo).

Berikut adalah tempat yang terkenal

• Osaka : Osaka Castle, Namba Area, Osaka Bay Area, Universal Studio Japan
• Kyoto : Gion, Arashiyama, Higashiyama, *Nijo Castle, *Kyomizu Temple, *Kinkakuji
• Nara   : Nara Deer, Naramachi, *Todaiji Temple
• Hyogo: *Himeji Castle, Kobe Port, Kobe Mosque, Earthquake Museum, Arima Hotspring
• Wakayama: *Mt. Koya

* = UNESCO World Heritage sites

dan banyak lagi.

Kembali kepada passes di Kansai. Two main passes at Kansai is Kansai Area Pass (JR) dan Kansai Thru Pass (Non-JR). And one more is varian of Kansai Area Pass > Kansai Wide Area Pass.
*for places covered by each passes, kindly check the company website;

Lihat Comparison di bawah;

	KANSAI THRU PASS	KANSAI AREA PASS	KANSAI WIDE AREA PASS
PRICE 1 DAY		2060
PRICE 2 DAYS	4000	4110
PRICE 3 DAYS	5200	5140
PRICE 4 DAYS		6170	7200
inconsecutive day usage	YES	NO	NO
Buy In Japan	YES	YES	YES
Buy from local agent	Selected	YES	YES
Rail Company	Non-JR	JR	JR
Local Bus	YES	NO	NO

Secara rambang, Kansai Thru Pass memang lebih berbaloi,

1. Lebih meluas (Local Train dan Bus)
2. Boleh digunakan in-consecutively (tidak berturut-turut)
3. Boleh dapat diskaun untuk some attraction.

Tetapi untuk fast phase traveller, penggunaan JR Kansai Pass lebih bagus

1. Kurang Transit
2. Lebih Laju
3. Penggunaan Rapid Service
4. Pengunaan Bullet Train (only for Wide Area Pass)
5. Pengunaan Special Express Haruka dari Kansai Airport >> Osaka >> Kyoto

Untuk tahu berbaloi atau tidak boleh rujuk di bawah untuk jadual harga between town, number of transit and estimated travelling time.

	KANSAI THRU PASS	KANSAI AREA PASS	KANSAI WIDE AREA PASS
Osaka <> Kyoto	JPY 610 <65 mnt, 1 transit>	JPY 560 / JPY 1210 <28 mnt, 0 transit>	JPY 560 / JPY 1210 <28 mnt, 0 transit>
Osaka <> Nara	JPY 800 <67 mnt, 1 transit>	JPY 800 <62 mnt, 0 transit>	JPY 800 <62 mnt, 0 transit>
Osaka <>Sannomiya (Kobe)	JPY 320 <44 mnt, 0 transit>	JPY 410 <23 mnt, 0 transit>	JPY 410 <23 mnt, 0 transit>
Osaka <> Shin-Kobe	JPY 530 <33 mnt, 0 transit)	-	JPY 2960 <13 mnt, 0 transit>
Osaka <> Himeji	JPY 1280 <97 mnt, 0 transit>	JPY 1490 <58 mnt, 0 transit>	JPY 3740 <29 mnt, 0 transit>
Kyoto <> Nara	JPY 620 <40 mnt, 1 transit>	JPY 710 <66 mnt, 0 transit>	JPY 710 <66 mnt, 0 transit>
Osaka <> Arashiyama	JPY 600 <73 mnt, 1 transit>	JPY 970 / JPY 1620 <54 mnt, 1 transit>	JPY 970 / JPY 1620 <54 mnt, 1 transit>
Kansai Airport <> Osaka	JPY 1160 <76 mnt, 1 transit>	JPY 2850 <51 mnt, 0 transit>	JPY 2850 <51 mnt, 0 transit>
Kansai Airport <> Kyoto	JPY 1860 <147 mnt, 2 transit>	JPY 3370 <76 mnt, 0 transit>	JPY 3370 <76 mnt, 0 transit>

Bila penggunaan Kansai Thru pass berbaloi?

• travelling in a slow phase
• utilize local train and local bus
• visiting Mt. Koya (Wakayama) > sebab JR Kansai Pass tak cover cable car ke Mt. Koya + Mt. Koya bus.

Bila Penggunaan Kansai Area Pass berbaloi?

• Airport transfer to Kyoto using Haruka (normal fare; JPY 3170)
• Airport transfer to Osaka / Shin Osaka using Haruka (normal fare; JPY 2810)
• fast phase traveller
• utilize Special Rapid Train
• stay nearby JR station
• Visit Himeji (if use Wide Area Pass)

Bila dua dua pun tak berbaloi

• Stay at different cities on each day (onw way train trip)
• usage redundant with other pass (Osaka Amazing pass, etc)
• Going beyond border >> ni akan dikupas dalam post akan datang.

Kesimpulan

Kesimpulan, kalau hangpa tak tau juga nak guna pass mana satu, share-kan itinerary, kita cuba calculate mana yang sesuai.

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