Prices for Japan Rail Pass, popular with foreign tourists, to rise 6% from October

Japan Railways Group (JR Group) on Thursday announced that it will raise prices for its Japan Rail Pass, a ticket popular among foreign tourists that allows unlimited travel on trains across Japan, including most shinkansen bullet train services.Prices for the pass will increase by around five percent to six percent under the first revision in three years, which will come into effect from October 1.The price of a pass depends on its validity period. An adult seven-day pass will increase by 3,000 yen ($19) to 53,000 yen for travel in standard train carriages, and by 4,000 yen to 74,000 yen…READ FULL ARTICLE