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Japan Travel Budget Calculator

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Your total will swing most on where you stay and on your flights. This page fills in only the fixed costs we could check on official pages (the rail pass, some airport trains and some eSIM plans) and leaves everything else for you to type in. It is an estimate, not a quote: prices are as of the dates shown under Sources.

How this page counts

Official reference A price we read on the operator's own page. Each one has a source and a check date below.
Your entry Anything we could not confirm, and anything that depends on you: rooms, food, flights, sightseeing, shopping. These start at zero. We do not suggest typical amounts.

Not for you if

You are booking a package tour that already bundles transport and hotels.
You live in Japan: the Japan Rail Pass is only for visitors with Temporary Visitor status.

Your trip

Nights in Japan

Adults (12 and over)

Children (6–11)

Arriving

Airport

Into the city by

Same way back

Long-distance trains

Buy a Japan Rail Pass

Bought from

Pass length

Car

Tick or enter the legs you plan to ride. We use them to compare tickets with the pass, and, if you untick the pass, as your train cost. The Sanyo Shinkansen One-way Tickets are for foreign visitors only (Temporary Visitor status), reserved ordinary seats, no stopovers. The Tokaido Shinkansen fares are JR Central's smartEX online booking prices from its fare table dated April 1, 2025; we found no notice of a later change, and a ticket bought at a station may not cost the same. These are regular-season prices: JR Central says the price differs by season (off-peak, regular, peak and busiest peak), so in a peak period these three fares, and the total below, can be lower than what you will pay. Nozomi has no non-reserved cars. This calculator uses the adult fares only. Both fare tables also list child fares; enter children's tickets as your own amount.

Phone data

eSIM

How many eSIMs

Or your own amount (¥)

Sakura Mobile's Travel eSIM starts from ¥1,375 including tax, but its price for a given number of days only appears after you enter dates, so we have not confirmed a 7- or 14-day price. Enter your quote as your own amount.

Your exchange rate (¥ per $1, optional)

Your own amounts Your entry

Room per night (¥, whole group)

Food per person per day (¥)

Flights (¥, whole group)

Sightseeing and tickets (¥)

Shopping (¥)

Anything else (¥)

Estimated total

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Item	Type	Formula	Amount

Pass or tickets?

Whether the pass pays off depends entirely on the route. The pass also does not cover Nozomi and Mizuho trains on the Tokaido, Sanyo and Kyushu Shinkansen.

Before you pay

Refundable only before the pass's start date, minus a ¥560 fee. No refund once it has started, and a lost pass is not reissued.
JR Central Shinkansen tickets: one free change before use. Reserved-seat refunds cost ¥340 up to 2 days before departure, then 30% of the fare (minimum ¥340) from the day before until departure. After departure: no refund, no change. Child fares apply to ages 6–11 on the day of use. 12 and over pay the adult fare.
HARUKA One-way Ticket: refundable before use or expiry, minus a fee of at least ¥560.

Klook: 7-day whole Japan Rail Pass
Klook sells the pass at its own price, shown on Klook. It is not the official price above.
Sakura Mobile: eSIM, SIM and Pocket WiFi
Enter the quote you get there as your own amount.

What we could not confirm

JR Narita Express (N'EX) (Narita (NRT)): We could not open JR East's fare page, so we have not confirmed this fare.
Airport Limousine Bus (Narita (NRT)): We could not open the bus company's fare page, so we have not confirmed this fare.
Keikyu Line to Shinagawa (Haneda (HND)): We could not open Keikyu's fare page, so we have not confirmed this fare.
Airport Limousine Bus (Haneda (HND)): We could not open the bus company's fare page, so we have not confirmed this fare.
Sakura Mobile's Travel eSIM starts from ¥1,375 including tax, but its price for a given number of days only appears after you enter dates, so we have not confirmed a 7- or 14-day price. Enter your quote as your own amount.

Sources

Japan Rail Pass: prices (checked 2026-09-23)
Japan Rail Pass: conditions for use (checked 2026-08-30)
Keisei: Skyliner discount tickets (checked 2026-09-24)
Tokyo Monorail: fares (checked 2026-09-24)
JR West: HARUKA One-way Ticket (checked 2026-09-24)
JR West: Sanyo Shinkansen One-way Ticket (checked 2026-09-23)
smartEX: Service prices, reserved seats (PDF, as of April 1, 2025) (checked 2026-09-24)
JR Central: Smart EX and EX prices compared with standard tickets (Tokyo–Shin-Osaka, regular season) (checked 2026-09-24)
JR Central: changes and refunds (checked 2026-09-24)
Japan Wireless: eSIM plans (checked 2026-09-24)
Sakura Mobile: Travel eSIM (checked 2026-09-24)

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