> "Declan Murphy" <declan_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:3FD40862.6030802@hotmail.com...
> 
>>BrianG wrote:
>>
>>>I'm new to newsgroup, so sorry if this is request  is a bit basic. I'm
>>>hoping to travel from Tokyo to Kyoto - Hiroshima - on  to Osaka. Is this
>>>available by train. Is it cheaper to buy a ticket in U.K. before travel.
>>>Thanks Brian
>>
>>Yes the route would be easily covered by trains (either the express 
>>trains or the higher speed shinkansen lines).
>>
>>It would be easy enough to buy in Japan if your only destinations were 
>>as listed above. If you wanted to divert from your plans or have a 
>>longer schedule, then think about getting a Japan railpass while in the UK.

JR K Yoshikawa wrote:
 > They have special Program & price for foreign tourist.
 > called Japan rail Pass.
 > http://www.japanrailpass.net/
 >
 > you can not buy this in japan.
 > you need make purchase in your country.

Yes, as I said in my message "while in the UK".

Regards Declan,
Okazaki, Aichi
http://www.yamasa.org