The price for a Japan Rail Pass, which provides foreign tourists with unlimited access to almost all JR trains, has risen by around 70 percent this month.

The famed Japan Rail Pass, or JR Pass, gives travelers a golden ticket to hop around Japan and save lots of cash doing it. Zip between Tokyo, Hiroshima, and Hokkaido by simply showing the pass to ...

JR announced on April 14 that it intends to raise the cost of its Japan Rail Pass this October.