I don’t know if this was already talked about here before or if this is the appropriate subreddit to use but anyway:
I’m a regular highschool student in Japan and I wanted to travel around for a few days after graduation before going back to my home country. I was wondering if there are any discounts for highschoolers concerning public transport, hotels, food or anything really.
Tbh if there are *any* discounts that could apply to me (eg. travel discount), I would appreciate if you could let me know.
Thanks in advance
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Some museums, art galleries and lookout towers have student discounts. Make sure you bring your student ID.
> I wanted to travel around for a few days after graduation
But then you aren’t high school student anymore?
I don’t think you have to be a student to buy it, but the Seishun 18 pass from JR is certainly targeted to that demographic. It’s an all-you-can-ride pass that covers the entire JR network, but only regular trains (no option to upgrade to limited express or Shinkansen trains).
https://www.jreast.co.jp/e/pass/seishun18.html
Himeji Castle is significantly cheaper if you visit as a high school student. Possibly same with many other historical or cultural sites.
A lot of ramen restaurants have some form of student perks whether it’d be a free extra portion or a free bowl of chaahan.
For accomodation, if you’re not age 18 or older, I’d look into youth hostels since they explicitly state that anyone can stay regardless of age. Some hotels will refuse to let a minor (up to age 17) stay without an adult. And no, I don’t think there’s discounts you can get as a student.
Hotels don’t really offer student discounts. Single or multiple student aged customers are actually the very people they do not want. You may actually run into hotels that won’t even rent to you being under 20 without parents permission.
You may have to look into youth hostels but I don’t know if youth hostels is the way to go during a pandemic.
Being a student or ex-student isn’t really going to save you a lot of money if you want to do a lot of traveling. Most food/accommodations won’t be covered and attractions that do offer discounts it’s usually only a difference of a few hundred yen so be careful about that.
You might save a bit on some transit costs but if you’re doing heavy transit, paying for hotels/food/whatever else out of pocket an only saving a few yen at museums and such then you’re really not saving much money in the long run.