Although less famous than Japan Rail Pass for visitors,
Seishun 18 Ticket(青春18きっぷ/Seishun 18 Ticket) is very popular discount ticket among Japanese.
It's a symbol of slow and "rich" travel for us.
It's issued in Japan only that allows holders one-day unlimited rides on the local trains
of JR lines all over Japan during limited periods of year.
Even if you pay additional express surcharge you can not get on express trains.
It's possible to get to Kyoto,Osaka,Kobe,Hiroshima from Tokyo for only JPY2300(USD30/EUR21)!
For example,you leave Tokyo station at 6:07am you arrive in Hiroshima at 8:59pm.
(transfer nine times!)
It's valid for flexible five days(counted 0:00-24:00) within the designated period of the season.
In this summer,it's sold until the end of August,valid until 10th September.
This ticket is only JPY11500(USD150/EUR105) for flexible five days,which means JPY2300 for each days.
Different from Shinkansen,it's quite time consuming but you will see local atmosphere in the slow trains.
Seishun 18 means "the youth eighteen(years old)".
But no worries!No age limit to purchase the ticket.
For more details see this JR East official site.
http://www.jreast.co.jp/e/pass/seishun18.html
