>>2023036Fuck, I had a trip prepared for next year that used it explicitly because it could be used on non-consecutive days.
Mito-Niigata-Aomori joshaken is 11330¥ but even with stopovers it's not valid for long enough. I didn't check how much normal tickets would add up to, probably 13-14K¥, which is still a better deal than the 5 consecutive day Tohoku Area Pass for 30K¥ which doesn't even cover Niigata because they want you to also buy the 27K¥ Nagano Niigata Area Pass.
I hate how JR companies keep taking away options from slower travelers. They know they can milk us because local buses are too slow, expressway buses and planes skip over everything, and not everyone wants to rent wheels(but it seems like that will be the only option that's actually viable for slow travel in a couple years at this rate).
