Diary of a rail fan in Kansai,Japan(Ver.2)

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Why is it cheap to go abroad

Number of flights to Japan to hit record level this summer
http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/Number-of-flights-to-Japan-to-hit-record-level-this-summer?utm_source=paid.outbrain.com&utm_campaign=BA%20JPN&utm_medium=referral

After budget airlines' entering the market of Japan's international flights, it's sometimes cheaper to go abroad than going to domestic destinations far away.
Extension of high speed rails accelerated this trend. It means conventional railways running parallel with high speed rail are separated from JR networks, and we can't take trains on those conventional railways with JR free pass which is valid only on conventional railways. Then, the choice to visit has been deprived.

More and more poor travelers are giving up to visit domestic destinations and shifting abroad.

Revolution of transportations changed our destinations.