:Seishun 18 Ticket

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The ticket is available for purchase during three different periods of the year. Although JR authorities state that these dates are subject to change, the dates of availability have remained unchanged since the ticket was first released in 1982 and can be considered standard data. When a ticket is purchased, it can be used only for that particular season. JR is able to issue full refunds for tickets that remain unused before the end of the "Tickets on sale" period. {{Cite web|title=Seishun 18 {{!}} Fares & Passes {{!}} JR-EAST|url=https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/pass/seishun18.html|access-date=2021-01-06|website=www.jreast.co.jp}}

Since 2019, JR West Bus, the bus department of JR West, has given passengers who have Seishun 18 Tickets a discount on fares of three bus routes. The campaign is planned to be carried out 2020 through 2021. The three bus routes which are operated by JR West Bus, the Meikin Line - 名金線（Kanazawa Station↔Fukumitsu Station), the Enpuku Line - 園福線（Fukuchiyama Station↔Sonobe Station), and the Wakae Line - 若江線（Ōmi-Imazu Station↔Obama Station). Through this campaign, passengers may ride on the above bus routes at a flat fare of 800 yen each.

Passengers show the bus driver the Seishun 18 Ticket, and the driver gives a discount ticket when passengers get off the last terminal.[https://www.westjr.co.jp/press/article/2020/07/page_16253.html announcement][https://www.westjr.co.jp/press/article/items/200708_00_aoharu.pdf discount for bus routes fare] Passengers cannot get off at non-registeredRegistered bus stops are Kanazawa Station and Fukumitsu on Meikin Line, Fukuchiyama Station and Sonobe Station on Enpuku Line, Ōmi-Imazu Station and Obama Station on Wakae Line. bus stops. If you get off at the bus stops, the discount is annulled.

On the Hisatsu Orange Railway, the {{Nihongo|Orange 18 Free Ticket|おれんじ18フリーきっぷ|Orenji Jūhachi Kippu}} is sold for 2,100 yen to passengers who have valid a Seishun 18 Ticket during its period of validity (a same-day seal is placed on the ticket).[https://www.hs-orange.com/page401.html Free Pass in Hisatsu Orange Railway] Riders can use the entire Hisatsu Orange Railway line for one day. Tickets can be purchased from train crew and station staff.

On the Echigo Tokimeki Railway, the {{Nihongo|Tokitetsu 18 Ticket|トキ鉄18きっぷ|Tokitetsu Jūhachi Kippu}} is sold for 1,000 yen to passengers who have valid Seishun 18 Tickets in a valid period of time (a same-day seal is placed on ticket).[https://www.echigo-tokimeki.co.jp/information/detail?id=988 Free Pass in Tokitetsu]

Kampu Ferry gives passengers who have Seishun 18 Tickets a discounts about fares between Shimonoseki and Busan. The company allows discount of 50% for second class (4,500 yen/one-way/after discounting), discount of 36% for first class (8,000 yen/one-way/after discounting), and discount of 25% for deluxe class (13,500 yen/one-way/after discounting). Passengers must reserve a seat on the ferry and explain staff about using "Seishun 18 Kippu Tabi Daioen Waribiki (Ja:青春18きっぷ旅大応援割引)" by telephone before boarding on the ferry.[http://kampuferry.co.jp/passenger/kampu/train18.html discount for fares][http://www.kampuferry.co.jp/pdf/18kippu.pdf Application]

When you make a reservation, passengers must tell the staff their name, passport number, date of birth and gender. The company gives a discount about fares in terms of validity of the Seishun 18 Ticket. A round-trip ticket is counted as two tickets, so the tickets are discounted as two tickets. There is no discount when the passengers make a reservation at a one-way trip from Pusan Port to Shimonoseki.

Passengers must pay a fuel surcharge fee, and international tourist tax (1000 yen) except fares and Seishun 18 Tickets.

JR Hotel Group gives guests who have Seishun 18 Tickets a discount. Guests must make a reservation at this hotel by the day before. Guests must show the hotel staff your Seishun 18 Ticket which is used on the same-day when you stay at hotel when you check into the hotel.

Travel is permitted on local and semi-express trains on the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line between Kitasenju Station and Ayase Station without getting off, since the Chiyoda Line is deemed to JR Jōban Line.

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The ticket first went on sale from March 1, 1982, as the {{Nihongo||青春18のびのびきっぷ|Seishun 18 Nobinobi Kippu}}. It cost 8,000 yen and consisted of three 1-day tickets and one 2-day ticket. It also included a "Seishun 18" sticker for passengers to stick on their bags when travelling.{{cite magazine| last = Kekke| first = Yoshiyuki| title = 「青春18きっぷ」の30年を振り返る|trans-title=Looking Back Over 30 Years of the Seishun 18 Ticket|magazine=Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō Magazine | volume = 41| issue = 340|pages=66–70| publisher = Kōtsū Shimbun | location = Japan | date = August 2012}}

In 1983, the name was changed to {{Nihongo||青春18きっぷ|Seishun 18 Kippu}}. The price was raised to 10,000 yen for a booklet of four 1-day tickets and one 2-day ticket (equivalent to 1,666 yen per day, compared with 1,600 yen per day for the original ticket).

In summer 1984, the format was changed to a booklet of five 1-day tickets, with the price remaining at 10,000 yen, equivalent to 2,000 yen per day.

The price was raised to 11,000 yen in the winter of 1986 following the nationwide fare increase in July of that year.

With the introduction of the consumption tax in 1989, the price was raised to 11,300 yen for the summer ticket, and this was further increased to 11,500 yen in summer 1997 after the consumption tax increased from 3% to 5%. In 2014, the consumption tax was raised to 8%, leading to a price of 11,850 yen. In 2019, the consumption tax was raised to 10%, which raised the ticket's price to 12,050 yen.

The format of the ticket changed from the booklet to single ticket sheets in spring 1996 as a measure to prevent users from re-selling unused portions to ticket resellers.

In October 2024, the ticket's conditions were changed to require the five-day usage period to be consecutive days, and to disallow the use of the ticket by multiple people, whether on the same or across different days. Like the Japan Rail Pass for foreign tourists, the ticket can now be used in automatic ticket gates.

The lyrics of "Headbangeeeeerrrrr!!!!!", a single by the kawaii metal band Babymetal, mention the Seishun 18 Tiicket.{{cite web|date=July 29, 2013|title=Headbangeeeeerrrrr!!!!! Babymetal Translations Unofficial|url=http://du-metal.blogspot.co.id/2013/07/headbangeeeeerrrrr.html|accessdate=24 October 2017}}

{{Reflist}}

• [http://www.jreast.co.jp/tickets/ JR East discount ticket information] {{in lang|ja}}
• [http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2362.html Japan Guide page for Seishun 18 ticket]
• [http://kampuferry.co.jp/passenger/english/top.html Kampu Ferry]
• [http://www.jrhotelgroup.com/ JR Hotel Group]

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